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Jenkins, Sally

Summary: "Sportswriter and columnist Sally Jenkins spent her whole life literally stamping great coaches and athletes down in letters. But somewhere along the line, she realized, they had begun to write her. Their example could shape her into something better if she paid attention. What she learned from great athletes and coaches is that champions are the product of their own work. This book is an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.01 JEN

Calkhoven, Laurie

Summary: Get to know some of the many groundbreaking and legendary women in US soccer. Read about some amazing and unstoppable women who changed soccer in America like Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Briana Scurry, Trinity Rodman, and Mia Hamm. This book also includes a history of women's soccer in America and a summary of all four historic World Cup wins.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CAL

Bryant, Kobe

Summary: In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant shares his vast knowledge and understanding of the game. Citing an obligation to teach young players, hardcore fans, and devoted students of the game how to play it "the right way," The Mamba Mentality takes us inside the mind of one of the most analytical and creative basketball players ever. Bryant...

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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 BRY

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Team Bryant

Sando, Mike

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: It is a question that has bedeviled football fans for generations: Who's the best? Of the more than 25,000 men who have suited up during the NFL's century of existence, which ones stood head and shoulders above all others? At The Athletic, home to the best newsroom in sports, this question would become a labor of love for dozens of the best football writers on the planet, including Mike Sando...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2023

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Cole, Jesse

Summary: Cole dreamed of pitching in the Majors. Instead he reshaped Savannah, Georgia's professional team into the league champion Savannah Bananas. And now the Bananas have restyled baseball itself into something all their own: they throw out a first banana rather than a ball. Their first-base coach dances between innings. And the rules themselves are bananas: if a fan catches a foul ball it's an out;...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 COL

Summary: Don Haskins, a future Hall of Fame coach of tiny Texas Western University, bucks convention by simply starting the best players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GLO

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Glory 2006

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD GLO

Hinodeya, Sankichi

Summary: "You won't believe who has joined Team Blue to fill in for a missing teammate so they can compete in the Square King Ranked Battle Cup! Get ready for a whole new arc featuring some mixed-up new teams! Plus, a bonus story featuring Emperor!"--Provided by publisher

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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC HIN

Summary: The story of the filly Ruffian, who dominated horse racing in the early 1970s, until a broken leg at Belmont Park ended her career and her life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RUF

Kleist, Reinhard

Summary: The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days after the fight, Paret, who had directed a homophobic slur at Griffith during the weigh-in, died from his injuries. In Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist draws a powerful, emotive portrait of a bisexual black athlete who, facing racism and homophobia in 1960s America,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: SelfMadeHero 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 KLE

Maddox, Jake

Summary: Zack is a fine defensive outfielder, but he has trouble hitting the ball--until his friend, Jamie, offers to help him using a virtual reality batting program.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MAD

Midori, Wataru

Summary: "Shouta Kikuzato's hopes of starting on his school's prestigious soccer team are derailed when a terrible incident costs him his leg. Now in his first year of high school (again), Kikuzato has resigned himself to never reaching his athletic dreams. But when Chidori, a passing prosthetist, notices Kikuzato's artificial limb-- and speed--as he races through the train station, the specialist...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RUN

Hicks, Faith Erin

Summary: It should have been a night of triumph for Alix's hockey team. But her mean teammate Lindsay decided to start up with her usual rude comments and today Alix, who usually tries to control her anger, let it finally run free. Alix lashes out and before she knows it, her coach is dragging her off Lindsay, and the invitation to the Canada National Women's U18 Team's summer camp is on the line. She...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HIC

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC HIC

Maddox, Jake

Summary: "Harper's passion is parkour. Moving over, under, and around obstacles in unique ways makes her feel like a superstar. But when the big parkour competition is cancelled, Harper has no place to compete--unless she joins a gymnastics team. Will Harper find the same passion for gymnastics as parkour?"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2024

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Summary: Coach Clay Driscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn't want. A town that doesn't support girl's sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his "girls" refuse to let him quit. Both the young women and their hard-headed coach fight for equality and a share of the dream,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: GT Media 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEL

Kurtz, Scott R.

Summary: "Valeria Winters has an easier time finding trouble than making friends. A fantasy-obsessed nerd with the legendary confidence--and temper--of a Valkyrie, Val promises her mom that things will be different at her new school. "No more fighting!" As if by fate, she meets the Table Titans right away--Alan, Andrew, and Darius, who run the school's tabletop gaming club. Finally, Val has found her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 KUR

Ervick, Kelcey

Summary: "A beautifully illustrated coming-of-age graphic memoir chronicling how sports shaped one young girl's life and changed women's history forever"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 ERVICK, KELCEY ERV

Summary: The Valachi papers: Former mob "button man" Joe Valachi turns informant when he learns top Mafia capo Vito Genovese has put a contract out on his life. From thievery add extortion to vengeance and murder, Valachi spills the innermost workings of the Cosa Nostra, culminating in his riveting testimony before a Senate subcommittee.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE CHA

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Westlake Entertainment, Inc. 2006

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOK

Summary: An obsessive college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an extreme physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NOV

Summary: Tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner's unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations to become an NFL player, but just when his dreams seemed all but out of reach, it is only with the support...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AME

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AME

Summary: An unathletic boy with autism strives to become an unlikely marathon champion giving his unfulfilled father purpose and a second chance at putting his family first.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TYS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TYS

Summary: A backup quarterback for a Texas high school football team must confront the pressures and temptations of being a sports star, including conflicts with his coach and his girlfriend, when the starting quarterback is injured.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 1999

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VAR

Kaneshiro, Muneyuki

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: With seconds left on the clock, Isagi manages to weave a masterful play--until Rin Itoshi and what seems like a stroke of bad luck deal the definitive blow. But what role does luck really play in a soccer match? Ego is eager to impart his wisdom on the advancing players, with the unknowns of the Third Selection looming just ahead.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2024

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Friend, Podoal

Summary: "La Ion just wants to play soccer, but he accidentally joins a robot soccer club. Along with the story of La Ion's mix-up, this graphic novel explores the history of robots and key ideas in robotics"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2023

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