Sports & Recreation audiobooks
Seabiscuit - Abridged
By: Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated by: Campbell Scott
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: Yes
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.
Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than ... Read more
More Stories by E.C.
By: Eugene St. Martin Jr.
Narrated by: Tom Bauer
Length: 1 hour 38 minutes
Abridged: No
No information available at this time. Author will provide once available. Read more
View audiobookA Jerk on One End
By: Robert Hughes
Narrated by: Peter Renaday
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
For Robert Hughes fishing was a lifelong obsession and the pastime that he loved best. In A Jerk on One End he brings the wit and insight that have characterized his art criticism to the subjects of fish and fishing. He traces his love of fishing to his boyhood on Sydney Harbour and recounts the high and low points of his career with rod and... Read more
View audiobookWhen Pride Still Mattered - Abridged
By: David Maraniss
Narrated by: David Maraniss
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.
More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high... Read more
The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet
By: Bob Arnot
Narrated by: Richard Gilliland
Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Doctors at leading institutions across the nation have been investigating the relationship between breast cancer and diet, uncovering amazing insights. The research confirms that what a woman eats can have a dramatic impact on whether or not she contracts the disease. In The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet, Dr. Bob Arnot has synthesized this... Read more
View audiobookMenopause with Healing Yoga - Abridged
By: Kelly Piper
Narrated by: Kelly Piper
Length: 1 hour 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Certified yoga teacher and healer Kelly Piper has designed a program for women dealing with peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause. This full-body program includes visualizations to heal the fears connected with the "change" and affirmations that work on the subconscious mind, as well as breathing exercises to neutralize, purify, and... Read more
View audiobookGolf of Your Dreams - Abridged
By: Bob Rotella
Narrated by: Bob Rotella
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Fifteen years ago, the average male golfer's handicap was 16.2. The average female golfer's handicap was 29. Today, the average American male golfer's handicap is 16.2 and the average female golfer's is 29. American golfers have not gotten any better. World-renowned performance consultant and sports psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella now offers The... Read more
View audiobookWait Till Next Year - Abridged
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Narrated by: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.
Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were... Read more
Unfinished Lives
By: Les Whitten
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes
Abridged: No
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, and the youngest man elected to the office. He was assassinated at the age of 46 in 1963. Arthur Ashe was an African American professional tennis player who won more than forty singles titles, including the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, and Wimbledon. He died in 1993 at the age of 49... Read more
View audiobookThe Big Show - Abridged
By: Keith Olbermann & Dan Patrick
Narrated by: Keith Olbermann & Dan Patrick
Length: 3 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
From World Sports Headquarters in historic Bristol, Connecticut, comes the audiobook that's more colorful than Dennis Rodman's hair. For the first time, Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, the tag-team partners of ESPN's award winning Sportscenter, bring what People magazine calls their "Letterman-like loopiness and Koppel-esque smarts" to... Read more
View audiobookWooden
By: John Wooden
Length: 4 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs."--John Wooden
Evoking days gone by when coaches were respected as much for their off-court performances as for their success on the court, Wooden presents the timeless wisdom of legendary basketball coach John Wooden.
In honest and telling passages about virtually every aspect... Read more
Roger Kahn: Memories of Summer
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Interview between David Gergen and Roger Kahn, author of the book Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art and Writing About It a Game. Read more
View audiobookJumpstart - Abridged
By: Denise Austin
Narrated by: Denise Austin
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Denise Austin, the star of Getting Fit with Denise Austin, wants you to JumpStart to a new, healthier lifestyle!
In JumpStart, Denise shows you how to lose weight, tone your body, and lose inches safely and quickly. You'll get energized, adopt an eating and exercise plan you can live with, and learn the secrets of lasting weight loss. Denise... Read more
And then Arnie Told Chi - Abridged
By: Done Wade
Narrated by: Arte Johnson
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This collection of anecdotes—from Golf Digest editor Don Wade—brings out of the locker room and onto the green an engaging treasury of more than 100 of the greatest golf stories ever told from the game's legends: Ben Hogan, Nancy Lopez, Fred Couples, and others. From Augusta National to Royal St. George, this entertaining, intimate, and funny... Read more
View audiobookGolf Is A Game Of Confidence - Abridged
By: Bob Rotella
Narrated by: Bob Rotella
Length: 1 hour 29 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the author of the bestselling Golf is Not a Game of Perfect comes a masterly illumination of golf's mental game.
When that book was published, Dr Bob Rotella made accessible for the first time what he had learned from working with the best golfers in the world. Dr Rotella follows up the success of Golf is Not a Game of Perfect with a book... Read more
Bad as I Wanna Be - Abridged
By: Tim Keown & Dennis Rodman
Narrated by: Greg Alan Williams
Length: 1 hour 12 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Everybody loves a rebel—especially a successful and flamboyant one! With his body-covering tattoos and ever-changing fluorescent hair, Dennis Rodman—one of the NBA's greatest rebounders—dishes on everything from fame, money, and race relations to sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. Rodman's sideline antics and celebrated benchings captivated sports... Read more
View audiobookCaught Me A Big'Un...And then I Let Him Go! - Abridged
By: Jimmy Houston
Narrated by: Jimmy Houston
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
One of the best-known, most-loved TV fishing personalities, Jimmy Houston has become a bass legend. Two-time winner of the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year award, Jimmy now brings you A of the wonderful, entertaining, and instructive stories he's gathered over the years....
CAUGHT ME A BIG 'UN...
and then I let him go!
Anyone who loves fishing -- on... Read more
The Game for a Lifetime: More Lessons and Teachings - Abridged
By: Harvey Penick
Narrated by: Jack Whitaker
Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The final work from the legendary teacher.
His gentle demeanor and timeless wisdom made Harvey Penick America's best-loved teacher of the game of golf. At the time of his death in April 1995, Harvey was well along in the work on this, his fourth book of golf instruction. Like his classic Little Red Book, The Game For a Lifetime is filled not so... Read more
Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect - Abridged
By: Bob Rotella
Narrated by: Bob Rotella
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella’s delightful book will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player.
Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad... Read more
And Then Jack Said to Arnie - Abridged
By: Don Wade
Narrated by: Arte Johnson
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Fascinating anecdotes by— and about— some of the most famous golfers in history including Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.Former Golf Digest editor Don Wade has collected literally hundreds of anecdotes from some of the greatest names in the sport and delivers those stories in a series of captivating volumes. This... Read more
View audiobookSacred Hoops - Abridged
By: Phil Jackson & Hugh Delehanty
Narrated by: Phil Jackson
Length: 1 hour 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball." -- Phil Jackson
One of the most successful coaches in NBA history, Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson provides an inside look at the higher wisdom of teamwork with Sacred Hoops -- Jackson's philosophy of mindful basketball and his lifelong quest... Read more
Rebound - Abridged
By: Bob Greene
Narrated by: Bob Greene
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Beginning with the day Jordans father was murdered, & stretching through a 2-year odyssey across the American landscape, Rebound is the story of the worlds most famous athletes personal journey in search of himself. This is the story of a man who seemingly had everything the world could offer, & then, in pain, left it behind in an effort... Read more
View audiobookHeads-Up Baseball
By: Ken Ravizza & Tom Hanson
Length: 4 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
"This book provides practical strategies for developing the mental skills which help speed you to your full potential."---Dave Winfield
What does it mean to play heads-up baseball? A heads-up player has confidence in his ability, keeps control in pressure situations, and focuses on one pitch at a time. His mental skills enable him to play... Read more
For All Who Love the Game - Abridged
By: Harvey Penick
Narrated by: Jack Whitaker
Length: 1 hour 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
EVERY WOMAN CAN PLAY GREAT GOLF
Known in the world of golf as one of the game's greatest teachers, Harvey Penick worked with U.S. Open winners, great champions, and five out of the thirteen women who are members of the LPGA Hall of Fame. Mickey Wright, Sandra Palmer, Betsy Rawls, Kathy Whitworth, Judy Rankin, and Betty Jameson all had the... Read more