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re: What's the best sports book you've read?

Posted on 12/10/12 at 9:58 pm to
Posted by WmWallace
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 9:58 pm to
Junction Boys for sure
Posted by wildtigercat93
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 9:58 pm to
Didnt know this many people actually read Playing for Pizza.
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 9:58 pm to
The Majors is also a great Feinstein book.
Posted by Jalbow3
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:01 pm to
Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
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Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:13 pm to
junction boys and friday night lights are two great ones that i forgot in my first post.

loose balls and heaven is a playground (brooklyn street scene) are really good too. the last shot is similar to heaven is a playground but follows some lincoln high kids (stephon marbury is a freshman and is in the book but it's not really about him) loose balls is about the history of the ABA and is pretty fricking sweet actually.

i really liked everybody's all american.

im pretty sure all of these books are in sports illustrated's top 100 sports books list. and that's because they are all fricking bad arse. literally any of the ones i named are extremely enjoyable.
Posted by Meursault
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:17 pm to
Soccernomics
Inverting the Pyramid
Moneyball
Posted by beaver
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:19 pm to
Posted by Tactical1
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:20 pm to
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Sean Payton's book is really good
Posted by TN Bhoy
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:20 pm to
Dynamo by Andy Dougan
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:21 pm to
Scorecasting is first for sure.

Soccernomics
Moneyball
The Boy Who Saved Baseball

Matt Christopher sports books were the tits growing up.

Meursault, sounds like I need to get to Inverting the Pyramid.

Just picked up Eight Men Out. Hope to read that after finals.
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:24 pm to
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Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:26 pm to
Lawrence Taylor auto biography
Posted by shel311
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:26 pm to
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Scorecasting is first for sure. 


My man.

Couldn't agree more.
Posted by sms151t
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:27 pm to
Has anyone read Beers and Circus or the Lords of the Rings?

Those two I have yet to find anywhere but I want to see what the IU guy said to criticize Knight, who did way more good than harm at IU. And how JAS cleaned up the Olympics (supposedly)
Posted by Tiger1242
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:29 pm to
quote:

Matt Christopher sports books were the tits growing up.
Posted by ffhouston
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:32 pm to
"When Pride Still Mattered' by David Maranis.

Posted by CherryGarciaMan
Sugar Magnolia
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:38 pm to
Hooligans.

It documents the rise of hooliganism in England during the seventies, and the gangs involved.

Dude writing the book wrote it from a Gonzo perspective, even joining in the malays.
Posted by bobbyray21
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:38 pm to
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Matt Christopher sports books were the tits growing up.


Wow. This took me way back. They were definitely the tits.
Posted by bobbyray21
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:39 pm to
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:40 pm to
Real grass real heroes

The greatest game ever played

Beyond the 6th game
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