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The Stories Behind the Sports

Sports can be moving, exciting and extremely exhilarating. It's about more than home runs and touchdowns, super bowl rings and championship trophies. Sports have the ability to bring people together, and it is the stories behind the teams and successes that make the games so exciting. Here is a list of some of our favorite "the stories behind the sports" books.

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  • Rickey & Robinson

    the True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball

    Kahn, Roger,
    Book, 2014Emmaus, Pennsylvania : Rodale Books, ©2014. — Sports & Games 796.357 KAH
  • Book, 1969New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1969] — Sports & Games 796.34 McP
  • The Heritage

    Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism

    Bryant, Howard, 1968-
    Book, 2018Boston : Beacon Press, 2018. — Sports & Games 796.09 Bry
  • Book, 1966New York : Harper & Row, [1966] — Sports & Games 796.33 Pli
  • League of Denial

    the NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth

    Fainaru-Wada, Mark,
    Book, 2013New York : Crown Archetype, [2013] — Sports & Games 796.332 FAI
  • The Boys in the Boat

    Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

    Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
    Book, 2013New York : Viking, [2013] — Sports & Games 797.123 Bro
  • Driving Mr. Yogi

    Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift

    Araton, Harvey,
    Book, 2012Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. — Sports & Games 796.357 ARA
  • Baseball Cop

    the Dark Side of America's National Pastime

    Dominguez, Eddie,
    Book, 2018New York : Hachette Books, 2018. — Sports & Games 796.357 Dom
  • Book, 2004Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004. — Sports & Games 796.33262 Bis
  • Where Nobody Knows Your Name

    Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball

    Feinstein, John,
    Book, 2014New York : Doubleday, [2014] — Sports & Games 796.357 Fei
  • Game Worn

    Baseball Treasures From the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments

    Wong, Stephen,
    Book, 2016Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2016] — Sports & Games 796.357 Won
  • Outcasts United

    a Refugee Soccer Team, An American Town

    St. John, Warren,
    Book, 2009New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009. — Sports & Games 796.334 Sai
  • Hope

    a School, a Team, a Dream

    Reynolds, Bill, 1945-
    Book, 2016New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016. — Sports & Games 796.323 Rey
  • Book, 2017New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2017] — Sports & Games 796.357 Coh
  • Proud

    My Fight for An Unlikely American Dream

    Muhammad, Ibtihaj, 1985-
    Book, 2018New York : Hachette Books, 2018. — Biography B Muh
  • The Streak

    Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record

    Eisenberg, John, 1956-
    Book, 2017Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. — Sports & Games 796.357 Eis
  • Color Blind

    the Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line

    Dunkel, Tom,
    Book, 2013New York : Atlantic Monthly, [2013] — Sports & Games 796.357 Dun
  • A Terrible Splendor

    Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played

    Fisher, Marshall,
    Book, 2009New York : Crown Publishers, [2009] — Sports & Games 796.342 FIS