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Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation,...

Meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. You'll read about the first woman horse jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby, the number one tennis player in the world, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, and a snow boarder who landed a death-defying jump, along with many others. Includes: Simone Biles * Gretchen Bleiler * Hannah Cockroft * Misty Copeland * Diane Crump * Sasha DiGiulian...

"A reflection on the late works and last days of artists, writers, musicians, and athletes"--

"Untold until now, here is the story of Black sprinter and long-jumper Willye B. White, who went from picking cotton as a child in Mississippi to competing and winning in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics...[W]hen her cousin noticed she was the fastest runner around, Willye jumped at the chance to put on her traveling shoes and run her way to better opportunities. And run Willye did, first for the Tennessee State Tigerbelles and then for the US Olympic team....

"Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly...

Esta es la verdadera historia de Jean-Baptiste Alaize. Ahora, un atleta excepcional y saltador de largo, Jean-Baptiste perdi̤ su pierna derecha cuando ten̕a solo tres ąos durante la guerra civil en Burundi. Cuando conoci̤ a su padre adoptivo, Robert, Jean-Baptiste nunca antes hab̕a visto a un hombre blanco. Pero crearon un lazo porque tambǐn su padre hab̕a perdido la pierna derecha en un accidente ąos antes. A trav̌s de la historia de este...

The Knights are a lousy team who've become a target for jokes. When down on his luck Coach DeAntonio arrives, he pushes the boys to see their potential, while a hometown bartender tries to reopen his guarded heart.

"This book provides current, credible nutrition guidance for athletes who are 35 years old or older. The content-which includes charts, meal plans, and expert interviews-applies across all sports, with emphasis on endurance sports"--

High school football star Cameron is shocked when his best friend and fellow athlete, John, is killed in a car accident. Feeling responsible for the crash, Cameron sets out to honor his friend's memory.