re: What are your top ten nonfiction sports books to gift your literate friends this Xmas?

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 6:36 am to mouton

In honor of Jim Bouton, who I recently learned died this summer

Posted by Jimbeaux

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 6:40 am to mouton

My Losing Season by Pat Conroy

(Author of The Great Santini and Prince of Tides)

Great author and great book.

Posted by kciDAtaE

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 6:41 am to mouton

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A well thought out book to me means more than an expensive bottle of scotch or bourbon

So “well thought out” means, ask a group of strangers on a message board?

Posted by Warheel

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 6:54 am to Kafka

quote:
Glory of Their Times

If they are a baseball fan, this. I’m reading it now.

Posted by makersmark1

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 7:15 am to mouton

North Dallas Forty

SemiTough

Anything by Dan Jenkins

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 7:17 am to makersmark1

quote:
Dan Jenkins

"The only thing more boring than Track... Is Field." -- D.J.

Posted by jimlsu1

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 7:19 am to mouton

The Last Amateurs by John Feinstein was a good read

Posted by LSUMJ

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 7:48 am to jimlsu1

I read Instant Replay - the diary of green bay packer Jerry Kramer about 1000 times growing up

And his followup Farewell to Football

Posted by duggie

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 8:16 am to Amazing Moves

I second this book.

Posted by bigezsaint

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 8:20 am to mouton

Posted by Rossberg02

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 8:21 am to mouton

The Art Briles book is a good one.

Beating Goliath

Posted by F16HT1N6 T163R5

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 8:22 am to mouton

Boys in the Boat

Posted by SCTmo

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 8:49 am to mouton

Breaks of the Game
Moneyball
Those Guys Have All the Fun
Boys Will be Boys
The Bad Guys Won

Posted by Bayouboogaloocrew

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 9:12 am to mouton

Badasses...hell of a read about John Madden’s Oakland Raiders.

Posted by ChEgrad

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 9:34 am to MWMLSU

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Any John Feinstein book would fill this bill. Has written books on almost all types of professional sports as well as college football and basketball. I have found every one to be excellent.

This.

A Good Walk Spoiled
The Majors
Open
Tales from Q School

All very good.

Posted by BuckyCheese

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 9:40 am to ChEgrad

When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi

Posted by LegendInMyMind

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 9:49 am to mouton

I have The Betrayal by Charles Fountain in my "to read" stack. It is about the 1919 World Series scandal. I bought it after I started watching Boardwalk Empire earlier this year.

Posted by pelicansfan123

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Posted on 11/28/19 at 9:56 am to mouton

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