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Rethinking Fandom
- How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game
- By: Craig Calcaterra
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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Sports fandom isn’t what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly count on the blind loyalty of their fans and too often act against the team’s best interest. Sports fans are left deliberating not only mismanagement but also political, health, and ethical issues. In Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports Industrial Complex at Its Own Game, sportswriter and lifelong sports fan Craig Calcaterra outlines endemic problems with what he calls the sports-industrial complex.
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Rethinking Fandom
- How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 23-08-22
- Language: English
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Parkour and the Art du déplacement
- Strength, Dignity, Community
- By: Vincent Thibault, Casey Roberts - translator
- Narrated by: Yusuf Zine
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
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Parkour, the art of displacement, or freerunning—whatever the name, this new discipline born in the Paris suburbs is rapidly being adopted by people throughout the world. Not satisfied to suffer through urban life, these athletic artists or artistic athletes want to thrive in it, all the while earning dignity by daringly reappropriating three motor skills: running, jumping, and climbing. Vincent Thibault explores the philosophical and spiritual aspects of the art of movement and offers ideas on health, sports, urban living, and the relationship between the body and the environment.
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Parkour and the Art du déplacement
- Strength, Dignity, Community
- Narrated by: Yusuf Zine
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 30-05-22
- Language: English
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Guns and Needles
- A Journey into the Heart of South African Sport's Steroid and Drug Culture
- By: Clinton van der Berg
- Narrated by: Gareth Dry
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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South Africa revels in its reputation as a sport-loving country. Yet just beneath the surface lurks a dark underbelly that reeks of cheating and illicit shenanigans, where shady characters and willing athletes are prepared to do whatever it takes to come out on top. South African sport is awash with steroids, a habit that formed in the late 1980s and continues unabated today, with participants and champions alike opting to play dirty.
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Guns and Needles
- A Journey into the Heart of South African Sport's Steroid and Drug Culture
- Narrated by: Gareth Dry
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-03-22
- Language: English
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This Is Your Brain on Sports
- The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
- By: L. Jon Wertheim
- Narrated by: Sam Sommers, Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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This Is Your Brain on Sports is the audiobook for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and best-selling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take listeners on a wild ride into the inner world of sports.
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This Is Your Brain on Sports
- The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
- Narrated by: Sam Sommers, Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-02-16
- Language: English
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The Why Is Everything
- A Story of Football, Rivalry, and Revolution
- By: Michael Silver
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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When Kyle Shanahan became the NFL's youngest offensive coordinator in 2008, he had one prevailing rule: Tell me the why. If a colleague couldn't justify his position by providing the unassailable reasoning behind it, he was told to get the hell out of Shanahan's office. Shanahan and the members of his coaching tree—including Sean McVay, Mike McDaniel, Raheem Morris, and Matt LaFleur—came up in a sport where innovation was the exception, not the rule. There had been brilliant football minds before, from Paul Brown to Bill Walsh to Bill Belichick.
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The Why Is Everything
- A Story of Football, Rivalry, and Revolution
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-10-24
- Language: English
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How Football Explains America
- By: Sal Paolantonio
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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How Football Explains America is a fascinating, first-of-its-kind journey through the making of America's most complex, intriguing, and popular game. ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio explores just how crucial football is to understanding the American psyche. Paolantonio tackles varying American themes from Manifest Destiny to “fourth and one” as he goes deep in order to answer the age-old question: Why does America love football so much?
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How Football Explains America
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 26-03-14
- Language: English
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Pacific Rims
- By: Rafe Bartholomew
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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A young man's journey through the Philippines' most unlikely obsession: Basketball. In Pacific Rims, Rafe Bartholemew, journalist, New Yorker, and veteran baller, ventures through the Philippines to investigate the country's love of basketball. From street corners where diehards fashion hoops out of old car parts to the professional league where politicians exploit team loyalties to win elections, Pacific Rims gets the story - and gets in the game.
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Pacific Rims
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-11-13
- Language: English
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The Good Sport
- Reflections on a Full Life in College Sports
- By: Kevin White
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 6 hrs
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In The Good Sport, Kevin White takes an unflinching look at the current state of intercollegiate sports, including the tumultuous changes brought on by the Supreme Court's landmark decision on name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights. Drawing on his decades of leadership, White examines the chaos, challenges, and opportunities of this new era—and why he believes the future of college sports hangs in the balance.
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The Good Sport
- Reflections on a Full Life in College Sports
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 05-08-25
- Language: English
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The Great Black Hope
- Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback
- By: Louis Moore
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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There is no position in pro sports more important than an NFL quarterback. But quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years, and when Doug Williams and Vince Evans arrived in the league in the late 1970s, they got death threats, faced racist questions, and knew that a single mistake could end their careers. The Great Black Hope tells the twin stories of Vince Evans, an electrifying dual-threat quarterback ahead of his time, and of Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to become a champion.
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The Great Black Hope
- Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 24-09-24
- Language: English
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Tackling the Everyday
- Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football
- By: Tracie Canada
- Narrated by: L. Malaika Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Tackling the Everyday shows how college football particularly harms the young Black men who are overrepresented on gridirons across the country. Although coaches and universities constantly invoke the misleading "football family" narrative, this book describes how a brotherhood among Black players operates alongside their caring mothers, who support them on and off the field. With a Black feminist approach—one that highlights often-overlooked voices—Canada exposes how race, gender, kinship, and care shape the lives of the young athletes who shoulder America's favorite game.
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Tackling the Everyday
- Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football
- Narrated by: L. Malaika Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 25-02-25
- Language: English
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Game Misconduct
- Hockey's Toxic Culture and How to Fix It
- By: Evan F. Moore, Jashvina Shah, Renee Hess - foreword
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott, Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Those who have been lured by the sound of skate blades slicing into fresh ice and everything-or-nothing attitude of the game know that hockey can seem like its own world. Yet in another light, that tight community can turn insular; the values of teamwork and humility can manifest as collective silence in the face of abuse and discrimination. In Game Misconduct, reporters Evan Moore and Jashvina Shah reveal hockey's toxic undercurrent which has permeated the sport throughout the junior, college, and professional levels.
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Game Misconduct
- Hockey's Toxic Culture and How to Fix It
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott, Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 27-12-22
- Language: English
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Was Teams erfolgreich macht
- Die Formel hinter dem Triumph von Bayern München, Liverpool und Co.
- By: Tobias Escher
- Narrated by: Oliver Dupont
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Ein Hörbuch nicht nur für Fußballfans, sondern für alle, die erfolgreich im Team sein wollen. Warum wird der FC Bayern jedes Jahr Meister? Wie hat es der FC Liverpool wieder an die Spitze der Liga geschafft? Und warum schafft der HSV es trotz guter Spieler nicht, wieder aufzusteigen? Tobias Escher begibt sich auf die Suche nach Erfolgsfaktoren für Fußballteams. Er spricht mit Trainern, Spielern und Verantwortlichen und analysiert die vielen Aspekte, die zusammengenommen stimmen müssen, damit Teams Meisterschaften gewinnen.
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Was Teams erfolgreich macht
- Die Formel hinter dem Triumph von Bayern München, Liverpool und Co.
- Narrated by: Oliver Dupont
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 20-01-23
- Language: German
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Passion Plays
- How Religion Shaped Sports in North America (A Ferris and Ferris Book)
- By: Randall Balmer
- Narrated by: Randall Balmer
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As a historian of religion, the more he listened, Balmer couldn't help but wonder how the fervor he heard related to religious practice. From baseball to basketball and football to ice hockey, Balmer explores the origins and histories of big-time sports from the late nineteenth century to the present, with entertaining anecdotes and fresh insights into their ties to religious life.
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Passion Plays
- How Religion Shaped Sports in North America (A Ferris and Ferris Book)
- Narrated by: Randall Balmer
- Series: A Ferris and Ferris Book
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 20-09-22
- Language: English
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Melanin Base Camp
- Real-Life Adventurers Building a More Inclusive Outdoors
- By: Danielle Williams
- Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
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Danielle Williams, skydiver and founder of the online community Melanin Base Camp, profiles dozens of adventurers pushing the boundaries of inclusion and equity in the outdoors. These compelling narratives include a mother whose love of hiking led her to found a nonprofit to expose BIPOC children to the wonders of the outdoors and a mountain biker who, despite at first dealing with unwelcome glances and hostility on trails, went on to become a blogger who writes about justice and diversity in natural spaces.
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Melanin Base Camp
- Real-Life Adventurers Building a More Inclusive Outdoors
- Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 21-03-23
- Language: English
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Fans
- How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding
- By: Larry Olmsted
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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The New York Times and Washington Post bestselling author turns his expertise to a subject that has never been fully explored, delivering a highly entertaining game changer that uses brand-new research to show us why being a sports fan is good for us individually and is a force for positive change in society. Fans is a passionate reminder of how games, teams, and the communities dedicated to them are vital to our lives.
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Fans
- How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 15-07-22
- Language: English
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Rebound
- Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City
- By: Perry King
- Narrated by: K.C. Collins
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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“The virus exposed how we live and work. It also revealed how we play, and what we lose when we have to stop.” For every kid who makes it to the NBA, thousands more seek out the pleasure and camaraderie of pick-up basketball in their local community centre or neighbourhood park. It’s a story that plays out in sport after sport–team and individual, youth and adult, men's and women's.
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Rebound
- Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City
- Narrated by: K.C. Collins
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 30-06-22
- Language: English
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Baseball Rebels
- The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America
- By: Peter Dreier, Robert Elias, Dave Zirin - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
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Some of baseball's rebels are widely recognized, but most of them are either little known or known primarily for their baseball achievements—not their political views and activism. Many players, owners, reporters, and other activists challenged both the baseball establishment and society's status quo. Baseball Rebels tells stories of baseball's reformers and radicals who were influenced by, and in turn influenced, America's broader political and social protest movements, making the game—and society—better along the way.
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Baseball Rebels
- The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 10-05-22
- Language: English
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Interista social club
- Viaggio al termine delle nostre notti insonni nell'anno dello scudetto
- By: Tommaso Labate
- Narrated by: Tommaso Labate
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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Il tifo calcistico è qualcosa di più di una storia d'amore o di una fede religiosa, è una condizione dell'essere. Si è di una squadra fin da bambini e la si ama seguendo dinamiche personalissime, fatte di consuetudini e liturgie ben precise, che rispondono a una grammatica che il non tifoso non può che ignorare. Tommaso Labate prende le mosse dalla recente vittoria dello scudetto del 2021 da parte della sua Inter per accompagnare il lettore alla scoperta di questa grammatica, attraverso un vero e proprio viaggio nell'"interismo".
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Interista social club
- Viaggio al termine delle nostre notti insonni nell'anno dello scudetto
- Narrated by: Tommaso Labate
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 30-03-22
- Language: Italian
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Common Enemies
- Georgetown Basketball, Miami Football, and the Racial Transformation of College Sports
- By: Thomas F. Schaller
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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During the 1980s, Black athletes and other athletes of color broadened the popularity and profitability of major college televised sports by infusing games with a "Black style" of play. At a moment ripe for a revolution in men's college basketball and football, clashes between "good guy" white protagonists and bombastic "bad boy" Black antagonists attracted new fans and spectators. And no two teams in the 1980s welcomed the enemy's role more than Georgetown Hoya basketball and Miami Hurricane football. The Hoyas and the 'Canes made the bad-boy image look good. Pop culture took notice.
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Common Enemies
- Georgetown Basketball, Miami Football, and the Racial Transformation of College Sports
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 29-03-22
- Language: English
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Shift
- The Athlete's Playbook: 5 Proven Steps to Life After Sport
- By: Jonathan Van Horn
- Narrated by: Jonathan Van Horn
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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What happens when the stadium clears for the last time? You've built a career - a life - around your sport. But when the stadium clears and you hang up your jersey after your final game, what will your career be? Who will you be? In Shift, Jonathan Van Horn explores the truth behind the adage that athletes die twice, once when they stop competing and again when they stop breathing. Having experienced heartache, withdrawal, and identity loss when he transitioned to life beyond soccer, he understands the struggle and emotional toll of that first death.
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Shift
- The Athlete's Playbook: 5 Proven Steps to Life After Sport
- Narrated by: Jonathan Van Horn
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 17-03-22
- Language: English
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