http://www.mensjournal.com/sports/co...l-time-w500930
I've only read 4 - Ball Four...Boys of Summer...Season on the Brink...Out of their League
Surprised that Instant Replay and Foul (story of my all-time favorite NBA player Connie Hawkins) did not make the list. Both, along with Ball Four were the first adult sports books I read. Loved Instant Replay even though I'm not a Packer fan.
OT - Sixty Four Best Sports Books of All-Time
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09-06-2017, 04:20 PMCaribouJimOT - Sixty Four Best Sports Books of All-Time
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09-06-2017, 05:24 PMPhantom Warrior
I think it's incredible that "The Natural" isn't on this list. Malamud's novel is a classic.
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09-07-2017, 10:53 AMMarkedman
I can definitely recommend "A good walk spoiled" for any golfers out there. Great read
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09-07-2017, 12:20 PMTheSultan
"The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel James Brown. About the University of Washington's crew team and their participation in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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09-07-2017, 06:23 PMMayorBeluga
Caribou reading adult books? Do we question whether he reads books without pictures? Or are his adult books full of pictures?
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09-08-2017, 09:23 AMCaribouJim...and PBS had a great doc on it as well - they repeated it recently. Great story.Quote:
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09-08-2017, 09:49 AMCaribouJimWay back when it was mostly Chip Hilton, Hardy Boys and those paper back Scholastic Books sports bios that I ordered monthly at school, before my fifth grade teacher, Miss Maccallini, advised me to mix it up a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by MayorBeluga
Chip Hilton and Hardy Boys had a handful of sketches so far from "full of pics" and not of the "adult" nature. My mother "edited" the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues so if I got caught with "adult" material I'd be dead and anyway, Chipper Parks up the street - a couple years older than me and my buddies - was the purveyor of "adult" material in our neighborhood. Always assumed he would end up in Attica, but ended up being filthy rich.