What do you consider the top sports books written of all-time?

[Fishhead]

BALL FOUR by Jim Bouton, THE BOYS OF SUMMER, and A SEASON ON THE BRINK immediately come to my mind.

One of my all-time favorites was THE GLORY OF THEIR TIME, which went into great detail about many old-time ballplayers.

-F-

 

[oldmanTED]

If you enjoy reading about inner city hoops in New York, would highly recommend The City Game as an enjoyable read.

 

[Coast2Coast]

The Little Red Book by Harvey Penick. Golf is Not A Game of Perfect by Dr. Bob Rotella.

 

[SSI]

Ball Four.

Nice Guys Finish Last, (Leo Durocher).

The Bronx Zoo.


Greatest to me was Ken Burns 18hr documentary on history of baseball.. greates documentary ive seen..

 

[MadCapper]

Damn Yankees

 

[Fishhead]

The Bronx Zoo.

FUNNY BOOK!

 

[BAUS]

Juiced by Jose Canseco

BAUS

 

[WorldNumberOne]

Snake

 

[volhound]

I read "They Call Me Assassin" by Jack Tatum almost 20 years ago.

I loved it

What sticks with me most from the book is how crooked the Colleges were back then/now when it comes to getting recruits to sign. Money, cars, women sent to :hump: the hell out of them. Samre stuff that goes on now, but more in the open then.
I had no idea that stuff went on like when I read it in High School

 

[MrTeaser]

Friday Night Lights

 

[Fishhead]

INSTANT REPLAY........Jerry Kramer

Classic NFL book!

 

[RobFunk]

Golenbock, Peter. Personal Fouls: The Broken Promises and Shattered Dreams of Big Money Basketball at Jim Valvano's N.C. State.
Detailed expose using many unnamed sources who implicate the entire N.C. State coaching staff of academic fraud, recruiting violations and a general lack of institutional control. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1989.

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[Jarbo]

When Pride Still Mattered

The Story of Vince Lombardi and The Green Bay Packers

 

[volhound]

Jarbo

my wife read that and loved it. she tells me sports facts now!

 

[Jarbo]

I read "They Call Me Assassin" by Jack Tatum almost 20 years ago.

I loved it

What sticks with me most from the book is how crooked the Colleges were back then/now when it comes to getting recruits to sign. Money, cars, women sent to :hump: the hell out of them. Samre stuff that goes on now, but more in the open then.
I had no idea that stuff went on like when I read it in High School

Another book in the same vein was the one about Lance Rentzle and the Oklahoma Sooners - I can't remember the name of the book however. The part about the Grape race was funny as hell, basically all of the Freshmen had a grape stuck up there ass and had to crawl backwards on their feet and hands. The last guy too finish the 100 yards had to eat all of the grapes.
:monsters-

 

[QuickLearner]

Foul, The Connie Hawkins Story.

 

[WorldNumberOne]

Foul, The Connie Hawkins Story.

one of the first sports books i ever read.. i was about 11