Sports & Recreation audiobooks

The Boys of Summer

By: Roger Kahn

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 15 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an audiobook about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the color barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is an audiobook by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good... Read more

The Bullpen Gospels

By: Dirk Hayhurst

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher's mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-toting grandmother's air mattress, veteran reliever Dirk Hayhurst steps out of the bullpen to deliver the best pitch of his career—a raw and unflinching account of his life in the minor leagues. Whether training tarantulas to protect his room from... Read more

America’s Victory

By: David W. Shaw

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the backdrop of the first world’s fair in London, America’s Victory takes listeners into a world rich in adventure and history in an unforgettable story of skill, daring, and honor at the heart of our national identity.In 1850, a brilliant young boat designer and an unlikely team of humble, hard working men faced the might and... Read more

Joe & Marilyn

By: Roger Kahn

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

He was the most famous and best ballplayer of his generation. She was America’s blonde. They were intense, impassioned lovers, and, long after that, gentle and loving friends. The only thing that didn’t work between Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe was their marriage. Joe & Marilyn is a portrait of DiMaggio, as godlike as his legend on the... Read more

The Yankee Years

By: Joe Torre & Tom Verducci

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A dramatic and revelatory account of Joe Torre’s twelve years as manager of the New York Yankees.

Joe Torre is the most successful–and most respected–baseball manager of the modern era, steering the Yankees to six American League pennants and four World Series championships. When he left the team in 2007, it was front-page news around the... Read more

The Yankee Years - Abridged

By: Joe Torre & Tom Verducci

Narrated by: Tom Verducci

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years

When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. The famously tough and mercurial... Read more

We Are the Ship

By: Kadir Nelson

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of black America in the first half of the twentieth century. But... Read more

Uncommon - Abridged

By: Tony Dungy

Narrated by: Tony Dungy

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2009 Retailer's Choice Award winner!
Super Bowl–winning coach and #1 New York Times best selling author Tony Dungy has had an unusual opportunity to reflect on what it takes to achieve significance. He is looked to by many as the epitome of the success and significance that is highly valued in our culture. He also works every day with young men... Read more

Blood in the Cage

By: L. Jon Wertheim

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on unique access to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and its rival organizations, Blood in the Cage peers through the chain-link Octagon into the frighteningly seductive world of mixed martial arts, which has exploded in popularity despite resistance. Wertheim focuses on Pat Miletich, who runs the most famous MMA training school in... Read more

Boys Will Be Boys

By: Jeff Pearlman

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 13 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

They were America's Team—the high-priced, high-glamour, high-flying Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, who won three Super Bowls and made as many headlines off the field as on it. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, and Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, the Cowboys rank among the greatest of all NFL... Read more

Eli Mannning

By: Sarah Tieck

Narrated by: Christopher Hopkins Ward

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Eli Manning is one of the NFL’s famous quarterbacks! This book introduces his childhood, family background, rise to fame, and future plans. Readers will learn about Manning’s time as a quarterback at the University of Mississippi, his draft into the NFL, and his success with the New York Giants. Also covered are Manning’s Super Bowl victory,... Read more

No Limits - Abridged

By: Michael Phelps

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fresh from his triumphant and extraordinary achievement at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps—up from working-class, born-in-the-USA roots—shows us the secrets to his remarkable success—from training to execution.

For years the world has followed Michael Phelps’s progress from teen sensation in Sydney to bona fide phenom in Athens. Now... Read more

The Unchurched Next Door

By: Thom S. Rainer

Narrated by: Don Reed

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

If You Invite Them, They Will Come.It’s true. In a national survey done by author Thom Rainer and his staff, eight out of ten unchurched men and women said they would come to church—if only someone would invite them. When and how is the next big question. Rainer helps you figure out where your neighbors, friends, and coworkers are in their... Read more

A Miscellany of Garden Wisdom

By: Isobel Carlson

Narrated by: Ruth Chambers

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

You may not have the green fingers or the resources to build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon but it is still possible to create a blossoming haven in your own back garden. This practical book guides you through the mysteries of the seasons, with simple, easy-to-follow tips on the best way to make your garden grow. Read more

Johnners Cricketing Gaffes, Giggles And Cakes

By: Barry Johnston

Narrated by: Barry Johnston, Brian Johnston & Guests

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Brian Johnston, known to everyone as Johnners, was as well known for his on-air gaffes as for his Test Match Special commentaries. Here are his most famous and funniest cricketing mishaps, which have been chosen by his son, Barry. Among Johnners’ laugh-out-loud clangers are ‘joined by the Balls’, ‘sitting on a shooting stick’ and a streaker’s... Read more

Sporting Gaffes

By: Various

Narrated by: John Inverdale

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A hilarious collection of BBC broadcasting blunders presented by John Inverdale. There are no gaffes like sporting gaffes. In the excitement of the moment, and live on air, commentators and sports personalities can say the most amazing and the silliest things. This compilation includes slips-of-the-tongue and scrambling of words which produce... Read more

Rugby Union Wit, Wisdom And Mud

By: Cliff Morgan

Narrated by: Tony O'Reilly

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Cliff Morgan, using BBC Sound Archive material, presents the history and humour of the great game of Rugby Union.No game generates more passion, or stirs the emotions, like Rugby Union. No game enjoys itself more when the whistle blows. And none has produced quite such good talkers, on or off the muddy pitch.Here, from the BBC’s unique Sound... Read more

Rebound Rules

By: Rick Pitino & Pat Forde

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

“Rick Pitino knows a thing or two about comebacks—on the court and in life.”—Louisville Courier-Journal Basketball legend Rick Pitino reveals his model of success built upon his experiences of failure and personal loss in Rebound Rules—a powerful, deeply personal book about never giving up. Recalling the tragedies that shaped his life and... Read more

The Express

By: Robert C. Gallagher

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Ernie Davis was an All-American on the gridiron and a man of integrity off the field. A multi-sport high school star in Elmira, New York, Davis went on to Syracuse University, where as a sophomore he led his team to an undefeated season and a national championship in 1959, and earned his nickname: the Elmira Express. Two seasons later, Davis... Read more

The Curse of the Bambino - Abridged

By: Dan Shaughnessy

Narrated by: Ken Coleman

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Boston Red Sox's loss to the New York Yankees in the final game of last year's playoffs has been called "the game of the century," evidence that the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees is hotter than ever. In the wake of that defeat, author and Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy has updated his bewitching story of the... Read more

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

By: Timothy B. Shutt

Narrated by: Timothy B. Shutt

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Baseball has been celebrated as "America's National Pastime" for more than one hundred and fifty years, and recalls what, at least in retrospect, seems to be an earlier, more innocent age- long summer afternoons and sandlot ball, fresh rural air or brownstone stoops. In part, this is because most of those who love the game played as children and... Read more

Free Byrd

By: Paul Byrd

Narrated by: Tim Gregory

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Cleveland Indians pitcher Paul Byrd gives an honest account of how he has kept his faith in God despite all the trials and temptions associated with the Major League Baseball lifestyle. Read more

What I Talk about When I Talk about Running

By: Haruki Murakami

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore comes this rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running and the integral impact both have made on his life. Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers Murakami’s four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon. Settings range from... Read more

A Few Seconds of Panic

By: Stefan Fatsis

Narrated by: Stefan Fatsis

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis infiltrated the insular world of competitive Scrabble players, ultimately achieving expert status (comparable to a grandmaster ranking in chess). Now he infiltrates a strikingly different subculture—pro football. After more than a year spent working out with a strength coach and polishing his craft with a gurulike... Read more