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  Jail Blazers - How the Portland...

  Kerry Eggars

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  In the late ’90s and early 2000s, the Portland Trail Blazers were one of the hottest teams in the NBA. For almost a decade, they won 60 percent of their games while making it to the Western Conference Finals twice. However, what happened off-court was just as unforgettable as what they did on the court. 
   
  When someone asked Blazers general manager Bob Whitsitt about his team’s chemistry, he replied that he’d “never studied chemistry in college.” And with that, the “Jail Blazers” were born. Built in a similar fashion to a fantasy team, the team had skills, but their issues ended up being their undoing. In fact, many consider it the darkest period in franchise history. 
   
  While fans across the country were watching the skills of Damon Stoudamire, Rasheed Wallace, and Zach Randolph, those in Portland couldn’t have been more disappointed in the players’ off-court actions. This, many have mentioned, included a very racial element—which carried over to the players as well. As forward Rasheed Wallace said, “We’re not really going to worry about what the hell [the fans] think about us. They really don’t matter to us. They can boo us every day, but they’re still going to ask for our autographs if they see us on the street. That’s why they’re fans and we’re NBA players.” 
   
  While people think of the Detroit Pistons of the eighties as the elite “Bad Boys,” the “Jail Blazers” were actually bad. Author Kerry Eggers, who covered the Trail Blazers during this controversial era, goes back to share the stories from the players, coaches, management, and those in Portland when the players were in the headlines as much for their play as for their legal issues.

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  The Teammates

  David Halberstam

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  More than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years since WWII. A Pulitzer Prize-winner for his ground-breaking reporting on the Vietnam War, Halberstam wrote more than 20 books, almost all of them bestsellers. His work has stood the test of time and has become the standard by which all journalists measure themselves.The Teammates is the profoundly moving story of four great baseball players who have made the passage from sports icons--when they were young and seemingly indestructible--to men dealing with the vulnerabilities of growing older. At the core of the book is the friendship of these four very different men--Boston Red Sox teammates Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Ted Williams--who remained close for more than sixty years.The book starts out in early October 2001, when Dominic DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky begin a 1,300-mile trip by car to visit their beloved friend Ted Williams, whom they know is dying. Bobby Doerr, the fourth member of this close group--"my guys," Williams used to call them--is unable to join them.This is a book--filled with historical details and first-hand accounts--about baseball and about something more: the richness of friendship.

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  Sports Audio Books Bundle - Ice...

  My Ebook Publishing House

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  Now, for the first time ever, and only for a limited time, you can get this value-priced, limited edition box set.The Sports Audio Books Bundle includes six best-selling audio-books.Audio-book #1: "Ice Hockey Guide", by Steve Robertson:Learn more about the high powered, fast paced game of professional hockey. The rules are often misunderstood and confused. "Ice Hockey Guide - Basic Rules" breaks down rules and rink configurations and explains penalties and other causes for the officials to stop play.This easy-to-read guide contains everything for the fan and non-fan alike to understand and enjoy the sport of ice hockey. Each section stands alone, so it can be used as a handy reference guide. The National Hockey League expansion of the last decade and the increased television coverage exposed millions of new fans to hockey. The Stanley Cup is now seen in over 170 countries, while annual sales of NHL merchandise today exceed $1 billion. Yet hockey remains one of the least understood sports. With the help of this guide, you can learn to follow the excitement of America's fastest-paced sport in no time at all.Audio-book #2: "Poker: The Best Techniques for Making You a Better Player:Are you the one who plays poker for fun? Somebody who earns a living out of it? Either way, you need the right skill and basic strategies to fully wrap your head around this tricky game. Improve your skills and learn how to win big. Are you stuck playing in lousy cash games versus lousy opponents? Despite your best efforts, do you manage to lose even at the smallest stakes? It's time to master small stakes cash games with a world-class poker champion as your guide. "Poker: The Best Techniques for Making You a Better Player" is guaranteed to get you to the top! Audio-book #3: "Bridge for Beginners":Bridge is the ultimate card game. It is truly a mind sport, as taxing on the brain as a decathlon is to the body. Bridge for Beginners is the ultimate introduction.Learn how to play bridge with this simple step-by-step guide. While good bridge classes are, of course, of great value, this book is itself the complete tutorial. It will help you to learn properly without other help and give you a solid foundation on which to start playing this absorbing game. Work at your own pace. Understand the key basic principles.An Author's Republic audio production.

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  Running & Walking For Women Over 40

  Kathrine Switzer

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  A fun, easy, and economical route to fitness and health: “This book will give women everywhere the guidance they need” (Grete Waitz, nine-time winner of the New York City Marathon).   Women’s fitness pioneer Kathrine Switzer has been on her feet for over fifty years. She knows how running or walking is the fastest, easiest, and least expensive road to fitness for women of any age. For women over forty in particular, it’s vital to fit an exercise regimen into their busy lives, and ensure they can stay active and healthy for many years to come.   No matter how inexperienced or old you are, Switzer will guide and ease you into a new exercise schedule, making the time you give yourself the best part of your day—and your future life. Recommendations for shoes, clothing, injury prevention, nutrition, motivation, and finding the time in your life will keep you exercising safely and comfortably. For women over forty, Switzer’s expert running and walking programs are specifically designed for you, enabling you to keep healthy and enjoy life to the fullest for decades to come.   “For many over-forty women, this book will be a passport to the best years of their lives.” —Joan Benoit Samuelson, Olympic gold medalist and US marathon record holder  

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  Fight Like a Marine - Close...

  Defense U.S. Department of

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  This book thoroughly explains military techniques of close combat fighting necessary for self-defense in every situation. They will enhance your strength, flexibility, balance, and cardio-respiratory fitness. The practice will help you build personal courage, self confidence and self-discipline. Be as prepared and skillful as a U.S. Marine and act instantly when an unexpected confrontation occurs. Close combat fighting is an engagement between two or more persons in an empty-handed struggle, or with hand-held weapons such as knives or sticks.
  Table of Contents:
  Introduction:
  Definition of Combatives
  Purposes of Combative Training
  Safety…
  Training:
  Responsibilities of Trainers
  Safety Precautions
  Warm-Ups and Stretches
  Crawl, Walk, and Run
  Execution at Combat Speed
  Drills…
  Basic Ground-Fighting Techniques: 
  Back Mount
  Front Mount
  Guard
  Side Control 
  Body Positioning Moves
  Finishing Moves
  Drills
  Defense Against Headlocks…
  Advanced Ground-Fighting Techniques:
  Advanced Body Positions
  Pass the Guard
  Attacks from the Mount
  Attacks from the Back Mount 
  Attacks from the Guard
  Knee Mount
  Leg Attacks
  Striking from Side Control
  Defending Against Strikes in the Guard…
  Takedowns and Throws:
  Breakfalls
  Closing the Distance and Achieving the Clinch
  Takedowns from Against a Wall
  Double Leg Attack
  Single Leg Attack
  Attacks from the Rear
  Throws and Takedowns
  Strikes:
  Arm Strikes
  Punching Combinations
  Kicks
  Transition Between Ranges
  Handheld Weapons:
  Angles of Attack
  Rifle with Fixed Bayonet
  Knife-against-knife sequence
  Entrenching Tool
  Three-Foot Stick
  Defense Against the Knife…
  Standing Defense: 
  Lethal Force Scenarios
  Restrictive Force Scenarios
  Two Against One
  Three Against Two
  Group Tactics 
  Lethal Force Scenarios
  Restrictive Force Scenarios
  Competitions

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  Tales of a First-Round Nothing -...

  Terry Ryan

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  Terry Ryan was poised to take the hockey world by storm when he was selected eighth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995 NHL draft, their highest draft pick in a decade. Expected to go on to become a hockey star, Ryan played a total of eight NHL games for the Canadiens, scoring no goals and no assists: not exactly the career he, or anyone else, was expecting. 
  
  Though Terry’s NHL career wasn’t long, he experienced a lot and has no shortage of hilarious and fascinating revelations about life in pro hockey on and off the ice. In Tales of a First-Round Nothing, he recounts fighting with Tie Domi, partying with rock stars, and everything in between. Ryan tells it like it is, detailing his rocky relationship with Michel Therrien, head coach of the Canadiens, and explaining what life is like for a man who was unprepared to have his career over so soon.

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