Fiction, Sports
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Pacing the Sidelines
by Gary J. Kirchner
Arne Viimets is not a typical coach. Kevin Willister is not a typical player. This is not a typical football story. Arne Viimets has a passion for opera, he owns a dog named Chopin, and he quotes Thoreau at dinner parties. He also happens to have a ...
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Woman Behind Home Plate
by J. Stephen Thompson
Who is this woman? At every Toronto Blue Jays game, an elderly woman sits behind home plate, her story a mystery. When sports journalist Richard Dixon notices the reclusive woman, he finds himself enthralled, determined to uncover her identity. ...
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The Defining Line
by Barbra Burdett
The Defining Line takes you through the story of Charles “Chuck” Bennis’s Greek immigrant heritage, his childhood in Lincoln, Illinois, and his rise to All-American football player at the University of Illinois. Amidst stories of his first fight, ...
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The Call
To Major League Baseball by Doug Ernest
Young baseball players dream of one thing: to get the call up to the Majors. When, as a fan, five year old Hunter Austin experiences his first professional baseball game, he proclaims to the folks in the bleachers that, one day, he’ll get The Call, ...
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The Madness of March
A Love Story by Marguerite Nardone Gruen
Paul Tanner and Nicky Newman were two of the most highly recruited Point Guards in the country for Basketball. New Coach at the U Bob Barrows built his whole program around them. Everything was going fine and the team was on track to become one of ...
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Rush: Part One
A Novel by Bridget L. Rose
It’s springtime in Monaco, and Valentina Romana is ready for Formula One glory. Since childhood, Valentina’s life has revolved around racing. This is her moment. There’s only one problem: no one will give her a shot, simply because she is a woman. ...
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The Green Owls
by Thomas RC Miller
When twelve-year-old Dusty decides to shave his head and become a “Skinhead”, his mother actually approves of his new look. But it’s 1971 in Leeds, England, and the Skinhead movement is not yet one of white supremacy as it is today. For Dusty, who ...
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The Turnstile
by Steve Godsoe
The ticket was washed out, as if it had been left out in the sun for months. Below the $12.50 admission price were the words in bold capitals over a faded red, white, and blue design: WORLD SERIES 1975, GAME 6, FENWAY PARK, BOSTON. With my ticket ...
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The Infield Fly Rule
by Randall E. Wilbert
The Infield Fly Rule follows a spirited group of New England teen age baseball players through a baseball season. They roam from town to town in their eccentric coach's converted bus, from ball field to ball field chasing the American sports dream, ...
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Love and Fury
by Sal Reevers
The bush league scouts thought Barnaby could develop into a professional enforcer. His father liked the idea of his son punching his way to big bucks in the NHL and sent him to apprentice in a faraway city. There Barnaby’s coach wanted him to do ...
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