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Chaney

by Ron Kaplan

Love him or hate him, basketball fans have to admit that John Chaney gets results. His sense of discipline and devotion to the game and his players has kept the Temple University Owls in contention for NCAA glory since he took the helm... Read More

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Fuel for Young Athletes

by Karl Kunkel

This book probably could not have come out at a better time. According to a growing number of studies, today’s teens are becoming grossly overweight, eating too much, exercising too little, and flirting with diabetes and other ailments... Read More

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Facing Ali

Today’s heavyweight boxing world is but a shadow of its glory days, when colossal figures such as Smokin’ Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and Ken Norton pummeled their opponents. Their lengthy careers, however, are invariably capsulized... Read More

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Kings of the Ice

by Ron Kaplan

The contributors and editors of Kings of the Ice have done yeomen’s work in compiling this (literally) heavy-duty volume about the history and personalities of world hockey. This tome weighs in at over 1,000 pages, telling the whole... Read More

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Passport to Danger

by Karl Kunkel

The author has spent his life doing what most people only read about: living life to the fullest as an adventurer, prospector, hunter, private detective, and federal agent. He is not the only one to have done these things, but he is,... Read More

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Falling Hard

by Ron Kaplan

The author was an enterprising journalist for the Canadian National Post when he got his first taste of the sweet science. Once bitten by the boxing bug, he has had a hard time trying to shake it, as much as he claims to try. The young... Read More

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Off to the Races

by Karl Kunkel

A writer who has covered a particular sport for a quarter century gains a certain perspective that a typical “beat” reporter seldom does. In this book, the author shares his intimate knowledge of professional bicycle racing, and... Read More

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