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NBA champion, sports analyst, and successful businessman Shaquille O'Neal is a lively and entertaining addition to the number one New York Times best-selling series!
Shaquille O'Neal discovered his love of basketball while spending time in an afterschool program called the Boys & Girls Club of America. Standing over six feet tall by the time he turned 11 years old, Shaq—as he is affectionately known—continued to practice the game and stunned the country with his phenomenal skills. From leading his high-school team to its first-ever state title to becoming the first pick in the 1992 NBA draft and going on to win four NBA championships, Shaq proved that he could dominate almost any player.
But the 15-time All Star who played for six teams throughout his 19-year NBA career isn't just a force on the court, he is also an actor, television host, musician, and businessman who is always ready to crack a joke or bust a dance move.
With such a welcoming personality and immense talent, it is easy to see why Shaquille O'Neal is often considered one of the greatest players in NBA history.
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- De Adam Kosberg en 12-02-18
De: Jackie MacMullan, y otros
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Got to Give the People What They Want
- True Stories and Flagrant Opinions from Center Court
- De: Jalen Rose
- Narrado por: Jalen Rose
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 567
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 505
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 504
Jalen Rose has never been quiet. Not as a kid growing up in Detroit in the '70s and '80s. Not as the brash, trash-talking leader of the legendary "Fab Five" at the University of Michigan. Not as the player under the stewardship of Hall of Famers Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, and others throughout his 13-year NBA career. And certainly not as a commentator and analyst on ABC/ESPN and Grantland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book - a MUST download / read
- De Terry en 10-08-15
De: Jalen Rose
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Scribe
- My Life in Sports
- De: Bob Ryan
- Narrado por: Bob Ryan
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 75
Ever since he joined the sports department of the Boston Globe in 1968, sports enthusiasts have been blessed with the writing and reporting of Bob Ryan. Tony Kornheiser calls him the "quintessential American sportswriter". For the past 25 years, he has also been a regular on various ESPN shows, especially The Sports Reporters, spreading his knowledge and enthusiasm for sports of all kinds.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No my idea of a memoir
- De Michael Friedman en 12-19-14
De: Bob Ryan
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Sweetness
- The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 18 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 288
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 250
At five feet ten inches tall, running back Walter Payton was not the largest player in the NFL, but he developed a larger-than-life reputation for his strength, speed, and grit. Nicknamed “Sweetness” during his college football days, he became the NFL’s all-time leader in rushing and all-purpose yards, capturing the hearts of fans in his adopted Chicago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest Accounting Of A Fascinating Life
- De RevInTampa en 08-19-15
De: Jeff Pearlman
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Showtime
- Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 18 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,043
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 921
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 918
Best-selling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost 300 interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic end - marked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIV - Showtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Offended at the style used to voice black characters.
- De NP en 01-15-22
De: Jeff Pearlman
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Play Their Hearts Out
- A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
- De: George Dohrmann
- Narrado por: Emily Rose Speer
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
The NBA has returned to prominence on the backs of phenoms like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett. The media promotes them, the shoe companies pay them, and America applauds. But how exactly do such players reach the pros? What do they give up to get there? And what happens to those who fall short?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book, fantastic narration.
- De Randy en 11-03-10
De: George Dohrmann
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From the Outside
- My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love
- De: Ray Allen, Michael Arkush
- Narrado por: J.D. Jackson
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 277
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 248
The record-holding two-time National Basketball Association champion reflects on his work ethic, his on-the-court friendships and rivalries, the great teams he's played for, and what it takes to have a long and successful career in this thoughtful, in-depth memoir. Playing in the NBA for 18 years, Ray Allen won championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat and entered the record books as the original king of the three-point shot. Known as one of the hardest-working and highest-achieving players in NBA history, he was legendary for his sharp shooting.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It wasn't bad, but I thought it would be better
- De Amazon Customer en 07-30-18
De: Ray Allen, y otros
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The Mannings
- The Fall and Rise of a Football Family
- De: Lars Anderson
- Narrado por: Ian Alan Carlsen
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
From New York Times best-selling author Lars Anderson comes a revealing portrait of the first family of American sports. What the Kennedys are to politics, the Mannings are to football. Two generations have produced three NFL superstars: Archie Manning, the Ole Miss hero-turned-New Orleans Saint; his son Peyton, widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game; and Peyton's younger brother, Eli, who won two Super Bowl rings of his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The first family of football
- De Tyler Gordon en 09-08-18
De: Lars Anderson
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Barkley
- A Biography
- De: Timothy Bella
- Narrado por: Korey Jackson
- Duración: 16 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
He's one of the most interesting American athletes in the past fifty years. Passionate, candid, iconoclastic, and gifted both on and off the court, Charles Barkley has made a lasting impact on not only the world of basketball but pop culture at large. Yet few people know the real Charles. Informed by over 370 original interviews and painstaking research, Timothy Bella's Barkley is the most comprehensive biography to date of one of the most talked about icons in the world of sports.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight to the big man’s life.
- De marci rodee en 07-03-23
De: Timothy Bella
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Dr. J Unabridged
- The Autobiography
- De: Julius Erving, Karl Taro Greenfeld
- Narrado por: Julius Erving
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
With his flights of improvisation around the basket and his towering afro, Julius Erving became one of the most charismatic (and revolutionary) players basketball has ever known. But while the public has long revered this cultural icon, few have ever known of the double life of Julius Erving. Dr. J traces the inner lives of the nearly perfect player and the imperfect man - and how he has come to terms with both.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I may overrate it, but I’m a hoops junkie!
- De @JWTheBlueprint en 01-29-14
De: Julius Erving, y otros
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Golden Days
- West's Lakers, Steph's Warriors, and the California Dreamers Who Reinvented Basketball
- De: Jack McCallum
- Narrado por: Jack McCallum
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
In Golden Days, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum uses these two teams - the Jerry West/Wilt Chamberlain/Elgin Baylor Lakers and the Stephen Curry/Kevin Durant/Draymond Green Warriors - to trace the dynamic history of the National Basketball Association, which for much of the last half century has marched memorably through the state of California. Tying together the two strands of McCallum's story is Hall of Famer West, the ferociously competitive Laker guard who later became one of the key architects of the Warriors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting and fun to read
- De Joe en 06-12-18
De: Jack McCallum
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The Breaks of the Game
- De: David Halberstam
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 282
A New York Times best seller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. The tactile authenticity of Halberstam's knowledge of the basketball world is unrivaled. Yet he is writing here about far more than just basketball. This is a story about a place in our society where power, money, and talent collide and sometimes corrupt, a place where both national obsessions and naked greed are exposed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book is a must read for all NBA junkies.
- De Kyle en 06-13-18
De: David Halberstam
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Saban
- The Making of a Coach
- De: Monte Burke
- Narrado por: Barry Abrams
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 459
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 404
As the head coach of the University of Alabama's football team, Nick Saban is perhaps the most influential - and controversial - man in the sport. Unpredictable in his professional loyalties, uncompromising in his vision, and unyielding in his pursuit of perfection, the highest-paid coach in college football has changed the face of the game. His program-building vision has delivered packed stadiums, rabid fans, legions of detractors, countless NFL draft picks, and a total of four championships.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator is awful.
- De kenneth en 08-12-15
De: Monte Burke
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The Baseball Whisperer
- A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams
- De: Michael Tackett
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours from anything. There, between the cornfields and hog yards, is a ball field with a bronze bust of a man named Merl Eberly, a baseball whisperer who specialized in second chances and lost causes. The statue was a gift from one of Merl's original long-shot projects, a skinny kid from the ghetto in Los Angeles who would one day become a beloved Hall of Fame shortstop: Ozzie Smith.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De zane Butler en 08-13-21
De: Michael Tackett
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Tigerland
- 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing
- De: Wil Haygood
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 16 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in recent American history, as riots and demonstrations spread across the nation, the Tigers of poor, segregated East High School in Columbus, Ohio, did something no team from one school had ever done before: They won the state basketball and baseball championships in the same year. They defeated bigger, richer, whiter teams across the state and along the way brought blacks and whites together, eased a painful racial divide throughout the state, and overcame extraordinary obstacles on their road to success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Flashback to the Late 1960s
- De Toni Bowes en 09-05-19
De: Wil Haygood
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Junior Seau
- The Life and Death of a Football Icon
- De: Jim Trotter
- Narrado por: JD Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Tiaina Baul "Junior" Seau is widely considered one of the best linebackers ever to play the game. A 10-time All-Pro and 12-time Pro Bowl selection, Seau was picked for the NFL's All-Decade Team in the 1990s. His incredible career spanned two decades, during which time he played for the Chargers, Dolphins, and Patriots. In 2012, at the age of 43, Seau committed suicide with a gunshot wound to the chest. News of his death sent shockwaves through the NFL.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Book!!!
- De Sherry Jones en 01-08-16
De: Jim Trotter