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  • LITTLE WONDER
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    LITTLE WONDER
    SASHA ABRAMSKY
    "Masterfully captures the life of this little-known sportswoman, a versatile female athlete comparable to Babe Didrikson Zaharias." — Booklist (starred review) Lottie Dod was a truly extraordinary sports figure who blazed trails of glory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dod won Wimbledon five times, and did so for the first time in 1887, at the ludicrously ...

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  • MY LIFE ON THE LINE
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    MY LIFE ON THE LINE
    RYAN O'CALLAGHAN / CYD ZEIGLER
    A riveting account of life as a closeted professional athlete from gay NFL player O'Callaghan, against the backdrop of depression, opioid addiction, and the threat of suicide. "[O'Callaghan's] story is one of beautiful vulnerability, and it further shows the importance of knowing you aren't alone." — Oprah Daily, recommended by Gayle King Ryan O'Callaghan's plan was always to p...

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  • YOU THROW LIKE A GIRL
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    YOU THROW LIKE A GIRL
    DON MCPHERSON
    The former NFL quarterback examines the roots of masculinity gone awry and how it promotes violence against women. In You Throw Like a Girl, former Syracuse University quarterback and NFL veteran Don McPherson examines how the narrow definition of masculinity adversely impacts women and creates many "blind spots" that hinder the healthy development of men. Dissecting the strict...

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  • TIGERBELLE
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    TIGERBELLE
    WYOMIA TYUS / ELIZABETH TERZAKIS
    A timely memoir about world record–breaking Tyus's 1964 and 1968 Olympic victories, amid the turbulence of the 1960s, along with contemporary reflections. "Tyus proves as winning a storyteller as she was a runner . . . The 'a' in Wyomia is silent, but thankfully, the woman who owns that name is not." — New York Times Book Review " Tigerbelle offers a fresh perspective on the hi...

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  • WE MATTER
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    WE MATTER
    ETAN THOMAS
    Interviews with sports stars, activists, surviving family members, and others fighting racial injustice: "Before Kaepernick, there was Etan Thomas."— The New York Times A Library Journal Best Book of the Year Professional athletes have long been influential figures in American life. Today, many of them are using their platforms to speak up about injustice and inequality. This b...

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  • UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
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    UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
    JESSICA LUTHER
    A meticulously researched and powerful exposé on the epidemic of cover-up that surrounds sexual assault and college football players. "Not to reckon with Luther's book would be an abdication not only of one's moral faculty but also of one's fandom . . . Luther doesn't just want to save future victims; she wants to save college football." — New York Times Book Review "Highly rel...

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  • FAIR PLAY
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    FAIR PLAY
    CYD ZEIGLER
    Zeigler tells the story of how sports has been radically transformed for LGBT athletes in the past four years. " Fair Play presents LGBT history and shows how far the movement has come. It's also an important scrapbook of past and present-day gay athletes who have bravely tested America's social climate and come out, even when their careers were at risk." — Bay Area Reporter Wh...

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  • CHASING WATER
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    CHASING WATER
    ANTHONY ERVIN / CONSTANTINE MARKIDES
    The Olympic swimmer reveals the wild and challenging journey that took place between two gold medals: "Inspiring, humorous, and often profound."— People Magazine Anthony Ervin is an Olympic swimmer who won the gold at nineteen—and that may be one of the least interesting things about him. An athlete of Jewish and African-American descent who is also a practicing Buddhist, he au...

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