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Page Turners

Starting 2022 strong, these releases offer perspectives of some familiar names in sports as well as the business in which they competed.

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

By Kostya Kennedy

Publish date: April 12; St. Martin’s Press

Former SI editor and writer Kennedy offers a different perspective of Robinson’s iconic life, zeroing in on four crucial years and sharing previously undisclosed details to flesh out one of sports’ most influential figures.

 

 

 

 

 

Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game

By Craig Calcaterra

Publish date: April 5; Belt Publishing

Baseball writer Calcaterra puts forth an alternative approach to interacting with the “sports-industrial complex” and its issues — such as tanking for high draft picks — in an effort to empower fans in how they engage with their teams.

 

 

 

 

 

Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn't)

By Mike Florio

Publish date: March 15; PublicAffairs

ProFootballTalk’s Florio dives into the machine that is the NFL, taking readers behind the scenes into front offices and locker rooms in an effort to examine the league’s continued grip on the American psyche despite its scandals and difficulties.

 

 

 

 

 

Black Market: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball

By Merl Code

Publish date: March 1; Hanover Square Press

A former college basketball player turned marketer, Code gives an insider’s account into the dark underbelly of the sport, pulling back the curtain on the profit-driven machinations of recruiting and his involvement in the FBI’s recent probe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

By Ian O’Connor

Publish date: Feb. 22; Mariner Books

Coming amid the legendary Coach K’s final season with the Duke Blue Devils before retirement, this timely read aims to be the definitive biography, examining the life and career of one of college basketball’s most storied names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whispers of the Gods: Tales from Baseball's Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It

By Peter Golenbock

Publish date: Feb. 15; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Sportswriter Golenbock goes straight to the source for this oral history of baseball’s heyday in the 1940s through 1960s, including his chats with players such as Ted Williams, Roy Campanella, Tom Sturdivant, Stan Musial and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Althea Gibson: I Always Wanted To Be Somebody

By Althea Gibson

Publish date: Feb. 1; New Chapter Press

This first-person perspective traces the life of a tennis legend, beginning with her hardscrabble childhood in Harlem and charting her rise as she broke the sport’s color barrier and became a Grand Slam champion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports

 

By Clayton Trutor

Publish date: Feb. 1; University of Nebraska Press

Trutor takes a look at the ups and downs of Atlanta’s first decade as a major league sports city, when it was awarded four professional franchises within six years but turned in mixed results.

 

 

 

 

 

The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA's Fiercest Competitors

By Charles Oakley

Publish date: Feb. 1; Gallery Books

In his own words, one of the New York Knicks’ and NBA’s most memorable players goes deep into his playing days, dishing anecdotes about his famous on-court brawling, relationships with other stars like Michael Jordan and more.

 

 

 

 

The Ultimate Assist: Helping Our Kids Succeed in Sports and Life

By Greg Nared

Publish date: June 20, 2021; self-published

Sports business executive Nared pulls from his 30 years of experience in the industry to share a guide for parents looking to support their child’s athletic pursuits and help instill them with the confidence, values and habits they need.

 

 

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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