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A three-time Olympic Gold medalist, six-time WNBA All-Star, and the first person to win the Naismith College Player of the Year award as both a player and coach, Staley has shattered expectations at every level of the game. While her name resonates with both longtime WNBA fans and newcomers, she has kept her personal life private. UncommonFavor reveals the journey that led to Staley’s success, including the challenges she faced.

The sport of surfing has a mystique and allure that has transformed many of these icons into mythical figures. Surfer Stories brings them together in one definitive collection that will appeal to those who surf and those who don’t!

Superstar coach Patrick Mouratoglou knows what it takes to win. An international icon in the world of tennis, he coached Serena Williams for a decade at the height of her career. More recently he’s worked with top-seeded players including Coco Gauff, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Simona Halep, and Holger Rune. Now, in Champion Mindset, Mouratoglou distills his lifetime of coaching excellence into ten commandments that are applicable to achieving success in all aspects of life, not just the court.

In The Warrior, Christopher Clarey, Rafael Nadal's most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles. Nadal has won big on tennis's many surfaces en route to becoming one of the greatest players of all time: securing two Wimbledon titles on grass and four U.S. Open titles on cushioned acrylic hardcourts.

Timothy M. Gay writes that four-time major champion Rory McIlroy is "golf's ageless Opie Taylor," a superstar whose charm transcends national boundaries and enlivens the game. His swing is so powerful that Tiger Woods is teaching his own son to mimic Rory's action. But a charismatic persona and a pretty swing don't translate into winning championships. Rory has failed to win another major and fallen short of achieving the career Grand Slam. Rory Land tells the saga of a compassionate superstar living in a world where "money has no conscience."

"The Martial Artist" is a work that traverses the vast landscape of martial arts and combat, offering a unique journey through techniques, personal experiences, and philosophical reflections. The book explores the key disciplines that shaped the protagonist throughout his life, analyzing them with a practical, historical, and cultural approach. Among the hand-to-hand disciplines, the text focuses on: Karate: The initial spark that taught precision and striking speed, providing an essential foundation for combat. Kickboxing and Full Contact: A demanding discipline that toughened the ...

Many books show how to pursue a dream and successfully make it happen, but few spotlight what to do when you've reached the pinnacle. After fighting so hard and reaching your goals, how do you stay on top?

An international icon in the world of tennis, legendary coach Patrick Mouratoglou has worked with some of the world's biggest players - from Serena Williams and Coco Gauff to Stefanos Tsitsipas, Simona Halep and Holger Rune. Now, in Champion Mindset, he presents the invaluable principles, skills, and mindsets that have made tennis championships and applies them to challenges and opportunities we face every day.

Quem é camisa 10 de verdade? Antes de mais nada, quem não é: grandes armadores como Didi e Gérson começavam sua tarefa lá atrás, não jogavam como Pelé ou Zico. Roberto Dinamite vestia a 10, mas era centroavante. Sócrates e Juninho Pernambucano atuavam um pouco mais atrás do que os autênticos camisas 10, enquanto Jairzinho, Edmundo e até Bebeto, talvez um pouco mais à frente... A conclusão é que camisa 10, por paradoxal que pareça, não é uma camisa, mas uma posição que é a cara do futebol brasileiro.

Un detallado viaje por la trayectoria y vida de Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, el Rey Pelé, en una edición visual con imágenes históricas y con las últimas actividades, aventuras y reconocimientos que ha tenido en su vida. El mito de Pelé, la gran figura de México 70, alcanza insospechadas dimensiones cuando distorsiona, crece o minimiza los comportamientos de un hombre humilde que tuvo que resignarse a ser un ídolo y vivir como tal. Pelé sigue siendo noticia aun cuando hace años no viste la playera con el número 10.

Una dura carrera. Por los entresijos del ciclismo, a rueda de un ciclista profesional, es uno de los mejores libros nunca escritos sobre la vida de un ciclista profesional. Por primera vez, la obra de Paul Kimmage en castellano. Un clásico de 1990 nunca traducido al castellano hasta ahora, que viene con un nuevo prólogo, así como con capítulos adicionales escritos en 1998 y 2007, en los que el autor reflexiona sobre su vida dentro y fuera del deporte.

2025 is Sonnie Trotter’s 30th year climbing. He’s been at the forefront of the sport for most of that time, specializing in first ascents on rock faces most people cannot imagine scaling. In Uplifted, Sonnie recounts the most memorable moments of his career, also describing the rich relationships that are the spine of the sport. In addition, he investigates the psyche that draws one to and then evolves during years of engaging with this uniquely challenging endeavor.

In the fifty years since his tragic death in a car crash, Steve Prefontaine has towered over American distance running. One of the most recognizable and charismatic figures to ever run competitively in the United States, Prefontaine has endured as a source of inspiration and fascination—a talent who presaged the American running boom of the late 1970s and helped put Nike on the map as the brand’s first celebrity-athlete face. Now on the anniversary of his untimely death, author Brendan O’Meara, host of the Creative Nonfiction podcast, offers a fresh, definitive retelling of Prefontaine’s life.

The battle for NASCAR dominance was never more pronounced than when Richard Petty and David Pearson met on the track. In 551 head-to-head races between 1960 and 1986, they finished one-two an astounding 63 times (Pearson won 33, Petty 30). Each showdown attracted more media attention and new fans, helping the sport to evolve evermore rapidly.

Top international sportswriter Christopher Clarey has interviewed Nadal since his first French Open victory at nineteen, marking his debut as a rising star, right up to his retirement in 2024, closing out an astonishing career as one of the greatest players of all time. Brimming with behind-the-scenes insight from Nadal, his team and his rivals, The Warrior tells the story of a global sporting icon—a must-hear account for anyone interested in the evolution of excellence.

The story of inspirational personal trainer Javeno McLean, who from the age of 16 has dedicated himself to helping others. Born in Jamaica in 1985, Javeno was raised in the Blackley and Crumpsall areas of North Manchester. Early on, he achieved his goal of becoming a top-flight professional cricketer, but soon realised that his true passion lay in helping and encouraging others to achieve. He began his new career running Manchester City Council funded community exercise classes, before deciding to open J7 in 2015.

JE SUIS LE MEILLEUR, ALORS QUE LE MEILLEUR GAGNE ! L'histoire de Cédric Doumbé commence au Cameroun. Elle se poursuit à l'âge de 8 ans à son arrivée en France où il apprend une nouvelle culture et les affres de l'hiver parisien. Adolescent, il découvre la boxe, les sports de combats et sa vie s'en trouve profondément changée. À force d'entraînements acharnés auprès des meilleurs spécialistes, Cédric Doumbé devient une légende de son sport. Il est multichampion du monde de kickboxing avant de combattre en MMA.

Nuova edizione aggiornata. Ci sono incubi che si travestono da sogni e quando poi ti accorgi dell'inganno è troppo tardi. E non puoi farci niente. Il 29 maggio 1985, allo stadio Heysel di Bruxelles, è un pomeriggio di luce e bandiere che sembra scandire alla perfezione il conto alla rovescia prima della finale di Coppa dei Campioni tra Juventus e Liverpool, la partita delle partite. Emilio ha diciotto anni e ce l'ha fatta: è lì, con il biglietto per entrare allo stadio, insieme all'amico di una vita, Giampiero.

野球と無縁の人生を歩んできた2人のサラリーマンが、どん底、赤貧に喘ぐ球団の建て直しに身を投じる、渾身の企業ノンフィクション。