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Tag: Sports

What You’re Made For: Powerful Lessons from a Life in Sports – by George Raveling

Posted on December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before it’s published. I really thought I would enjoy this book, but I struggled through it. It wasn’t a chronological timeline of his life, rather advice from his life with his career scattered throughout it. One of the coolest things about him…

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The Legend of Red Klotz: How Basketball’s Loss Leader Won Over the World—14,000 Times – by Tim Kelly

Posted on November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

This book was referenced in the book I just read about Abe Saperstein, and I was intrigued. You may not know the name, but if I tell you Red Klotz was a player, coach, and owner of the Washington Generals, you will now know who he is. Red won championships in high school, college, his…

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Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports – by Mark Jacob and Matthew Jacob

Posted on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

I have had this book in my Goodreads Want to Read list since August 31st when I saw a Tweet from @SprtBookReviews about it. I was immediately intrigued as in 2022, I read Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters by Ben Green. So, I was already familiar…

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Banned: How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption – by Michael Ray Richardson

Posted on October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

I got this book from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. I am a fan of the NBA, but I will admit, that I have never heard of Michael Ray Richardson. So, when I saw this in the Netgalley catalog, I was intrigued and checked it out. Michael was a…

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I Felt the Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis Pride – by Curtis Pride

Posted on October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

I got this book from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. I was intrigued by this one as Curtis was a professional baseball player, but he was born with deafness. I have actually heard of him, and think it was when he played for the Detroit Tigers. As a baseball…

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The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball – by John W. Miller

Posted on September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

I got this book from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. As I occasionally browse the Netgalley selections, I kept coming across this one, and I was intrigued, but kept scrolling past it. I mean, I knew of Earl Weaver, but didn’t want to be a part of a book…

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Beyond the Jump Shot: The Elevated Life of Kenny Sailors – by Debbie Sorensen

Posted on September 2, 2024September 2, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

I got this one from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. I needed a break from the fiction thriller books I have been reading. I had never heard of Kenny Sailors, but was intrigued by the description and wanted to learn more. He was raised by his mother, who taught…

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Coming Home – by Britney Griner

Posted on July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

This book provided a lot of great insight on her Russian imprisonment and how she got through it. I am not going to go into detail, but she had lawyers who were constantly in touch and working on stuff behind the scenes and fellow inmates who helped translate Russian to English. She got to read…

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Catch As Catch Can: Building a Legacy by Finding Opportunity in Every Obstacle – by George Tinsley Sr

Posted on July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

I got this book from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. The only reason I selected this book was due to the cover image (he was dressed half in a basketball jersey and the other half was a business suit) and the description (he played college basketball where his Kentucky…

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Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other – by John Preston

Posted on July 8, 2024July 8, 2024 by Mark Lieberman

I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before it’s published. For somebody, like me, who isn’t a fan of soccer clubs in England and in general, this book was easy to read, and I never found myself confused with the verbiage. It’s really cool to see the progression of…

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