The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Saturday, August 3, 2024

A Life Impossible

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Gleason, Steve .  A Life Impossible: Living With ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence . New York: Knoff 2024 . Print. Fi...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The Baseball 100

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Posnanski, Joe. The Baseball 100. New York: The Athletic. 2021 . Print. First Sentences: There are many words we sportswriters use way too o...
Monday, April 3, 2023

The Church of Baseball

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Shelton, Ron.  T he Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit . New York: Kno...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Jim Murray: An Autobiography

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Murray, Jim . Jim Murray, An Autobiography . New York: MacMillan 1993 . Print. First Sentences: I was a Depression child. With all that conn...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Rough Magic

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Prior-Palmer, Lara.  Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race . New York: Catapult 2019 . Print First Sente...
Monday, February 19, 2018

The Grand Slam

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Frost, Mark.  The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf   New York: Hachette 2004 . Print. First Sentences: On ...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Special Post - Best Sports Instruction

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Now that summer is here, it's time to think about playing outdoors. And playing a sport well is the best fun. But if you really wanted ...
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Call me Fred. I am a retired librarian from The Ohio State University and an avid, yet selective and highly judgmental reader who is under no illusion a book will get better in its writing style, plot, or characters after a disappointing first few sentences. However, the books profiled in this blog are, in every way, wonderful reads.
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