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Steve Cauthen commenced his 14-year 'English Odyssey' in April
1979. The erstwhile 'Kentucky Kid' had taken American racing by
storm. A champion jockey at 17 and a Triple Crown winner at 18, the
teenage prodigy became a bona fide celebrity but a slump of 110
consecutive losers saw him cross the Atlantic seeking to resurrect
his career. Within weeks of his arrival 'The Kid' won an English
Classic, the 2000 Guineas. He'd go on to become the only jockey to
win both the Derby and the Kentucky Derby (plus those of Ireland,
France and Italy); be the most recent jockey to win an English
Triple Crown courtesy of Oh So Sharp in 1985; and secure three
jockeys' championships - making him the only man to win titles in
both America and England. Moreover, Cauthen was a supreme stylist
who transformed English race-riding: his streamlined American
toe-in-the-iron seat and clock-in-the-head judgement of pace
sparking widespread imitation. The list of household names
benefiting from his sublime talents are legion and this most
articulate of jockeys recalls every one of them in his own
inimitable style along with all the attendant highs and lows in
this first complete retelling of his 'English Odyssey'.
In horse racing greatness is defined by speed. Being the second
fastest counts for little. You have to win. And win. And keep
winning until every challenger of your generation is put to the
sword. Of the twelve horses lined up on Newmarket Heath that 2011
day, one would do just that. And more. To become the greatest
racehorse that has ever lived. Frankel was born on 11 February
2008, with four white socks and a blaze, from impressive equine
lines on both his parents' sides. Simon Cooper revisits the whole
of the horse's life, giving readers an inside tour of the calm
oasis that is life a stud farm, where a foal will live with his
mother for the first year of his life. Next, the atmosphere of
heady possibility that marks the early days of training. Roadwork.
Gallops. Trials. Turning raw potential into something more. Frankel
begins to set himself apart. A detailed and fast-paced narrative
breathlessly recounts the racing career of the horse who, by his
retirement to stud at the age of 4, would be rated the greatest of
all time. Cooper weaves the horse's tale with those of his trainer,
battling cancer, the stablehands who coped with his explosive
nature, the work rider who tamed him, the the jockey who rode in
all fourteen of his races, and the owner who saw his potential from
the very beginning. The result is a rich and multifaceted tale of
modern horse racing, the lives of everyone involved, human and
equine, and the unadulterated glory of winning. And winning
everything.
The amazing and dramatic story of Bill Lester, one of the most
well-known NASCAR drivers in history-and a pioneer whose
determination and spirit has paved the way for a new generation of
racers. Winning in Reverse tells the story of Bill Lester whose
love for racing eventually compelled him to quit his job as an
engineer to pursue racing full time. Blessed with natural talent,
Bill still had a trifecta of odds against him: he was black, he was
middle aged, and he wasn't a southerner. Bill Lester rose above it
all, as did his rankings, and he made history time and time again,
becoming the first African American to race in NASCAR's Busch
Series, the first to participate in the Nextel Cup and the first to
win a Pole Position start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Whether you are contemplating a career or lifestyle change,
challenging social norms, or struggling against prejudice or
bigotry, Winning in Reverse is a story for sports fans and readers
everywhere about the power of perseverance in the face of
adversity.
'For those who fear the worst for the sport they love, this is like
cool, clear water for a man dying of thirst. It's barnstorming,
coruscating stuff, and as fine a book about the game as you'll read
for years' Mail on Sunday 'Charming . . . a threnody for a vanished
and possibly mythical England' Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times
'Lyrical . . . [Henderson's] pen is filled with the romantic spirit
of the great Neville Cardus . . . This book is an extended love
letter, a beautifully written one, to a world that he is desperate
to keep alive for others to discover and share. Not just his love
of cricket, either, but of poetry and classical music and fine
cinema' The Times 'To those who love both cricket and the context
in which it is played, the book is rather wonderful, and moving'
Daily Telegraph 'Philip Larkin's line 'that will be England gone'
is the premise of this fascinating book which is about music,
literature, poetry and architecture as well as cricket. Henderson
is that rare bird, a reporter with a fine grasp of time and place,
but also a stylist of enviable quality and perception' Michael
Parkinson Neville Cardus once said there could be no summer in
England without cricket. The 2019 season was supposed to be the
greatest summer of cricket ever seen in England. There was a World
Cup, followed by five Test matches against Australia in the latest
engagement of sport's oldest rivalry. It was also the last season
of county cricket before the introduction in 2020 of a new
tournament, The Hundred, designed to attract an audience of younger
people who have no interest in the summer game. In That Will Be
England Gone, Michael Henderson revisits much-loved places to see
how the game he grew up with has changed since the day in 1965 that
he saw the great fast bowler Fred Trueman in his pomp. He watches
schoolboys at Repton, club cricketers at Ramsbottom, and
professionals on the festival grounds of Chesterfield, Cheltenham
and Scarborough. The rolling English road takes him to Leicester
for T20, to Lord's for the most ceremonial Test match, and to
Taunton to watch an old cricketer leave the crease for the last
time. He is enchanted at Trent Bridge, surprised at the Oval, and
troubled at Old Trafford. 'Cricket,' Henderson says, 'has always
been part of my other life.' There are memories of friendships with
Ken Dodd, Harold Pinter and Simon Rattle, and the book is coloured
throughout by a love of landscape, poetry, paintings and music. As
well as reflections on his childhood hero, Farokh Engineer, and
other great players, there are digressions on subjects as various
as Lancashire comedians, Viennese melancholy and the fil
In May 1990 the unthinkable happened and Sheffield Wednesday were
relegated to the second division of English football for the first
time in six seasons. Ron Atkinson's talented squad - blessed with
the likes of David Hirst, Carlton Palmer, Roland Nilsson and John
Sheridan - could go one of two ways; stick together or fall apart.
A year later they were back in the big time and holders of the
League Cup having beaten Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United at
Wembley. The collection of huge characters formed one of the most
iconic sides in the club's rich history. For the very first time,
'91 tells the inside story of that incredible season from those
that were there; from training ground crisis talks to terrific
goals, laughs, tears and beers on the open-top bus.
Imperfect 10 is a searingly honest account of the life of a
footballing genius, whose character and personality are worlds
apart from the on-field extrovert who thrilled the crowds. Tony
Currie, the former Watford, Sheffield United, Leeds United and QPR
player with outrageous skills and the confidence to sit on the ball
during a game or blow kisses to his adoring fans, was so shy that
the avoidance of any kind of conflict or facing up to challenging
decisions became his natural modus operandi. Sometimes it is almost
impossible to believe that the two sides of the man lovingly known
as TC belong to the same person. His private life fell apart, there
was a damning relationship at international level and the team
trophies he craved eluded him. But he had the crowd on his side
throughout. In his autobiography, Currie remembers the magic
moments but also the crippling self-doubt and dwindling self-esteem
that brought him to his knees as he drifted towards an inevitable
retirement and life after football. If there is a happy ending, it
is in the acclaim he still commands from fans at Sheffield United,
the club he spent most time with. They initially rescued him, and
attracted him back up north for an eventual re-connection with the
Blades. Tony Currie is a living legend who almost didn't have the
will to hang around to see it.
Jackie Robinson: A Life in American History provides readers with
an understanding of the scope of Robinson's life and explores why
no Major League Baseball player will ever again wear number 42 as
his regular jersey number. This book captures Robinson's lifetime,
from 1919 to 1972, while focusing on his connections to the
unresolved promise of the Reconstruction Era and to the civil
rights movement of the 20th century. In addition to covering
Robinson's athletic career with the UCLA Bruins, the Kansas City
Monarchs, the Montreal Royals, and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the book
explores sociopolitical elements to situate Robinson's story and
impact within the broader context of United States history. The
book makes deliberate connections among the failure of
Reconstruction, the creation of the Negro Leagues, the rise and
decline of legalized segregation in the United States, the progress
of the civil rights movement, and Robinson's life. Chronological
chapters begin with Robinson's life before he played professional
baseball, continue with an exploration of the Negro Leagues and
Robinson's career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and conclude with an
examination of Robinson's post-retirement life as well as his
influence on civil rights. Supplemental materials including
document excerpts give readers an opportunity to explore
contemporary accounts of Robinson's career and impact. Provides
readers with insight into the ways the unfulfilled promise of the
Civil War and Reconstruction eras impacted areas of life beyond
politics Provides readers with an understanding of how professional
baseball reflects American society and vice versa Informs readers
that Major League baseball in the 19th century experienced a period
of integration before entering a prolonged period of segregation
Demonstrates how the effort to reintegrate the Major Leagues was
tied to World War II and to efforts to promote integration in other
areas of American society Shows Robinson's significance both within
and outside of the world of professional baseball
With a foreword by Eddy Merckx The world of professional cycling is
fraught with fierce competition, fervent dedication and unerring
ambition, and only a handful of competitors reach iconic status.
Among them is Sir Bradley Wiggins - a man uniquely placed to
reflect on the history of this remarkable sport and its
unforgettable titans. In Icons, Wiggins takes the reader on an
extraordinarily intimate journey through the sport, presenting key
pieces from his never-before-seen collection of memorabilia. Over
the course of his illustrious career, he amassed hundreds of items
- often gifts from its greatest and most controversial figures.
Each reflects an icon, a race or a moment that fundamentally
influenced Wiggins on both a personal and professional level. By
exploring the lives and achievements of 21 of the sport's key
figures - among them Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Miguel
Indurain and Tom Simpson - Wiggins sheds new light on what
professional cycling demands of its best competitors. Icons lauds
their triumphs, elucidates their demons and sheds light on the
philosophy and psychology that comprise the unique mindset of a
cycling champion.
All or Nothing At All is the life story of Billy Bland, fellrunner
extrordinaire and holder of many records including that of the Bob
Graham Round until it was broken by the foreword author of this
book, Kilian Jornet. It is also the story of Borrowdale in the
English Lake District, describing its people, their character and
their lifestyle, into which fellrunning is unmistakably woven.
Filled with stories of competition and rich in northern humour, All
or Nothing At All is testimony to the life spent in the fells by
one of their greatest champions, Billy Bland.
WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH BEST SPORTS WRITING AWARD 2021 SHORTLISTED
FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021 'One of the best books ever
written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine
slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time
again that he is among the best of his generation' Dan Jones,
author of The Plantagenets 'A small classic of the biographer's
art' Sunday Times In the 1930s, as official government expeditions
set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I
veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful
plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest,
crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to
reach its summit - all utterly alone. Wilson didn't know how to
climb. He barely knew how to fly. But he had pluck, daring and a
vision - he wanted to be the first man to stand on top of the
world. Maurice Wilson is a man written out of the history books -
dismissed as an eccentric and a charlatan by many, but held in the
highest regard by world class mountaineers such as Reinhold
Messner. The Moth and the Mountain restores him to his rightful
place in the annals of Everest and in doing so attempts to answer
that perennial question - why do we climb mountains? 'A towering,
tragic tale rescued from oblivion by Ed Caesar's magnificent
writing' Dan Snow 'This bonkers ripping yarn of derring-don't is a
hell of a ride' The Times 'It's hard to imagine a finer tribute to
one of Everest's forgotten heroes' Elizabeth Day
What does it take to become one of the most successful coaches in
the world? Eddie Jones is one of the most successful sports coaches
of all time. From coaching three different nations to Rugby World
Cup Finals and with a winning record with England of nearly 80%,
Eddie Jones knows what it takes to lead and manage high performance
teams. What can sport teach us about leadership? For the first
time, Eddie Jones shows just what it takes to be a leader in a high
performance and high pressure environment and how these lessons can
be applied to every walk of life, from coaching the U9 rugby team
to leading a multinational organization to simply doing your job
better. Have a voracious ambition to improve every day As he
explains the High Performance Cycle of Success at the heart of his
philosophy, Eddie Jones reveals the lessons he has learnt from Sir
Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola as well as from the
founder of Uniqlo and Ron Adams from the NBA. He also gives a
detailed analysis of his own performance as a coach as well as how
he gets the best out of the players and coaches around him and what
he saw in Tom Curry that no one else saw, which makes him think
that he could be the next Richie McCaw. Always start with the end
in mind Drawing on stories of nearly thirty years of coaching,
including the 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2019 World Rugby campaigns, the
full story of England's 2021 Six Nations campaign as well as why it
takes humour, humility and relentless curiosity to lead an eclectic
mix of superstars from Maro Itoje to James Haskell, George Smith to
Kyle Sinckler, to create teams that are relentlessly hungry to win,
Leadership is the ultimate rugby book about what it takes to be the
best. Written with Donald McRae, two-time winner of the William
Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, Leadership is the book for
anyone who wants to learn how to build and lead a team to success.
A life-affirming and important memoir about the changing shape of gender and society from a popular and beloved author
'A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances' Jojo Moyes'Today I sat on a bench facing the sea, the one where I waited for L to be born, and sobbed my heart out. I don't know if I'll ever recover.' This note was written on 9 November 2017. As the seagulls squawked overhead and the sun dipped into the sea, Alexandra Heminsley's world was turning inside out. She'd just been told her then-husband was going to transition. The revelation threatened to shatter their brand new, still fragile, family. But this vertiginous moment represented only the latest in a series of events that had left Alex feeling more and more dissociated from her own body, turning her into a seemingly unreliable narrator of her own reality. Some Body to Love is Alex's profoundly open-hearted memoir about losing her husband but gaining a best friend, and together bringing up a baby in a changing world. Its exploration of what it means to have a human body, to feel connected or severed from it, and how we might learn to accept our own, makes it a vital and inspiring contribution to some of the most complex and heated conversations of our times.
WITH A FOREWORD BY TOM BRADY "As a sportscaster and sports
historian, Jim's career genuinely stands the test of time. . . .
This book is sports history about some of the greats by one of the
greats, who was taking it all in on the sidelines, in the stands or
the dugout, by the eighteenth green, courtside, or in the broadcast
booth." --Tom Brady, six-time NFL Super Bowl champion GOAT A
riveting, insightful memoir of never-before-told stories from Jim
Gray, twelve-time Emmy Award-winner, Hall of Fame sports
broadcaster, and renowned interviewer-- that explores the author's
career and the inside stories and memorable moments of the famous
legends he has covered including, Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Kobe
Bryant, LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson. In Talking to
GOATs, award-winning broadcaster Jim Gray looks back at his four
decades of sports reporting from the unparalleled perspective of
one of the world's most respected and skilled interviewers. A
journalist who many iconic athletes have trusted to tell their
stories (of both triumph and disgrace), Jim has had unprecedented
access to the people, places and extraordinary events in the world
of sports. Asking tough but fair questions, he has broken numerous
stories, and landed squarely in the middle of others, from the Ben
Johnson and Barry Bonds steroid scandals, to Michael Jordan's
surprise retirement, to the off-the-court Kobe/Shaq feud which led
to their on-the-court break up, to being part of the live broadcast
for twenty-two Super Bowls. He's climbed into the ring to interview
Mike Tyson after he bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear, and
stood next to Ron Artest when the "Malice at the Palace" melee
erupted, and was on site at the bombing of the Atlanta Olympics.
Anyone who has watched Jim effortlessly engage his subjects at the
precise moment of triumph or tragedy has little idea what it takes
to secure the interview, or what actually happens when the camera
cuts away. These are real, mesmerizing, and previously untold
stories. Talking to GOATs features numerous world-class athletes,
including Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James,
Michael Jordan, Floyd Mayweather, Michael Phelps, Mike Tyson and
Tiger Woods, and world leaders George W. Bush, Barack Obama,
Mikhail Gorbachev, and many more. On each page, Jim gives the
reader a coveted all-access pass as he reviews the best interviews,
the best athletes, and the best games in modern sports history.
It's like a personal introduction to the characters and careers of
these heroes and villains we've known since childhood. He examines
how money, celebrity, the media, and power interact, and how
sports, more than any other institution, has led to momentous
transformations in American society.
'What Ned hasn't seen on a sports TV channel isn't worth knowing
about.' Gabby Logan 'From falling out with Mourinho to flying with
Gerrard, this is a wonderful journey through football.' Henry
Winter 'A great read by one of sport's good guys.' Jonathan Liew 'A
beautiful love letter to a love no longer felt.' Adrian Chiles
Square Peg, Round Ball is a candid, insightful reminiscence on a
life in football. From time to time, as I lurched from training
ground to player's tunnel, I'd be glared at by Alex Ferguson,
clapped on the back by Arsene Wenger, taken out the back by Alan
Pardew or banned by Jose Mourinho. In the time it took for the
Golden Generation to come of age, dominate, disappoint and retire,
I fell in - and ultimately out - of love with the game, as I was
granted a uniquely privileged insight into the backstage comings
and goings of the professional football circus. Although best known
as ITV's commentator on the Tour de France, Ned Boulting has spent
most of his professional life covering football. Follow Ned's
journey from football supporter to reporter - from criss-crossing
the country in a banger of a car hoping for a word or two from the
latest big signing, to the glamour of the Champions League. Ned
really has been there, done that, and got the Sky Sports jacket to
prove it. Witnessing the shenanigans, the machinations and the
idiocy of football at close quarters Ned shares his best stories
with affection. Whether it's treading mud into Steven Gerrard's
pristine white carpets, or nearly being pushed into oncoming
traffic by a menacing Vinnie Jones, or being chased away from Roman
Abramovich's house by some scary looking men on quadbikes - Ned has
made a fool of himself to bring us the best tales from his
experiences in 90s and 2000s football.
Don Howe is one of English football's great coaches, with an
unrivalled record at international and club level. As right-hand
man to three England managers, he helped his country to the 1990
World Cup and Euro 96 semi-finals. He helped to steer them through
the 1982 World Cup unbeaten and to the quarter-finals four years
later. Howe masterminded the 1970/71 double at Arsenal, where two
spells as coach also brought European and further FA Cup glory. He
was also an integral part of one of the greatest Wembley upsets
when he helped Wimbledon's 'Crazy Gang' to victory over the mighty
Liverpool in 1988. As a player at West Bromwich Albion, Howe won 24
international caps, but as a manager he failed to achieve the
success he craved. Yet over a three-decade period, he won acclaim
from many of England's finest players as a genius of the coaching
profession. Through interviews with players, colleagues, friends
and family, this book examines the triumphs and challenges of Don
Howe's career and assesses his contribution to English football.
At the end of World War II, the top ten college football teams were
largely the same as they are today-with one exception: Oklahoma. In
1947, Bud Wilkinson was named OU's head football coach and became
the architect of Oklahoma's meteoric rise from mediocrity to its
present status as a perennial powerhouse. Based on interviews with
Wilkinson, former OU president George L. Cross, and numerous former
players, author John Scott gives us the behind-the-scenes story of
Wilkinson's years at the University of Oklahoma. Scott takes us
through the teams Wilkinson directed from 1947 to 1963, revealing
the philosophies and tactics Wilkinson used to turn OU into one of
college football's elite programs. A close-up view of games-from
strategy to execution-brings OU football and its cast of colorful
characters to life. Scott details the Sooners' 47-game winning
streak as well as thrilling games against Notre Dame, Army, USC,
and others. He also provides details of Wilkinson's breaking of the
color line in OU athletics and the infamous food-poisoning incident
in Chicago in 1959. Before his death in 1994, Wilkinson reviewed
the first draft of the book and wrote in a letter to the author,
"The explanations of football strategies are concise and clear.
They rank among the best I have ever read." Including vignettes of
Wilkinson's closest coaching friends (Royal, Bryant, Leahy,
Sanders, Blaik, Tatum), Bud Wilkinson and the Rise of Oklahoma
Football captures all the drama of Oklahoma's ascendance and serves
as an authoritative and entertaining history of the sport that will
appeal to all college football fans.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is
the bestselling story about a rowing team's quest for Olympic gold
in Nazi Germany. Cast aside by his family at an early age,
abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington
State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his
past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight
other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in
1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitler's
Berlin. Stroke by stroke, a remarkable young man strives to regain
his shattered self-regard, to dare again to trust in others - and
to find his way back home. Told against the backdrop of the Great
Depression, Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat is narrative
non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism
and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of history,
and captures instead the purest essence of what it means to be
alive. 'I really can't rave enough about this book . . . I read the
last fifty pages with white knuckles, and the last twenty-five with
tears in my eyes' - David Laskin, author of The Children's Blizzard
and The Long Way Home.
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