The Triumphs and Tragedy of Racing Pioneer Cheryl Glass
The incredible, little-known story of one of the most promising race car drivers in the United States who defied the odds as a Black woman in the sport of auto racing. Early in her career, Cheryl Glass looked like a lock to become the first Black woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500. She had everything she could need to be successful in the ......
The Untold Story of an Original Harlem Globetrotter and Negro Leagues Al
Ted Strong Jr. (1917-1978) was a two-sport athlete, a major star of the Negro Leagues and one of the original Harlem Globetrotters. His prominence in the Negro Leagues led Branch Rickey and other white baseball league owners to consider Strong as one of several possible players to integrate major league baseball, and he was a key force on the ......
My Journey from Illiterate NBA Player to a Magna Cum Laude Master's Degr
Dean Tolson was one of the top prep basketball players in the state of Missouri his junior and senior years at Central High School in Kansas City. So, when the colleges came running, he accepted a full ride to the University of Arkansas. Despite being unable to read or write, he went on to be one of the most prolific players to grace the ......
The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History
Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, International Book Awards, 2023 Winner, Biography/Autobiography, Track and Field Writers of America (TAFWA) Book Award, 2022 A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history. When Pauline Davis first began to run, it wasn't with any thought of future Olympic glory. A ......
Professional football's backstory was lost, until now. In the beginning, in 1892, pro football was born. Then it effectively died in infamy in 1906. It was resurrected nearly a decade later and soon became the American Professional Football Association in 1920 (renamed the National Football League in 1922). Few are even familiar with the basics of ......
The biography of Adrian Noddy Alston, a flamboyant striker who was part of the first Socceroos squad to make the World Cup in 1974, and who has spent his entire non-football working life working with people with a disability.
The first comprehensive biography of the preeminent voice of New York sports For close to half a century after World War II, Marty Glickman was the voice of New York sports. His distinctive style of broadcasting, on television and especially on the radio, garnered for him legions of fans who would not miss his play-by-play accounts. From the ......
The Story of Lewis Cook Jr., Legendary High School Football Coach
The inspirational true story of a high school football coach who motivates and encourages ordinary kids from a handful of farming communities to do extraordinary things on the football field and in life.
Lady Ref is the eye-opening and inspiring memoir of Shannon Eastin, the first female official for the NFL who continues to encourage and motivate others through her mentoring and training of young officials.
