Biography of the baseball hitter who set a new home-run record in the 1998 season.

Mark McGwire : Home Run Hero

Rob Rains

Bt Bound

It seems unlikely that James Naismith, who grew up playing OC Duck on the RockOCO in the rural community of Almonte, Canada, would invent one of AmericaOCOs most popular sports. But Rob Rains and Hellen CarpenterOCOs fascinating, in-depth biography James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball shows how this young manOCowho wanted to be a medical doctor, or if not that, a minister (in fact, he was both)OCocame to create a game that has endured for over a century. James Naismith reveals how Naismith invented basketball in part to find an indoor activity to occupy students in the winter months. When he realized that the key to his game was that men could not run with the ball, and that throwing and jumping would eliminate the roughness of force, he was on to something. And while Naismith thought that other sports provided better exercise, he was pleased to create a game that OC anyone could play.OCO With unprecedented access to the Naismith archives and documents, Rains and Carpenter chronicle how Naismith developed the 13 rules of basketball, coached the game at the University of KansasOCoestablishing college basketball in the processOCoand was honored for his work at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin.

James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball

Hellen Carpenter

Biographies & Memoirs

Temple University Press

Limited Leatherbound Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Signed by Ozzie Smith and Rob Rains. Includes certificate of authenticity. Ozzie Smith has lived a legendary life of baseball, capped by the ultimate honor - induction into Cooperstown. The Wizard of Oz, best known for his on-field acrobatics and his ability to make the impossible play from shortstop, played in the major leagues for 19 years, the final 15 in St. Louis. He retired in 1996, was voted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, ans was named to the All-Century team as one of the 100 best players in the 20th century. The brilliant, full-color photography in this book is the perfect complement to Ozzie Smith's sensational and colorful career.

Ozzie Smith: Road to Cooperstown,, Limited Edition

Ozzie Smith

Sports Publishing

Arguably the finest offensive line coach in the history of professional football, Jim Hanifan of the St. Louis Rams tells the story of his life in the NFL as he enters his final season.

Beyond XS and OS: My Thirty Years in the NFL

Jim Hanifan

Sports Publishing, LLC

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Mark McGwire : Home Run Hero

James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball

Ozzie Smith: Road to Cooperstown,, Limited Edition

Beyond XS and OS: My Thirty Years in the NFL