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61) Match point
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"It's game day, and readers of Match Point are given a court-side view of the serves and volleys that make up a tennis match. Along the way, they'll learn all about the history of tennis dating all the way back to France in the 16th century! A special section in the back of the book is chock-full of even more facts about the game and its storied history and players. It is custom-made for the fan who loves all things tennis!"--
62) Whip it
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Bliss Calendar is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track, literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes 'Babe Ruthless', the hottest thing on eight wheels.
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"The NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 1973--74 season as pivotal in the making of this now legendary postseason tournament. In an era when only one team per conference could compete, the dramatic defeat of coach John Wooden's UCLA Bruins by the North Carolina State Wolfpack ended a decade of the Bruins' dominance, fueled...
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Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insider reporting on the battle for the soul of professional golf between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League. Over the past two years, professional golf has been at war, and Alan Shipnuck has been our most trusted correspondent on the front lines. Following closely on the heels of his bestselling sensation Phil, Shipnuck turns to the conflict...
65) NBA Finals
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"Using the new C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards, NBA Finals in the Global Citizens: Sports series explores the topic through the lenses of History, Geography, Civics, and Economics. As they read, students will develop questions about the text, and use evidence from a variety of sources in order to form conclusions. Data-focused backmatter is included, as well as a table of contents, author biography, sidebars, bibliography, glossary, and...
67) Billion dollar Hollywood heist: the A-list kingpin and the poker ring that brought down Tinseltown
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"Right out of the gate, the entire game was designed to empty the pockets of those rich, celeb-loving LA suckers."-Houston Curtis Leonardo DiCaprio. Alex Rodriguez. Tobey Maguire. Ben Affleck. Matt Damon. John Cassavetes. What do these people have in common? Not just fame and fortune; all these men are also alumni of the ultra-exclusive, high-stakes poker ring that inspired Aaron Sorkin's Oscar-nominated film, Molly's Game. But Houston Curtis,...
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"Fore! SpongeBob puts on his best golfing outfit to play in a tournament against famous golfer Annika Swordfish. But the golf course is way bigger than the mini-golf course he's used to playing on. Can he really play a good game? With his caddy, Patrick, by his side, there's no doubt SpongeBob will swing big!--Publisher's summary.
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Coming into 2016, the Americans had lost an astounding six out of the last seven Ryder Cup matches, and tensions were running high for the showdown that took place in October, 2016 in Hazeltine, Minnesota, just days after American legend Arnold Palmer had died. What resulted was one of the most raucous and heated three days in the Cup's long history. Award-winning author John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes, providing an inside view of the...
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The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. It follows the career of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports -- Heavyweight Champion of the World. It also explores his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
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"What do soccer fans want to know? They want to know which nation's team is the best! Every four years, the FIFA Men's World Cup decides which country has the championship team. Read all about amazing kicks and kickers from legendary World Cup match-ups throughout history"--
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On September 10, 1984, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov appeared on the stage of the Hall of Columns in Moscow for the first game of their match for the World Chess Championship. The clash between the reigning champion and his brazen young challenger was highly anticipated, but no one could have foreseen what was in store. In the next six-years, they would play five matches for the highest title and create one of the fiercest rivalries in sports...
74) FIFA World Cup
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Using the new C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards, FIFA World Cup in the Global Citizens: Sports series explores the topic through the lenses of History, Geography, Civics, and Economics. As they read, students will develop questions about the text, and use evidence from a variety of sources in order to form conclusions. Data-focused backmatter is included, as well as a table of contents, author biography, sidebars, bibliography, glossary, and...
75) Killer poker
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The loner volume 9
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Conrad Browning had money, a manservant, and a mission: to find his missing children and meet them for the first time. He's come as far as Denver, dodged a bullet from a beautiful assassin, and landed in a big buy-in poker tournament against Race McKinney, a ruthless heavy-betting cattle baron with a plan of his own -- to take this city slicker into the wilderness and hunt him like an animal. But Rance McKinney doesn't know who he's facing. The son...
76) The pro
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Del Bonnet, a teaching pro at an obscure Florida golf resort, needs a change and needs it badly. Having crossed an ominous threshold-his fiftieth birthday-Bonnet receives frequent communiques from the AARP people. He gazes into the future and sees the prospect of assisted living growing larger by the day.
Serendipity intervenes. A sales rep working out of his station wagon leaves a handmade driver in Bonnet's modest golf shop. The pro privately auditions...
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"The Stanley Cup is the most famous trophy in sports, and each season the NHL's two best teams battle for hockey's biggest prize. Follow the epic upsets, game-winning goals, and most amazing games from the past and present of the Stanley Cup Finals."--
78) Blades of glory
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Bitter mens figure skating rivals Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy brawl after tying for the gold medal at the world championships. Banned for life from the men's single skating competition, these archrivals find a loophole that will allow them to skate again as a figure skating pair.
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