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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice Author: Ben Rothenberg Narrator: Ben Rothenberg, Stacey Glemboski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 9, 2024 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A deeply reported, revealing biography of tennis phenomenon and activist Naomi Osaka, telling the untold story behind her Grand Slam-winning career, her headline-making advocacy for racial justice and mental health, and the challenges of a life in the international spotlight. Naomi Osaka is everywhere, but how did she get there? Most tennis fans were introduced to Naomi Osaka as they watched her win the 2018 US Open final in an unforgettably controversial and dramatic victory over her idol, Serena Williams. Her extraordinary talent propelled her to the top of her sport and onto the front page of newspapers and magazines worldwide, but it was her unique blend of awe-striking power and disarming vulnerability that fascinated millions as she became a champion like none before her. Osaka has captivated the tennis world-- and gained attention across the culture-- not only by winning three more Grand Slams but by finding her voice on a range of topics that have made her a touchstone far beyond sports, positioned at the crossroads of myriad social issues. Even as she became the highest-paid female athlete in history and one of the most discussed of the past decade, until now, the story of the Haitian-Japanese-American Osaka family’s journey across the world to follow their tennis dreams has remained little known. It is a story unlike any other, and Ben Rothenberg’s biography not only shows where Osaka came from but also where she's going as she returns to competitive tennis after a year on maternity leave. Through a riveting exploration of the ways Osaka has changed the game on and off the court, Rothenberg details the incredible impact Osaka has had in the arenas of sports, media, business, social justice, and mental health.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend Author: Chris Kamara Narrator: Chris Kamara, Tony Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 9, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This audiobook includes a moving introduction read by Kammy himself, as well as an exclusive Q&A between him and narrator Tony Marshall. 'What a man, what a life, what a story, and what a great read' – Paddy McGuinness With his trademark banter and unflinching honesty, Kammy sees Chris 'Kammy' Kamara tell the unbelievable stories of his life, revealing how he went from hard-tackling footballer to broadcasting national treasure. Presenter, commentator, (sometimes masked) singer, footballer, manager and campaigner, Kammy's action-packed career has made him a bona fide British hero. But it hasn't always been plain sailing. Kammy had a tough upbringing, faced racism on the terraces during his playing career and has, in recent years, dealt with a rare brain condition – apraxia – that has affected his speech and seen him say goodbye to Sky Sports. Despite this, Kammy’s star has only risen as he’s met every challenge with courage, determination and his infectious smile. With entertaining stories of his playing career from Pompey to Leeds and beyond; his management at Bradford City and Stoke; his crazy travels around the world; of Soccer Saturday banter; presenting Ninja Warrior; and the incredible friendships he's made along the way, Kammy is an unforgettable ride from one of Britain's best-loved broadcasters. 'A talented (and daft) lad from the Boro who has entertained the nation for decades, on and off the pitch. So get the tissues ready – this book will make you laugh and cry in equal measure' – Steph McGovern

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/567216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Race To Be Myself Author: Caster Semenya Narrator: Becky Motumo, Caster Semenya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Woman. Athlete. Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mother. The Race To Be Myself is an intimate exploration of Caster Semenya's many identities, told for the first time by Caster herself. In her own words, Caster takes the reader through key moments that defined her story, sharing her journey from childhood, through to her teenage years and adulthood. In the book, Caster will detail what went on behind the scenes when she found international fame, how it felt to have her body dissected for the whole world to see. Caster will explore how the politics of race, gender, and sexuality play out at the highest levels of competitive sports and why she is determined to continue the fight for her and others right to run free. The Race To Be Myself is an inspirational book about personal freedom and self-love, and how important it is to have the strength and courage to pursue your dream - no matter what it is put in your way. ©2023 Caster Semenya (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back Author: Ted Nolan Narrator: James Malloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: #1 BESTSELLER In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he wouldn’t work in pro hockey again for almost a decade. What happened? Growing up on a First Nation reserve, young Ted Nolan built his own backyard hockey rink and wore skates many sizes too big. But poverty wasn’t his biggest challenge. Playing the game meant spending his life in two worlds: one in which he was loved and accepted and one where he was often told he didn’t belong. Ted proved he had what it took, joining the Detroit Red Wings in 1978. But when his on-ice career ended, he discovered his true passion wasn’t playing; it was coaching. First with the Soo Greyhounds and then with the Buffalo Sabres, Ted produced astonishing results. After his initial year as head coach with the Sabres, the club was being called the “hardest working team in professional sports.” By his second, they had won their first Northeast Division title in sixteen years. Yet, the Sabres failed to re-sign their much-loved, award-winning coach. Life in Two Worlds chronicles those controversial years in Buffalo—and recounts how being shut out from the NHL left Ted frustrated, angry, and so vulnerable he almost destroyed his own life. It also tells of Ted’s inspiring recovery and his eventual return to a job he loved. But Life in Two Worlds is more than a story of succeeding against the odds. It’s an exploration of how a beloved sport can harbour subtle but devastating racism, of how a person can find purpose when opportunity and choice are stripped away, and of how focusing on what really matters can bring two worlds together.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Awesome Game: One Man's Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey Author: Dave Hill Narrator: Dave Hill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: One man's search to answer the ultimate question in sports: Why is hockey so incredibly awesome? DAVE HILL—author, actor, rock musician and stand-up comedian—is an outstanding American. One thing that makes him stand out is that he's part Canadian—an advantage he explored in his previous book, Parking the Moose. Another is that he's obsessed with hockey. That makes him one of only five percent of Americans who've declared they like hockey more than any other sport. Unbelievable but true. In The Awesome Game, Dave tackles this mind-blowing conundrum with full force, drilling down into what makes hockey so vitally important in so many parts of the world, despite the average American not recognizing its preeminent greatness. His search for the very soul of hockey takes him across the globe, from Canada (of course) to Poland, Kenya, even New York, to observe on-ice action, mingle with fans and interrogate some of the sport's greatest players and pundits. The Awesome Game is bursting with passion, expert in its analysis and as deeply entertaining as the game itself (but funnier).

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall Author: Lindsey Jacobellis Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: In this deeply personal memoir in the vein of Andre Agassi's Open and Megan Rapinoe’s One Life, the winningest snowboardcross rider of all time chronicles her career, a story of self-growth that reveals the secret of her resilience and how she overcame crushing early failure to win Olympic gold. On February 16, 2006, twenty-year old American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis was poised to win the first gold medal in women’s snowboardcross, a sport making its Olympic debut. With a seemingly insurmountable lead over the other competitors, Lindsey only needed a clean run for the gold medal to be hers. But as the five-time world champion entered the last 100 meters the unthinkable happened: choosing to add a little flair to the run, she grabbed the back edge of her board—then lost her balance and fell. It was a mistake that would go down as one of the biggest “unforced errors” in all of sports history.  For the next sixteen years, Jacobellis endured the criticism and second-guessing of Olympic commentators, sportswriters, and detractors. Day after day she persevered and trained harder on the snow and with her life coach, learning the power of resilience and what the sport really meant to her. The fierce competitor discovered that life, though it may not seem like it, does happen in just the right way: you end up precisely where you were meant to be. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, Lindsey twice reached the top of the podium, becoming a two-time Olympic gold medalist.   Unforgiving recounts Lindsey’s journey from disappointment to triumph. It is an honest account of one life-altering misstep and its aftermath, and a reflection on what it means to come of age as an athlete in the spotlight, the weight of expectations, falling short, and ultimately fulfilling your dreams. Unforgiving is about the purpose-driven, forward-looking attitude Lindsey took on after her fall, when looking back wouldn’t have done anyone any favors. It’s about the pass she refused to grant herself until she’d earned it. Unforgiving is about the commitment to seek her own truth—and to speak up on one’s own behalf after letting others do it for years.   Forgiveness, in the end, is at the heart of Lindsey’s story, but underneath and alongside is its polar opposite—an unending, uncompromising determination to push herself, to prove herself, to power past every obstacle in her path, even those of her own making.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coach Prime: Deion Sanders and the Making of Men Author: Jean-Jacques Taylor Narrator: Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: An exclusive insider account with unprecedented access to Deion Sanders, his staff, and players, who are changing the culture of college football. ''A highly readable portrait of one of the most exciting coaches in college football.'' – San Deigo Union-Tribune ''You won't find a more competitive person than Coach Prime. At Jackson State, he wanted to dominate and win.... Nothing has changed but the address. He wants to dominate and win a national championship at Colorado.'' (from Coach Prime) Known for decades as one of the NFL’s most iconic and spectacular playmakers, Deion Sanders remains college football's most intriguing newsmaker. In just three years, he has become the most talked about coach by recruiting elite players to moribund programs and reviving the spirit and pride of forgotten fanbases by winning. Along the way, he’s changing how we think about college sports while rejuvenating whole communities with the national attention that follows him and the fresh commerce a winning culture ignites. First at Jackson State and now at Colorado, Sanders has displayed a knack for leading miraculous turnarounds of once-storied-but-long-irrelevant programs. Television cameras turn up for national broadcasts, gameday attendance skyrockets, economic impact reaches the tens of millions, and NFL scouts take renewed interest. Meanwhile, off the field, Sanders displays an uncanny ability to connect with his players. Weekly chat sessions about life and love are the norm. His unyielding commitment to guiding his players to become exceptional men raises the bar on what parents and athletes expect from college coaches. Now, with access no other reporter has been granted, veteran sports journalist Jean-Jacques Taylor takes readers inside one season with Deion Sanders to show the heart, mind, and culture of America's most innovative football coach and his team of would-be champions.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655575 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs Author: Sasha Digiulian Narrator: Sasha Digiulian Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. World champion climber Sasha DiGiulian tells her story—from coming of age under the scrutiny of social media, navigating a male-dominated sport, and tackling her most heart-stopping climbs—and shares the power of perseverance and positivity. At age six, Sasha DiGiulian stepped into a climbing gym for the first time and was competing within a year. Decked out in all-pink gear and with her blonde hair tied into pigtails, Sasha knew from an early age what it was like to be a girl in a traditionally male-dominated sport, vowing to never sacrifice her femininity to fit in. With a fierce love for the climb and incredible natural talent, Sasha soon won her first National Sport Climbing Championship at only seventeen, and a year later took the title of World Champion. To her fans, it looked like Sasha was on top of the world. But under the accolades, she was just another young woman learning how to handle the intense scrutiny of social media and dealing with body dysmorphia, all while quietly facing a potentially career-ending injury. In a relatable and inspiring voice, Take the Lead reflects on the highs and lows of Sasha’s illustrious life and career for the first time, bringing listeners on her remarkable journey from novice climber to Columbia University graduate, adventurer, environmentalist, and entrepreneur, and one of the most recognizable faces in climbing. For listeners of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Megan Rapinoe’s One Life, Take the Lead ultimately emphasizes the power of perseverance, fearlessness and positivity in tackling some of the most daunting and fearsome climbs—on and off the wall. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620313 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brady: Life Lessons from a Legend Author: Brian Boone Narrator: Cary Valentine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.” From an underrated recruit, to a second-string player with the chance of a lifetime, to the best quarterback in history, Tom Brady is a success story for the ages. His unshakable belief in himself and his relentless dedication to improving his game brought him more than two decades of record-breaking career highs. No other NFL player has as many Super Bowl wins, game wins, touchdown passes, passing yards, or completed passes as TB12. Brady: Life Lessons from a Legend is a front-row seat to the struggles and triumphs of Brady’s incredible career as an unstoppable athlete and a savvy businessman. Anyone with a lofty dream will benefit from the insights and wisdom that helped Brady become the G.O.A.T. Inspiring quotes from Brady himself A biographical look at Brady’s early years, his rise to fame, and his most spectacular achievements Guiding truths and hard-earned lessons to help you crush your own goals

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season Author: Rich Cohen Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and off-the-court drama between Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, and Michael Jordan—from New York Times bestselling author Rich Cohen. “Plug in to a world where rivalries really mattered.”—Bob Ryan, sports columnist emeritus, The Boston Globe AN ESQUIRE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Four historic teams. Four legendary players. One unforgettable season. The 1980s were a transformative decade for the NBA. Since its founding in 1946, the league had evolved from a bruising, earthbound game of mostly nameless, underpaid players to one in which athletes became household names for their thrilling, physics-defying play. The 1987–88 season was the peak of that golden era, a year of incredible drama that featured a pantheon of superstars in their prime—the most future Hall of Famers competing at one time in any given season—battling for the title, and for their respective legacies. In When the Game Was War, bestselling author Rich Cohen tells the story of this incredible season through the four teams, and the four players, who dominated it: Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics, Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers, Isiah Thomas and the Detroit Pistons, and a young Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls. From rural Indiana to the South Side of Chicago, suburban North Carolina to rust-belt Michigan, Cohen explores the diverse journeys each of these iconic players took before arriving on the big stage. Drawing from dozens of interviews with NBA insiders, Cohen brings to vivid life some of the most colorful characters of the era—like Bill Laimbeer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny Ainge, and Charles Oakley—who fought like hell to help these stars succeed.  For anyone who longs to understand how the NBA came to be the cultural juggernaut it is today—and to relive the magic and turmoil of those pivotal years—When the Game Was War brilliantly recasts one unforgettable season and the four transcendent players who were at the center of it all.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World Author: Glenn Stout Narrator: Gisela Chipe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a “wave of confidence and emancipation” for women in sports (Parade). By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She’d won Olympic gold and set a host of world records. But the greatest challenge remained: the English Channel. Only a few swimmers, none of them women, had ever made the treacherous twenty-one mile crossing. Trudy’s failed first attempt seemed to confirm what many naysayers believed: No woman could possibly accomplish such a thing. In 1926, Ederle proved them wrong. As her German immigrant parents cheered her, and her sister and fellow swimmer Meg helped fashion both her scandalous two-piece swimsuit and leak-proof goggles, Trudy was determined to succeed. “England or drown is my motto,” she said, plunging into the frigid Channel for her second attempt at the crossing. Fourteen hours later, two hours faster than any man, and after weathering a gale and waves that approached six-feet, she stepped onto Kingsdowne Beach as the most famous woman in the world. Based on years of archival research that unearthed Ederle’s memory from obscurity, Young Woman and the Sea brings to life the real Trudy Ederle, the challenges that came with her fame, and the historic mark her achievement made for all women athletes who followed.  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kingdom Quarterback: Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs, and How a Once Swingin' Cow Town Chased the Ultimate Comeback Author: Rustin Dodd, Mark Dent Narrator: Kemet Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 22, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: Fresh off of a gutsy, thrilling 2023 Super Bowl win for the Kansas City Chiefs, two inspiring stories that fit perfectly together—a biography of superstar quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, who brought the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in fifty years in 2020 as well as a second in 2023, along with the historical struggles and recent resurgence of the former “Paris of the Plains,” Kansas City. There is nobody like Patrick Mahomes. In three seasons, he has won a Super Bowl and competed in another, earned the titles of First Team All-Pro, NFL Offensive Player of the Year, and league MVP, and turned the Kansas City Chiefs from famed playoff failures into the most successful team in the NFL. With his unique and groundbreaking playing style, and winning personality both on and off the field, Mahomes has become a truly transcendent quarterback in a journey that mirrors and accentuates the rebirth of the once swingin’ cow town of Kansas City, Missouri. Once an adventure-filled jazz epicenter and nightlife hub to rival New Orleans, Kansas City’s wild edges and captivating neighborhoods were snuffed out in pursuit of a suburbanized dream that largely left out people of color. It’s been a long road attempting to move past the scars of segregation and overcome the city’s flyover reputation, but Kansas City is now poised to make a comeback, and no other person or team embodies that hope like Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City and Mahomes represent the story of the midwestern American city—how they grew, how they shaped the country, how the sport of football came to mean so much to them, how they failed, and how they are changing. Kansas City–area natives Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd have written for outlets such as The New York Times, The Kansas City Star, and Texas Monthly, bringing their deep connection to the city, football expertise, and polished writing skills to create a serious book about a very entertaining subject—the rebirth of a city, a team’s triumph, and how Patrick Mahomes, and the team he led, were exactly what was needed to bring Kansas City back together again.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584464 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson Author: Sally H. Jacobs Narrator: Chanté Mccormick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 3 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'Chanté McCormick rises to the challenge of narrating Jacobs's comprehensive biography of Althea Gibson with grace, energy, and a rich voice.'- AudioFile “A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American sports legend long overlooked. Sally Jacobs tells the riveting story of Althea Gibson, my personal shero, who overcame daunting odds – on the tennis court and off - to stand at the world pinnacle of her sport and became an inspiration to many.” — Billie Jean King In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson first walked onto the diamond at Ebbets Field, the all-white, upper-crust US Lawn Tennis Association opened its door just a crack to receive a powerhouse player who would integrate 'the game of royalty.' The player was a street-savvy young Black woman from Harlem named Althea Gibson who was about as out-of-place in that rarefied and intolerant world as any aspiring tennis champion could be. Her tattered jeans and short-cropped hair drew stares from everyone who watched her play, but her astonishing performance on the court soon eclipsed the negative feelings being cast her way as she eventually became one of the greatest American tennis champions. Gibson had a stunning career. Raised in New York and trained by a pair of tennis-playing doctors in the South, Gibson’s immense talent on the court opened the door for her to compete around the world. She won top prizes at Wimbledon and Forest Hills time and time again. The young woman underestimated by so many wound up shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth II, being driven up Broadway in a snowstorm of ticker tape, and ultimately became the first Black woman to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated and the second to appear on the cover of Time. In a crowning achievement, Althea Gibson became the No. One ranked female tennis player in the world for both 1957 and 1958. Seven years later she broke the color barrier again where she became the first Black woman to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In Althea, prize-winning former Boston Globe reporter Sally H. Jacobs tells the heart-rending story of this pioneer, a remarkable woman who was a trailblazer, a champion, and one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nowhere to Run: The ridiculous life of a semi-professional football club chairman Author: Jonathan Sayer Narrator: Jonathan Sayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 10, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. On the second oldest football pitch in the world, Jonathan Sayer stands atop a beer crate to address the assembled fans of Ashton United FC. As his initial optimism and disillusionment begin to slip through his fingers, the new co-chairman and co-owner (alongside his dad) starts to realise the scale of the challenge ahead. Battling to keep the club afloat, a record number of games without a win sees hope turn to despair as Jonathan contends with a mutiny from a group of octogenarian supporters, constant battles with the local council and a star striker who arrives on crutches despite somehow passing his medical. As the on-pitch form continues to deteriorate and rifts appear between him and his father, Jonathan begins to make some increasingly desperate decisions: dressing as a seven-foot robin in the local market in an effort to drum up larger crowds, sinking his savings into an ever spiralling wage bill and even contemplating bringing in a local priest to lift the 'Boxing Day Curse' by performing a late-night exorcism on the pitch. Chronicling the euphoric highs and bitter disappointments of the less glamourous side of the beautiful game, Nowhere to Run is the hilarious, heart-warming tale of life in the hot seat of a non-league football club. ©2023 Jonathan Sayer (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse Author: Kim Wickens Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A vivid portrait of America’s greatest stallion, the larger-than-life men who raced and bred him, and the dramatic times in which they lived.”—Geraldine Brooks, author of Horse The powerful true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous Civil War–era South, and became the most successful sire in American racing history The early days of American horse racing were grueling. Four-mile races, run two or three times in succession, were the norm, rewarding horses who brandished the ideal combination of stamina and speed. The stallion Lexington, named after the city in Kentucky where he was born, possessed these winning qualities, which pioneering Americans prized.  Lexington shattered the world speed record for a four-mile race, showing a war-torn nation that the extraordinary was possible even in those perilous times. He would continue his winning career until deteriorating eyesight forced his retirement in 1855. But once his groundbreaking achievements as a racehorse ended, his role as a sire began. Horses from his bloodline won more money than the offspring of any other Thoroughbred—an annual success that led Lexington to be named America’s leading sire an unprecedented sixteen times.  Yet with the Civil War raging, Lexington’s years at a Kentucky stud farm were far from idyllic. Confederate soldiers ran amok, looting freely and kidnapping horses from the top stables. They soon focused on the prized Lexington and his valuable progeny. Kim Wickens, a lawyer and dressage rider, became fascinated by this legendary horse when she learned that twelve of Thoroughbred racing's thirteen Triple Crown winners descended from Lexington. Wickens spent years meticulously researching the horse and his legacy—and with Lexington, she presents an absorbing, exciting account that transports readers back to the raucous beginning of American horse racing and introduces them to the stallion at its heart.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness Author: Bryan Hoch Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: “The definitive story” (Tyler Kepner, The New York Times baseball columnist) of Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s incredible, unparalleled run to break Roger Maris’s home run record and the franchise both men called home. Aaron Judge, the hulking superman who carried an easy aw-shucks demeanor from small-town California to stardom in the Big Apple, had long established his place as one of baseball’s most intimidating power hitters. Baseballs frequently rocketed off his bat like cannon fire, dispatching heat-seeking missiles toward the “Judge’s Chambers” seating area in right field, sending delirious fans scattering for souvenirs. But even in a high-tech universe where computers measure each swing to the nth degree, Roger Maris’s American League mark of sixty-one home runs seemed largely out of reach. It had been more than a decade since baseball wiped clean the stains of its performance-enhanced era, in which cartoonish sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds made a mockery of the record book. Given a more level playing field against pitchers sporting hellacious arsenals unlike anything Babe Ruth or Maris could have imagined, only an exceptional talent could even consider making a run at sixty-one homers. Judge, who placed the bet of his life by turning down a $213.5 million extension on the eve of the regular season, promised to rise to the challenge. “In the most thorough telling yet of an all-time-great Yankees performance” (Jeff Passan, New York Times bestselling author), veteran Yankees beat reporter Bryan Hoch unravels the remarkable journey of Judge’s run to shatter Maris’s beloved sixty-one-year-old record. In-depth, inspiring, and with an expert’s insight, 62 also investigates the more significant questions raised in a season unlike any other, including how—and where—Judge will deliver his encore.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game Author: Tim Brown Narrator: Justin Price, Tim Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: This fascinating book chronicles the unsung men of baseball who serve the job, the hardships they face, and their love for a game that would not always love them back―told partly through the experiences of an MLB veteran.​ In baseball there are superstars and stars and everyday players and then there are the rest. Within the rest are role players and specialists and journeymen and then there are the backup catchers. The Tao of the Backup Catcher is about them, the backup catchers, who exist near the bottom of the roster and the end of the bench and between the numbers in a sport–and a society–increasingly driven by cold, hard analytics. The Tao of the Backup Catcher is a story of grown men who once dreamed of stardom and generational wealth. Instead, they were handed a broom and a deeper understanding of who wins and why, who stands tall and who folds, and who will invest their own lives in catching bullpens and the back ends of doubleheaders. Backup catchers survive in part because every team needs one. They are necessary, once or twice a week. They prosper because the game, like the world around the game, still needs good souls, honest efforts, open eyes and ears, closed mouths, compassion for the sad parts, a laugh for the silly parts, and a heart that knows the difference. Backup catchers are sports’ big brothers, psychologists, priests, witch doctors, player coaches, father figures and drinking buddies, all wrapped in a suit of today’s polycarbonate armor and yesterday’s dirt. They come with a singular goal–to win baseball games. They play for the greater good. After that, they play for themselves. A reverie on loving the grind and the little things baseball can teach us, The Tao of the Backup Catcher profiles Erik Kratz, Josh Paul, AJ Ellis, Bobby Wilson, Drew Butera, Matt Treanor, and John Flaherty to name a few.  “This isn’t just a story about baseball. It’s about life and the beauty of knowing and accepting who you are.” ―Jeff Passan

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cage Kings: How an Unlikely Group of Moguls, Champions and Hustlers Transformed the UFC into a $10 Billion Industry Author: Michael Thomsen Narrator: Patrick Harrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 15, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A cultural and business history of the UFC, tracing the unlikely rise of mixed martial arts from what was derided in the '90s as 'human cockfighting' - more violence than sport - to a global pop culture phenomenon. Senator John McCain once decried mixed martial arts as 'human cockfighting,' while the New York Times despaired that the sport offered a 'pay-per-view prism' onto the decline of western civilization. But the violent spectacle of cage fighting no longer feels nearly as scandalous as it did when the sport debuted in 1993. Today, it's spoken of reverentially as a kind of 'human chess' played out in real-time between two bodies and the UFC is one of the most valuable franchises in the world, worth more than any team in the NFL, NBA, or MLB and equal to what Disney paid to acquire Marvel Comics. Once banned in thirty-six states and hovering on the edge of bankruptcy, the UFC has evolved into a $10 billion industry. How did cage fighting go so mainstream? A rollicking behind-the-scenes account of one of the most spectacular upsets in American sports history, Kings of the Cage follows the desperate fighters, audacious promoters, fanboy bloggers, fatherly trainers, philosophical announcers, hustling sponsors, and three improbable twentysomething corporate titans on a darkly comic odyssey to normalize a new level of brutality in American pop culture-and make a fortune doing so. Stylishly written and poignantly observed, the book offers a provocative look at how the hollowing out of the American dream over the past three decades and the violence endemic to modern capitalism left us ready to embrace a sport like cage fighting.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wood Life: A Not so Helpful How-To Guide on Surviving Cricket, Life and Everything in Between Author: Mark Wood Narrator: Mark Wood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 11, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Hallo - I'm Mark Wood. As an England and Durham cricketer who was born, raised and refined in Ashington, Northumberland, my life has been quite unique. Over the course of my career so far, I've won an Ashes and a World Cup in an international career that at the time of writing is going on seven years and counting. Being a fast bowler like myself is up there with the toughest of all sporting pursuits, like being Tyson Fury's punchbag or working behind the bar during the darts at Ally Pally. Being a cricketer? There's nothing like it. And doing it for England? Well, I'm lucky to call it a profession. There's been a lot of hard work along the way. Plenty of sacrifices and pain to accompany the good times that make them all worthwhile. I've been everywhere, from Barbados to Brisbane, Chester-le-Street to Chennai, waiting rooms to operating tables. I've played in some of the most exotic locations in the world and eaten margherita pizzas in every single one of them. To be honest, it's amazing I've waited this long to bring out my own self-help book.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656082 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ragged Edge: The brutal true story of the Isle of Man TT - the world's most dangerous race Author: Stuart Barker Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 11, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The unvarnished, raw truth behind the world's most dangerous sporting event - in the words of those who ride it. One week in June. One small island. 40,000 annual visitors. Raw speed. Numerous annual deaths. The Isle of Man TT motorcycle road race. Five minutes to go. The claxon sounds, harsh as an air raid siren. Television crews attempt last-minute interviews with riders. The thousand yard-stares give it away: they're really not listening now. Four minutes to go. The grandstand is packed. Some racers tell their mechanics, 'I'll see you later for a pint' - just to make themselves believe they will. Three minutes to go. For the first man on the road, hidden dangers exist. He will have no-one to follow. And he is the hare that the greyhounds will be chasing. Two minutes to go. By the end of the first lap, riders will be howling past faster than a bullet from the barrel of a gun. A full 160pmh. And that's not even the fastest part of the course. One minute to go. The atmosphere is palpably tense. It's like no other sporting event on earth. Formula 1 drivers can crash spectacularly and just walk away. Everyone knows that's not the case here. Five seconds. The starter raises the chequered flag, ready to snap down. No more time for nerves, for doubts. The race has started. How it will end, no-one knows. The TT has begun. In Ragged Edge, Stuart Barker will write the definitive story of this unique event, from the tarmac up. The history, the atmosphere, the heroes, tragedies and legends. And most importantly: our fascination with this seductive yet perilous test of skill and daring. This is the unvarnished, raw truth behind the world's most dangerous sporting event - in the words of those who ride it.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622451 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feherty: The Remarkably Funny and Tragic Journey of Golf's David Feherty Author: John Feinstein Narrator: John Feinstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: May 9, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Disorders & Diseases Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of enigmatic golfer, commentator, and performer David Feherty—one of the most universally beloved figures in the game. John Feinstein, who has spent four decades finding intriguing sports characters and narratives and turning them into classic books, chronicles the life and career of David Feherty. The two have known each other for years, beginning with Feinstein’s work on A Good Walk Spoiled, researched and written at a time when Feherty was an excellent player, who won five times in Europe and was on the '91 Ryder Cup team, but also a functioning alcoholic. In retirement from the game, Feherty has sobered up, while his golf world persona has only grown in stature. Feherty is now a grand ambassador for golf, a man who is feted by US Presidents and respected by every big name in the game.   Feinstein tells hilarious true tales about Feherty’s time in the limelight and interactions with stars such as Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Payne Stewart, and Seve Ballesteros. He also details Feherty’s struggles with alcoholism, the death of his son who was lost to addiction, and the highs and lows of Feherty’s marriages. Feinstein captures the human being behind the athlete, and his triumphant rebound as a golf commentator after his athletic career fell apart. Feherty is fall-down-funny, self-deprecating, and a lifelong underdog who has thrived as a commentator and television interview host, and most recently as a touring standup comic, using the difficult experiences of his life as a source for humor and understanding, which Feinstein mines with an expert’s touch.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me: A Memoir Author: Kenny Smith Narrator: Kenny Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: A revealing, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny 'The Jet' Smith—superstar basketball commentator, host of the top-rated show, Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals memorable inside stories of his playing and broadcasting careers, focusing on the star players, coaches, and mentors who inspired him along the way.   Kenny Smith was a star at the University of North Carolina before his storied NBA run, in which he won two championships with the Houston Rockets. His popularity skyrocketed when he joined TNT’s new show, Inside the NBA, which has thrived for twenty-four years and won multiple Emmys, receiving enormous acclaim for the insight, humor, social commentary, and unrivaled basketball coverage from Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Ernie Johnson, Jr. Kenny is known to fans for his laser-sharp analysis and eloquent observations of the basketball scene and culture.    In this honest and profound memoir, Kenny writes chapters about each of the extraordinary people who taught him invaluable life lessons. He illuminates the personalities, affections, and quirks of friends such as Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kobe Bryant, among others, and what he learned from each of them. He writes about his legendary UNC coach, Dean Smith, and other indelible role models through his career. And he interweaves poignant material about his upbringing in Queens, New York, his parents, his children, and his marriage, explaining the rich knowledge he obtained from the important figures around him. Kenny is also a strong, intelligent voice on race, as his fans and TV viewers will know. Ultimately this is a revealing, humorous, and powerful memoir, offering a candid glimpse inside the rarified world of elite sports and broadcasting, with inspiring takeaways.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unraveled: A Climber's Journey Through Darkness and Back Author: Katie Brown Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing's first 'comp kids'—a young natural who, along with her peers, redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. After climbing for less than two years, Brown won her first junior national title. The next year she became the Junior World Champion at age fourteen in Laval, France. In 1996 she won both the Rock Master—a prestigious international contest in Arco, Italy—and the esteemed X-Games. From 1996 on, Brown won every US Adult National that she entered, as well as a World Cup Title in France in 1999. Yet even as she reigned on the podium, Brown felt her life begin to unravel. A quiet child, she struggled with a home life that was very different behind closed doors than it seemed on television. A fundamentalist version of Christianity was at the center of the household, and Brown fought to live according to rules that were strict, ever-changing, and irrational. Isolated and feeling hopeless, Brown latched onto food as something she could control. She quit competitive climbing and bounced in and out of the industry, eventually disappearing in her late twenties. Now, more than two decades later, Brown is ready to share her story. Unraveled answers the question thousands of fans worldwide have wondered: 'What ever happened to Katie Brown?'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson Author: Ashley Brown Narrator: Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grand Slam tennis wins to her professional golf career, Althea Gibson became the most famous Black sportswoman of the mid-twentieth century. In her unprecedented athletic career, she was the first African American to win titles at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open.In this first full-scale biography, Ashley Brown narrates the public career and private struggles of Althea Gibson (1927–2003). Based on extensive archival work and oral histories, Serving Herself sets Gibson’s life and choices against the backdrop of the Great Migration, Jim Crow racism, the integration of American sports, the civil rights movement, the Cold War, and second wave feminism. Throughout her life Gibson continuously negotiated the expectations of her supporters and adversaries, including her patrons in the Black-led American Tennis Association, the white-led United States Lawn Tennis Association, and the media, particularly the Black press and community’s expectations that she selflessly serve as a representative of her race. An incredibly talented, ultracompetitive, and not always likeable athlete, Gibson wanted to be treated as an individual first and foremost, not as a member of a specific race or gender. She was reluctant to speak openly about the indignities and prejudices she navigated as an African American woman, though she faced numerous institutional and societal barriers in achieving her goals. She frequently bucked conventional normsof femininity and put her career ahead of romantic relationships, making her personal life the subject of constant scrutiny and rumors. Despite her major wins and international recognition, including a ticker-tape parade in New York City and the covers of Sports Illustrated and Time, Gibson endeavored to find commercial sponsorship and permanent economic stability. Committed to self-sufficiency, she pivoted from the elite amateur tennis circuit to State Department–sponsored goodwill tours, attempts to find success as a singer and Hollywood actress, the professional golf circuit, a tour with the Harlem Globetrotters and her own professional tennis tour, coaching, teaching children at tennis clinics, and a stint as New Jersey Athletics Commissioner. As she struggled to support herself in old age, she was left with disappointment, recounting her past achievements decades before female tennis players were able to garner substantial earnings.A compelling life and times portrait, Serving Herself offers a revealing look at the rise and fall of a fiercely independent trailblazer who satisfied her own needs and simultaneously set a pathbreaking course for Black athletes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/608893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: LeBron Author: Jeff Benedict Narrator: Chris Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The first definitive biography of basketball legend LeBron James, by the acclaimed author of Tiger Woods. LeBron is unquestionably the greatest basketball player of the 21st century. Off the court, LeBron's political activism, outspoken stance on racism and social injustice have helped build a social media presence that includes 117 million followers on Instagram and 51 million followers on Twitter. He is an international brand worth billions of dollars. He doesn’t just have huge endorsement deals with some of the biggest corporations in the world; LeBron sits on boards of directors and has an equity stake in the companies he sponsors. He has forged a close friendship with President Barack Obama and clashed publicly with President Donald Trump. As a child, LeBron was a lost little boy living in a public housing project in Akron, Ohio. His mother, who had LeBron when she was just sixteen, would disappear for days at a time. Scared and alone, LeBron rarely attended school. He was dirt poor and fatherless. And he had never played organised basketball. Yet he would become the most successful and most popular athlete that the United States has produced this century, bringing success to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers. To tell this epic story, Benedict has done exhaustive research, digging through thousands of pages of primary source documents, articles, books and hundreds of hours of video footage. He’s also conducted hundreds of interviews with the people who were intimately involved with LeBron from the beginning of his life to the present. He shows the initial slow rise of a star that suddenly transformed into a speeding comet during his senior year of high school. It is a unique and unmissable insight into one of the world's greatest athletes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Field of Dreams: 100 Years of Wembley in 100 Matches Author: Nige Tassell Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 100 years of Wembley Stadium told through 100 matches.  The 1923 FA Cup final – aka the White Horse final – was the first football match played at the British Empire Exhibition Stadium. Although best-remembered for non-playing reasons – notably its vast, well-beyond-capacity crowd, which had to be marshalled by a policeman atop a white horse – that afternoon marked the historic opening chapter of the stadium’s long and eventful history, of the stadium soon to be known simply as Wembley.   Over the 100 years since that overcrowded day, Wembley has established itself as the home of the beautiful game and, almost certainly, the world’s most famous football stadium. Wembley occupies a special place in the hearts of players and punters alike. Watching your team at Wembley is the highlight of a fan’s lifetime of support; playing there the fulfilment of a childhood dream. Its sacred pitch has been the crucible of so many classic matches across the decades. World Cups have been won here, as have European Championships, FA Cups, European Cups, play-off finals, home internationals and more. Nige Tassell chooses 100 matches - from the well known to the unusual - that have shaped Wembley's legacy and tells a lively and original alternative history of the past 100 years of football, and of Britain. We hear a ball boy’s perspective on the FA Cup Final when Bert Trautmann broke his neck, and from the other commentator of the 1966 World Cup Final. Field of Dreams is the story of how football found its home.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America Author: Abraham Josephine Riesman Narrator: Alyss Weissglass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 2.2 of Total 5 Genres: Business & Career Development Publisher's Summary: This definitive biography of Vince McMahon, former WWE chairman and CEO, is “riveting, essential reading” (Rick Perlstein, New York Times bestselling author) as it charts his rise from rural poverty to the throne of one of the world’s most influential media empires. Featuring exclusive interviews with more than 150 people who witnessed, aided, and suffered from his ascent. Even if you’ve never watched a minute of professional wrestling, you are living in Vince McMahon’s world. In his four decades as the defining figure of American pro wrestling, McMahon was the man behind Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, John Cena, Dave Bautista, Bret “The Hitman” Hart, and Hulk Hogan, to name just a few of the mega-stars who owe him their careers. For more than twenty-five years, he has also been a performer in his own show, acting as the diabolical “Mr. McMahon”—a figure who may have more in common with the real Vince than he would care to admit. Just as importantly, McMahon is one of Donald Trump’s closest friends—and Trump’s experiences as a performer in McMahon’s programming were, in many ways, a dress rehearsal for the 45th President’s campaigns and presidency. McMahon and his wife, Linda, are major Republican donors. Linda was in Trump’s cabinet. McMahon makes deals with the Saudi government worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And for generations of people who have watched wrestling, he has been a defining cultural force and has helped foment “the worst of contemporary politics” (Kirkus Reviews). Ringmaster built on exclusive interviews with more than 150 people, from McMahon’s childhood friends to those who accuse him of destroying their lives. “Smart, entertaining, impressively reported, and beautifully written. Wrestling fans will devour it, but everyone who wants to better understand this crazy country and one of its truly original characters ought to read it” (Jonathan Eig, author of Ali: A Life).

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mastering the Metal: The Evolution of Eddie Bravo Author: Zack Moore Narrator: Zachary Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Over the last two decades, Eddie Bravo has been at the forefront of revolutions we've seen in the arts of fighting, comedy, and podcasting. But he wasn't alone in his journey. For just over a decade, James Watson and Eddie Bravo were inseparable: musical partners, work colleagues, roommates, and best friends. From metal to rap, our protagonists worked to master the art of music together. Through the story of these past experiences in the pursuit of musical mastery, the listener will get to intimately understand Eddie Bravo and see how those experiences in his youth spent in music made him the man and martial artist he is today. Through the narration of our author, we get the complete picture of the private man behind the Eddie Bravo public persona.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Water: A Fishing Memoir Author: Guy De La Valdene Narrator: Jay Myers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: On the Water is a gorgeously written collection of essays that all take place on or near the water and pay tribute to the flora and fauna associated with those ecosystems. There are essays about the finer points of tickling rainbow trout in the streams of Normandy, and of eagles and ospreys fishing for bass while barely breaking the surface of the water. There are stories of droughts and floods, of dogs and boats, of worms and rattlesnakes, and even of catching and cooking soft-shell turtles that taste like osso-bucco. There is fishing and diving in the Bahamas, tarpon fishing in the Florida Keys, and fly fishing for sailfish in Central America. And there are larger-than-life personalities that are bigger than the fish tales they tell! On the Water is a finely honed and well crafted collection of tales for the true sportsman and makes for a perfect companion volume to la Valdene's celebrated collection of essays on hunting.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team Author: Kara Goucher Narrator: Kara Goucher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In “one of the most important athlete memoirs of its generation” (Kate Fagan, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living through and speaking out about one of the biggest scandals in running. Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from a young age and was offered a Nike sponsorship deal when she graduated from college. Then in 2004, she was invited to join a secretive, lavishly funded new team, dubbed the Nike Oregon Project. Coached by distance running legend Alberto Salazar, it seemed like the opportunity of a lifetime. Kara was soon winning a World Championship medal, going to the Olympics, and standing on the podium at the New York and Boston marathons, just like her coach had done. But behind the scenes, Salazar was hiding dark secrets. He pushed the limits of anti-doping rules and created what Kara experienced as a culture of abuse, the extent of which she reveals in her book for the first time. Meanwhile, Nike stood by Alberto for years and proved itself capable of shockingly misogynistic corporate practices. The Longest Race is an unforgettable story that is “as interesting as it is important” (Molly Huddle, two-time Olympian) and also a crucial call to action. Kara became a crusader for female athletes and a key witness helping to get Salazar banned from coaching at the Olympic level. The Longest Race will leave you “motivated, empowered, and ready to take on the world” (Allyson Felix, Olympic gold medalist) as it reveals how Kara broke through the fear of losing everything, bucked powerful forces to take control of her life and career, and reclaimed her love of running.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Umpire Is Out: Calling the Game and Living My True Self Author: Rob Neyer, Dale Scott Narrator: Dale Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Dale Scott's career as a professional baseball umpire spanned nearly forty years, including thirty-three in the Major Leagues, from 1985 to 2017. He worked exactly a thousand games behind the plate, calling balls and strikes at the pinnacle of his profession, working in every Major League Baseball stadium, and interacting with dozens of other top-flight umpires, colorful managers, and hundreds of players. What makes Scott's book truly different is his unique perspective as the only umpire in the history of professional baseball to come out as gay during his career. Granted, that was after decades of remaining in the closet, and Scott writes vividly and movingly about having to 'play the game': maintaining a façade of straightness while privately becoming his true self and building a lasting relationship with his future husband. He navigated this obstacle course at a time when his MLB career was just taking off—and when North America was consumed by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Scott's story is also a baseball story, filled with insights and memorable anecdotes that come so naturally from someone who spent decades among the world's greatest baseball players, managers, and games. Scott's story is fascinating both for his umpiring career and for his being a pioneer for LGBTQ people within baseball and across sports.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sultan: A Memoir Author: Wasim Akram, Gideon Haigh Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 22, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The official autobiography of Wasim Akram, the 'Sultan of Swing', one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. For twenty years, Wasim Akram let his cricket do the talking - with his electrifying left-arm pace, his explosive striking as a batsman, and his inspirational leadership. For another twenty years, he kept his own counsel about his cricketing days - full of drama, controversy and even mystery - in a country, Pakistan, that to outsiders is a constant enigma.Sultan tells the story of cricket's greatest left-arm bowler, and one of its enduring survivors, who was chosen from the streets of Lahore and groomed by Imran Khan to become champion of the world - he was Man of the Match in the final of the 1992 World Cup which Pakistan won. Along the way were unforgettable rivalries with the legends of his time, from Viv Richards and Ian Botham to Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne. All of this against a backdrop of conspiracy and intrigue over ball tampering and match-fixing, about which Wasim finally sets the story straight. Sultan provides an unprecedented insight into the life - both on and off the field - of a cricketer who revolutionized the sport with his speed and swing, and a patriot buoyed and burdened by the expectations of one of the game's most fanatical publics.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir Author: Kendrick Perkins Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'Kendrick Perkins is the bold and educational voice we need today. Every single word he speaks will challenge, enlighten and encourage you to become a better version of yourself and see a better version of the world. Perkins' riveting stories about the NBA, his upbringing and social justice will make this ... impossible to put down.' —Emmanuel Acho, New York Times bestselling author of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Kendrick “Perk” Perkins is known for his blunt, opinionated, “carry the hell on” commentary on ESPN’s most popular shows. As a fourteen-year NBA player and starting center for the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics, Perk earned a reputation as an enforcer, a fierce defender, and a great teammate. Now, In The Education of Kendrick Perkins, he opens a different side of himself: a powerful and intimate memoir that goes beyond basketball to discuss the reality of being Black in America. Abandoned by his father, then orphaned after the murder of his mother, Perk was raised by his grandparents in a small Texas town. He left their home at age eighteen, drafted out of high school by the legendary Celtics. For a country boy, Boston was a completely new world, and the NBA a league of legends: Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Garnett, James Harden, Shaquille O’Neal, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Kevin Durant, and more. Perk had to learn how to play with and against these stars, while adjusting to life on the road as a professional athlete. But his education went beyond basketball. In this audiobook, Perk reveals his awakening consciousness of larger issues that affected him, his fellow players, and Black Americans: -How many NBA players grow up in broken families and difficult circumstances -The history of slavery and how that trauma affects generations of Black life -The truths told by writers including James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, and others -The myths about the Black family and fatherhood -Why George Floyd’s murder forced a reckoning about race in America Honest, fearless, dramatic, filled with stories about life on and off the court, The Education of Kendrick Perkins is a unique memoir that shows how he and we all can “carry the hell on.” A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hard Parts: A Story of Courage and Triumph Author: Oksana Masters Narrator: Emily Tremaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'Gripping, powerful and inspiring' - TONY HAWK 'Heart-wrenching and extraordinary' - ARIANA NEUMANN The remarkable and inspirational story of Oksana Masters, who was born with radiation-induced birth defects and suffered appalling abuse as an orphan, before being adopted and moving to the US, where she went on to triumph over her challenges to win ten Paralympic medals in four different sports. Oksana Masters was born in the shadow of Chernobyl, with one kidney, a partial stomach, six toes on each foot, webbed fingers, no right bicep and no thumbs. Her left leg was six inches shorter than her right, and she was missing both tibias. Relinquished to the orphanage system by birth parents daunted by the staggering cost of their child’s medical care, Oksana encountered numerous abuses, some horrifying. Salvation came at the age of seven when Gay Masters, an unmarried American professor who saw a photo of the little girl and became haunted by her eyes, waged a two-year war against stubborn adoption authorities to rescue Oksana from her circumstances. In America, Oksana endured years of operations that included a double leg amputation. Still, how could she hope to fit in when there were so many things making her different? As it turned out, she would do much more than fit in. Determined to prove herself and fuelled by a drive to succeed that still smouldered from childhood, Oksana triumphed in not just one sport but four - winning against the world’s best in rowing, biathlon, cross-country skiing and road cycling competitions.  This is Oksana’s astonishing story of journeying through a series of dark tunnels - and how, with her mother’s love, she finally found her way into the light. Her message to anyone who doesn’t fit in: you can find a place where you excel and where you have worth.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Dream Chaser: Aus Hamburg in die NFL Author: Kasim Edebali Narrator: Sebastian Pappenberger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 6, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Vom Osdorfer Born in die weite Welt. Was für viele Jugendliche ein Traum bleibt, ist für Kasim Edebali Wirklichkeit geworden – eine Karriere als Profisportler. Mit viel Herzblut und immer 110 Prozent Einsatz schafft er mit 18 Jahren den Sprung über den großen Teich. Nach Stationen an der Kimball Union Academy und einem Sportstipendium am renommierten Boston College heißt die nächste Station: NFL. In seiner Biografie erzählt der Football-Star erstmals von seinem turbulenten Weg von Hamburg in die härteste Liga der Welt, wie er mit allen Höhen und Tiefen fertig wurde und sich immer wieder aufs Neue gegen die besten Spieler der Welt durchsetzte und zur »Vollmaschine« wurde. Gewohnt authentisch und mit viel Witz gewährt Kasim Edebali einen Blick hinter die Kulissen dieses spektakulären Sports und des knallharten Business, das damit einhergeht.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Front Row: Reflections of a Major League Baseball Owner and Modern Art Dealer Author: Jeffrey Loria Narrator: John Mclain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Business Publisher's Summary: Before he wrote a memoir, Jeffrey Loria was the author of one of America's most remarkable professional careers. He began as a very private modern art dealer, and ultimately became a very public Major League Baseball team owner and World Series champion. Welcome to his unique and thrilling world. How are great artists like great athletes? How can one recognize great art or great athletic talent? And most of all, who were the amazing artists who changed our visual interpretation of the twentieth century and the talented athletes who are transforming our national pastime? Go inside fascinating artists' studios and high-energy baseball clubhouses and dugouts as Loria shares his keen eye and front-row seat. From achieving a coveted World Series championship to helping build world-class art collections, which have found their way into many major museums and private holdings, Loria relies on a special mix of perseverance, professionalism, and passion. From the Front Row offers a rare glimpse into the life of a private, sometimes provocative, and highly successful entrepreneur, who has never shied away from taking big risks to achieve big dreams.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660154 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'd Trade Him Again Author: Terry Mcconnell Narrator: Anthony J. Miano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 25, 2023 Genres: Business Publisher's Summary: August 8, 2023 marks the 35th anniversary of the news conference during which THE TRADE was announced, and in the annals of professional hockey, no incident has resulted in such furor, such angst among Canadians as did the decision by team owner Peter Pocklington to trade Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings. Pocklington's biographers focus on the relationship between the two men, today and during the heady heydays of the five-time Stanley Cup champion team. Peter Pocklington brought the people of Edmonton a winning franchise and the most skilled player in hockey history: The Great One, Wayne Gretzky. This book tells the fascinating story of the flamboyant entrepreneur's tenure of the Edmonton Oilers, from its origins as a WHA team to its heights as an NHL powerhouse. 'I'D TRADE HIM AGAIN: WAYNE GRETZKY & PETER POCKLINGTON' is an easy-to-read 'must read' for hockey fans on both sides of the border. Get inside details from the major players in this dramatic tale.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Adrenalina Author: Luigi Garlando, Zlatan Ibrahimović Narrator: Miguel Coll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 20, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: EL JUGADOR MÁS PROLÍFICO Y POLÉMICO DEL FÚTBOL NO TIENE NADA MÁS QUE DEMOSTRAR SOBRE EL TERRENO DE JUEGO. SOLO HAY UN ZLATAN. Y ESTAS SON SUS HISTORIAS JAMÁS CONTADAS. Cuando estoy en el campo, sentirme querido me da un impulso impresionante. Pero el odio también me da mucho. Cuando me cabrean, paso a un nivel superior: estoy más atento, más concentrado, más fuerte, más ansioso por demostrar algo. Si me odian, me hacen mejor. Por eso, partidos como los derbis me ponen a mil por hora y me llenan de una rabia especial que me lleva más alto. Pero hoy tengo mucho más control que cuando era joven. También porque los niños me han dado una calma y un ritmo que antes no tenía. Hasta que nació el primero, yo me llevaba a casa el fútbol y toda mi rabia. Entonces las cosas cambiaron. Iba a casa, miraba a los niños y me olvidaba de todo. En verdad me han derribado. Entraron en mi vida y de repente el fútbol dejó de ser lo más importante. Solo importaba que estuvieran bien. ¿Qué representa la chilena para el jugador al que se le atribuye la más bella y emocionante de la historia del fútbol? ¿Cuál es el valor de un gol hoy para el jugador que está celebrando su 40 cumpleaños en pleno apogeo? ¿Y qué significa para él regatear o pasar? Zlatan Ibrahimovic ya no necesita mostrar su fuerza ni recordarnos los grandes éxitos deportivos que lo convirtieron en un campeón único en el mundo, por lo que decide desnudarse, de manera sincera y honesta, para contarnos cómo cambia un dios del fútbol y afronta los años venideros sin hipocresía, con madurez y dudas para aprender a aceptar. En armonía constante entre la Adrenalina y el Equilibrio, se revela en una narración llena de confidencias y anécdotas, donde hasta el miedo encuentra espacio en los pliegues del campeón, junto a la dulzura y la fragilidad, sentimientos que suman fuerza, determinación y coraje a quienes han llevó al pequeño de Rosengård a la cima del mundo, desde donde ahora habla de entrenadores y penaltis, vestuarios, rivales y balón, además de felicidad, amistad y amor. - Zlatan Ibrahimovic nació en Malmö el 3 de octubre de 1981 donde comenzó a jugar al fútbol a los trece años en el Malmö FF, para luego emprender una carrera internacional. Ha jugado en los equipos más importantes del mundo: Ajax, Juventus, Inter, F.C. Barcelona, ​​Milán, París Saint-Germain, Manchester United, LA Galaxy y Milán de nuevo. Cuenta con más de 30 trofeos nacionales e internacionales, entre ellos el premio Fifa Puskás 2013 al mejor gol del año, el premio al mejor jugador del año y al máximo goleador de Francia durante tres temporadas. Es el mejor goleador de la historia de la selección sueca.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jim Kaat: Good As Gold: My Eight Decades in Baseball Author: Jim Kaat Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable look at a lifetime of baseball packed with humor and passion for the game With a career that has now touched eight decades, Jim Kaat has had a prime front row seat for baseball's continuing evolution. Not only was he a major-league pitcher for twenty-five seasons, but his time as a pitching coach and his many years as a broadcaster have given him a singular long view of the game. In Good as Gold, Kaat weaves the tale of a lifetime, taking fans on the field, into the clubhouse, and behind the mic as only he can. Full of priceless stories from New York, Minnesota, and across the major leagues, this honest and engaging autobiography gives fans a rare seat alongside Kaat on a tour of baseball history.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork Author: Ashleigh Barty Narrator: Miranda Tapsell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: It’s a tennis story. It’s a family story. It’s a teamwork story. It’s the story of how I got to where and who I am today. I’m only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that’s young to write a memoir. Who does that, right? But for me and my team it’s always been important to reflect on every part of the journey, especially the end. In that context, the timing is perfect to share my story, from the first time I picked up a racquet as a 5-year-old girl to the night I packed up my tennis bag after winning the 2022 Australian Open. This book gives me a chance to look back at every moment of the 20 years in between, and to think carefully through the highs and lows, the work and the play, the smiles and the tears. My Dream Time is about finding the path to being the best I could be, not just as an athlete but as a person, and to consider the way those identities overlap and compete. We all have a professional and a personal self. How do you conquer nerves and anxiety? How do you deal with defeat, or pain? What drives you to succeed – and what happens when you do? The answers tell me so much, about bitter disappointments and also dreams realized—from injuries and obscurity and self-doubt to winning Wimbledon and ranking number 1 in the world. My story is about the power and joy of doing that thing you love and seeing where it can take you, about the importance of purpose – and perspective—in our lives.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World Author: Lauren Fleshman Narrator: Lauren Fleshman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: * A New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the William Hill Sports Book Of The Year Award * A Financial Times Best Sports Book of 2023 Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes “Women’s sports have needed a manifesto for a very long time, and with Lauren Fleshman’s Good for a Girl we finally have one.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and David and Goliath One of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running. But every step of the way, she has seen how our sports systems—originally designed for men and boys—fail women and girls. Girls drop out of sports at alarming rates once they hit puberty, and female collegiate athletes routinely fall victim to injury, eating disorders, or mental health struggles as they try to force their way past a natural dip in performance for women of their age. Written with heart and verve, Good for a Girl is Fleshman’s story of falling in love with running, being pushed to her limits and succumbing to injuries, and fighting for a better way for female athletes. Drawing on not only her own story but also emerging research on the physiology and psychology of young athletes of any gender, Fleshman gives voice to the often-silent experience of the female athlete and argues that the time has come to rebuild competitive sports with women at their center.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tom Longboat Author: Will Cardinal Narrator: Dana Negrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: One of the greatest marathon runners of all time, Tom Longboat was one of the best-known athletes of the western world in the early 20th century. Longboat was an astonishing long-distance runner who grew up on the Six Nations reserve near Brantford, Ontario. He won the Boston Marathon in record time, 2:24.24, almost five minutes faster than the 10 previous winners. Longboat then raced in the Olympic Marathon in 1908, but he collapsed on the course amid rumours that his manager had drugged him with strychnine. At a rematch the following year in New York City, Longboat won the race handily, beating his nearest competitor. In 1916, Longboat enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces and worked as a dispatch carrier for the 107th Pioneer Battalion in France. He was left for dead on the battlefield, but somehow survived and returned to Canada only to discover that his wife, Lauretta, thinking he was dead, had remarried. Longboat’s independent spirit and passion for running carried him through the many difficulties he faced as an Aboriginal person. His enduring legacy has been honoured with the Tom Longboat Awards, established in 1951 to celebrate outstanding First Nations athletes in Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and the Indian Hall of Fame.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ten Hag: The Biography Author: Maarten Meijer Narrator: John Hastings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 1, 2022 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Good is not good enough. You have to be even better - Erik ten Hag Who is Erik ten Hag? With an air of unperturbability, he ignores critics, follows his own methods and relentlessly pursues perfection on the pitch. His uncanny ability to analyse and solve problems - the 'process' as Ten Hag calls it - has unfailingly led to breakthrough. There is no magic. There is only intelligence at work, personal devotion to players and near-obsessive attention to detail. At Ajax, Ten Hag brooked no dissent and moulded his team into a smoothly operating unit of attack. His team enjoyed an astonishing run, winning three league cups in a row and reaching the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in a quarter of a century. Along the way, they produced some of the brightest and most entertaining football seen in Europe for years. Maarten Meijer's definitive biography follows Erik ten Hag, from his upbringing in the Dutch countryside to his domestic triumphs and European victories. Meijer's book is the ultimate guide to the man with the momentous task of ending a decade of disappointment at Manchester United, and beginning a new era of great and winning football. ©2022 Maarten Meijer (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/648015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Penguins Stopped Play: Eleven Village Cricketers Take on the World Author: Harry Thompson Narrator: Glen Mccready Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 30, 2022 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: It seemed a simple enough idea at the outset: to assemble a team of eleven men to play cricket on each of the seven continents of the globe. Except…that's not a simple idea at all. And when you throw in incompetent airline officials, cunning Bajan drug dealers, overzealous American anti-terrorist police, idiotic Welshmen dressed as Santa Claus and whole armies of pitch-invading penguins, you quickly arrive at a lot more than you bargained for. Harry Thompson's hilarious book tells the story of one of those great madcap enterprises that only an Englishman could have dreamed up, and only a bunch of Englishmen could possibly have wished to carry out.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/641306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El último Maradona: Cuando a Diego le cortaron las piernas Author: Andrés Burgo, Alejandro Wall Narrator: Hernán Chiozza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 21, 2022 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: El último Maradona desvela con lujo de detalles la trama secreta de una de las grandes pesadillas de la historia del fútbol argentino. Diego Armando Maradona quiere jugar el Mundial 94. Sueña con volver a ser el del 86, pero está completamente fuera de forma. Alguien le presenta a Daniel Cerrini, un fisicoculturista que nada tiene que ver con el fútbol. Diego lo contrata para que se encargue de su puesta a punto. Los resultados son, o parecen ser, sorprendentes. Maradona está en plena forma física y futbolística. El médico de la selección, sin embargo, está preocupado. Nadie le ha dicho qué clase de medicamentos está tomando El Diez. Argentina tiene un arranque espectacular en el Mundial. Maradona es la gran figura del equipo. Después del triunfo ante Nigeria, una mujer vestida de enfermera lo pasa a buscar al centro del campo. Diego ha sido sorteado para el control antidoping. En el palco, Julio Humberto Grondona le dice al dirigente Eduardo Deluca que ahora hay que rezar. Grondona deberá optar entre dos lealtades: o respalda a su jugador fetiche o cierra filas con el poder de la FIFA.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/567215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game Author: Paul Howard, Roddy Collins Narrator: Roddy Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the sixth decade of a career as a player (at sixteen clubs), manager (twelve clubs) and commentator. And he is a funny man: an unequalled raconteur with a sharp eye for the absurdities of the professional game and spectacular recall. He has made friends wherever he has gone, along with some high-quality enemies. When John Delaney said he could get Roddy a job if he'd just stop criticising him, Roddy replied that he'd 'rather dig holes in the road'. Now, with the brilliant Paul Howard, Roddy puts it all down on paper for the first time - the adventures, the rows and the craic - in what will be not only one of the funniest but one of the most eye-opening books ever written about professional football. © Roddy Collins & Paul Howard 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Funky: My Defiant Path Through the Wild World of Combat Sports Author: Ben Askren Narrator: Ben Askren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: One of the most dominant college wrestlers in history, Ben Askren became a folk hero during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, before going on to become a multiple time MMA champion and one of the sport's biggest stars. Here, in Funky, this record-breaking wrestler and polarizing UFC fighter shares how he came to dominate opponents while blazing a trail through competitors in unprecedented ways. Not blessed with natural athleticism, he revolutionized folkstyle wrestling by innovating his own technique, which earned him the famous nickname, 'Funky.' What ensued was an improbable takeover of combat sports by a firebrand who defied tradition, becoming the University of Missouri's first ever national champion while twice winning the prestigious Dan Hodge trophy. Now, Askren opens up about how he bucked convention, how he used his wrestling base to seize the world of cage-fighting, and how he eventually forced UFC president Dana White to end their decade-long public feud via a historic trade. Love him or hate him, win or lose, Ben Askren showed what determination means by staying true to one of his earliest revelations on the mats: 'I was never going to let anybody outwork me.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs—A Memoir Author: Dave Hyde, Jimmy Johnson Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: FOX NFL Sunday analyst and legendary Hall of Fame head football coach Jimmy Johnson—the first to win both a college football championship and a Super Bowl—shares his long-awaited, intimate, no-regrets memoir recounting his extraordinary life and insightful lessons on winning, at every level. Hall of Fame football coach Jimmy Johnson’s house isn’t on the way to anything. Yet, his private sanctuary on the Florida Keys’ Islamorada islands is a popular destination to which college and professional coaches, general managers, and team owners regularly trek to seek advice—how to build a positive team culture, draft elite players, balance work and family life, and lead a team to win. Why? Because Jimmy Johnson has done it all—rising through the college coaching ranks to lead the University of Miami Hurricanes to a national championship, winning two consecutive Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys, and handling public triumphs while dealing with private adversity. Now, written with veteran sports journalist Dave Hyde, Johnson shares a candid account of his life experiences that have turned him into a legend in the coaching world. From his early days on the college football fields at Louisiana Tech to his arrival as the Cowboys’ coach in 1989, Swagger traces the history of Johnson’s career, and his lifelong mission to win. His larger-than-life personality and hard-driving, tough-talking coaching style led him to become one of only six coaches in NFL history to win back-to-back Super Bowls. Swagger shows the behind-the-scenes details of his professional conflict with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his personal revelations following his mother’s death and his son’s struggle with addiction. It reveals Johnson’s formula for winning, including his criteria for identifying talent, his core beliefs, how he replaced legendary coaches like Tom Landry and Don Shula, coached stars from a young Troy Aikman to an aging Dan Marino, and established the ever-elusive sense of “culture” that every team leader hopes to achieve. More than a highlight reel, Swagger reveals the hard-won lessons Jimmy Johnson has learned both as a man and as a coach through a lifetime dedicated to excellence.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If These Walls Could Talk: Stories From the New York Mets Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box Author: Mike Puma Narrator: Barry Abrams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: Mike Puma of the New York Post provides insight into the team's inner sanctum as only he can The New York Mets are one of the most historic teams in Major League Baseball, with superstars over the years including Jacob deGrom, Mike Piazza, David Wright, and Tom Seaver. Aided by dozens of new, exclusive interviews, listeners will gain the perspective of players, coaches, and personnel from Mets history in moments of greatness as well as defeat, making for a keepsake no fan will want to miss. Few fan bases display as much rabid devotion to their team as the New York Mets', win or lose. That spirit is celebrated in this colorful collection of stories about the Lovable Losers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis and Teamwork Author: Ash Barty Narrator: Miranda Tapsell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: It’s a tennis story. It’s a family story. It’s a teamwork story. It’s the story of how I got to where and who I am today. I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. But it's important to reflect on every part of the journey, especially the end. The timing is perfect to share my story, from the first time I picked up a racquet as a five-year-old girl in Ipswich to the night I packed up my tennis bag at Melbourne Park after winning the 2022 Australian Open. Now I can look back at the 20 years in between and think carefully through the work and the play, the smiles and the tears, and all the people who helped along the way, be it my first ever coach, Jim Joyce, or my longtime one, Craig Tyzzer. My Dream Time follows me on my path to being the best I could be, not just as an athlete but as a person. How do you conquer nerves and anxiety? How do you deal with defeat, or pain? What drives you to succeed – and what happens when you do? The answers tell me so much, about bitter disappointments and also dreams realised – from injuries and obscurity and self-doubt to winning Wimbledon and ranking number 1 in the world. My story is about the power and joy of doing that thing you love and seeing where it can take you. It’s about the importance of purpose – and perspective – in our lives.