When deciding which athletes to profile, our editors take into account not only a player's statistics, but also his character. SPI takes care to select athletes who are known to be community minded and can serve as role models.The biographical material on each athlete covers him from his earliest days to the present.

Alex Rodriguez: A+ Shortstop

Michael Shalin

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Mike Shalin

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Junior Seau: Overcoming the Odds

Jim Trotter

Jake Plummer: Comeback Cardinal

Steve Schoenfeld

When Ned Harkness enthusiastically predicted that Glens Falls, New York, would become the "Green Bay of Hockey, " even his most ardent supporters had to wonder whether his hyperbole had any limits. Adirondack teams have won four Calder Cup playoff titles and have been a finishing school for dozens of NHL players, coaches, and executives, including Adam Oates, Adam Graves, Joe Murphy, Bob Probert, former Winnipeg Jet Tim Cheveldae, former Montreal Canadiens star Peter Mahovlich, New York Rangers president and general manager Neil Smith, and former Los Angeles Kings coach Barry Melrose.

Minor in Name Only: The History of the Adirondack Red Wings

Sports & Outdoors

Kane, Mike

Baseball

For almost a century, the New York Yankees have dominated the game of baseball. With 33 American League pennants and 22 world championships, the Yankees have built a dynasty that is unrivaled in sports. No other team has the tradition and spirit of the New York Yankees. Names like Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Maris, Rizzuto, Martin, Ford, Berra, Stengel, Slaughter, Jackson, and Mattingly represent more than men who played the game -- they are part of the great mystique that causes all Yankee fans to swell with pride. From the first pitch of the New York Yankees in 1903 through the 1995 season.

The Yankee Encyclopedia

Reference

Gallagher, Mark

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

The Big Ten: A Century of Excellence is the definitive history of intercollegiate athletics' oldest and most prestigious conference. Designed in an easy-to-read format, the conference-endorsed Big Ten centennial book contains historical reference material about the Big Ten's first 100 seasons. Among the features are sketches of the big events, features on the team champions, stories about the premier athletes, notes about the influential coaches and administrators, information about the Big Ten's pioneers, and vignettes about the conference's academic achievements. The book's appendix includes a synopsis of each university's coaches and administrators.

The Big Ten: A Century of Excellence

Ratermann, Dale

Miscellaneous

The companion volume to the awardwinning Public Television Videography "TM" Program Special on Mantle's career with more than 180 rare photographs, headlines, articles, cartoons, and text. Mantle offers readers an intimate and insightful portrait of his life and career.

Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes to Life

Mantle, Mickey

Early, Lewis

Biographies & Memoirs

Year in and year out, the Wolverines have placed championship banner upon banner atop their record collection. The Wolverines have 47 national team championships, 281 Big Ten titles, more than 1,600 first team All-Americans, nearly 1,300 individual Big Ten champions, and the list goes on. While many schools note periods of success, the U-M has made winning a way of life, emerging from the battles victorious more than 10,000 times. This great tradition has been filled with notable names and spectacular performances.

Michigan: Champions of the West!

History

Madej, Bruce

Americas

The Penn State Football Encyclopedia traces the legacy of Penn State football

The Penn State Football Encyclopedia

Prato, Louis

They were described by Al Rosen, " like the Three Muskateers, you know, one for all and all for one." Bob Lemon called them, " Un-inspirable, " because, " we felt we were going to win all the time."

The Boys of Summer of 1948: The Golden Anniversary of the World Champion Cleveland Indians

Schneider, Russell

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