Best Franchise In Sports History - April 2024

Sounders FC: AUTHENTIC MASTERPIECE: The Inside Story Of The Best Franchise Launch In American Sports History

It sounds like the start of a great joke: A minor-league sports executive, one of the richest men in the world, a stand-up comedian, and a Hollywood movie producer conspire to start a soccer team. But what Adrian Hanauer, Paul Allen, Drew Carey, and Joe Roth did when they started the Seattle Sounders FC was no joke. They meticulously planned the launch of the Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise with an eye toward some lofty goals. Then they stood back in amazement as they rocketed far beyond those goals buoyed by a team that ignored its “expansion” label and a fan base that wildly embraced... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1491068345
• ASIN: 1491068345
• ISBN: 1491068345
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Magic Moments Yankees: Celebrating the Most Successful Franchise in Sports History

With more than 100 years to choose from, longtime Yankee sportswriter Phil Pepe narrows down the top 40 most fantastic moments in Yankee baseball. From the magical bat of Babe Ruth to the 26 World Series titles, there is no question that the Yankees are in a league of their own. Some of the famous and infamous moments highlighted in the book include Ron Guidry’s 260 strikeout season; Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak; perfect games by Don Larsen, David Wells, and David Cone; and the infamous wife swap between Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich. An extraordinary celebration of Yankee histor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1572438630
• ASIN: 1572438630
• ISBN: 1572438630
• Brand: Brand: Triumph Books
• Manufacturer: Triumph Books

The Franchise: A History of Sports Illustrated Magazine

• ASIN: 0786862165
• ASIN: 0786862165
• ISBN: 0786862165
• Manufacturer: Hyperion

Life in Movies: Stories from 50 years in Hollywood

A rollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of Goodfellas, Rocky, and Raging Bull, and an insider’s account of making movies in Hollywood over half a century   The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary: Rocky, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, De-Lovely, The Right Stuff, and Creed. His films have been nominated for fifty-two Academy Awards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have won twelve. Winkler’s new film Creed II, starring Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone, opening fall 2018, will be followed by Mar... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1419734520
• ASIN: 1419734520
• ISBN: 1419734520
• Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

Baseball's Canadian-American League

A Class C minor league during a turbulent 15 years: its stirring history reveals what minor league baseball--indeed, all of baseball--was experiencing. Begun in the Depression, this league saw the coming of night baseball, World War II, the prosperous postwar era, integration, competition with television, and final demise. And here are the stories of stars in the making: Bob Lemon, Tommy LeSorda, Al Rosen, Lou Burdette, Frank Malzone, Vic Raschi. Those who never made it to the majors are also presented. This book--through groundbreaking research and dozens of personal interviews--captures the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0786425296
• ASIN: 0786425296
• ISBN: 0786425296
• Brand: Brand: McFarland Company, Inc.
• Manufacturer: McFarland

You Lose Some, You Lose Some: The Greatest Screwed-Up Seasons, Gruesome Games, Failed Favorites, Pitiful Players, and Fouled-Up Franchises in the History of Sports

Sports fans have been slammed with tales of triumphant heroes, remarkable willpower, brilliant strategists, and against-all-odds comebacks. History, after all, is written by the winners.This book isn't about them.You Lose Some, You Lose Some focuses on those "other" competitors — the ones who distinguished themselves by holding tight to the losing end of the stick. The ones who had a shot at greatness but fumbled the handoff, dropped the easy fly ball, or bricked the breakaway layup. The ones like Chris Webber with his infamous time out, the 1919 Black Sox, Mary Decker and her fall from Olym... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1578601835
• ASIN: 1578601835
• ISBN: 1578601835
• Brand: Brand: Clerisy Press, Emmis Books
• Manufacturer: Clerisy Press, Emmis Books

The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire

The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in AmericaThe National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $14 billion in annual revenue. But it was not always a success. In The League, John Eisenberg focuses on the pioneering sportsmen who kept the league alive in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s,when its challenges were many and its survival was not guaranteed. At the time, college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing dominated America's sports scene. Art Rooney, George Halas,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0465048706
• ASIN: 0465048706
• ISBN: 0465048706
• Manufacturer: Basic Books

Illustrated History of the New York Giants: A Visual Celebration of Football's Beloved Franchise

One of the oldest and most storied franchises in the National Football League—born in 1925 in New York City—the Giants have one of the most colorful, entertaining, and successful histories in the world of sports. This fascinating portrait on the team captures, in captivating words and dynamic vintage and modern photography, the entire history of this New York and football institution.

• ASIN: 1572436417
• ASIN: 1572436417
• ISBN: 1572436417
• Manufacturer: Triumph Books

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

#1 New York Times BestsellerLegendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech giants from Intel to Google achieve explosive growth—and how it can help any organization thrive. In the fall of 1999, John Doerr met with the founders of a start-up whom he'd just given $12.5 million, the biggest investment of his career. Larry Page and Sergey Brin had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy, and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. For Google to change the world (or even to survive), Page and Brin had to... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0525536221
• ASIN: 0525536221
• ISBN: 0525536221
• Manufacturer: Portfolio

The Yucks: Two Years in Tampa with the Losingest Team in NFL History

Friday Night Lights meets The Bad News Bears in this uproarious account of the first two seasons with the worst team in NFL history: the hapless, hilarious, and hopelessly winless 1976­–1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Long before their first Super Bowl victory in 2003, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did something no NFL team had ever done before and that none will ever likely do again: They lost twenty-six games in a row. It started in 1976, in their first season as an expansion team, and it lasted until the penultimate game of the 1977 season, when they defeated Archie Manning and the New Orleans Sain... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476772266
• ASIN: 1476772266
• ISBN: 1476772266
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

2018 Topps Now - Gleyber Torres - Youngest Player in Franchise History to hit a Walk-off HR - New York Yankees Baseball Rookie Card #180

2018 Topps Now - Gleyber Torres - Youngest Player in Franchise History to hit a Walk-off HR - New York Yankees Baseball Rookie Card #180

• ASIN: B07DL1P7TF
• ASIN: B07DL1P7TF
• Brand: Topps

First Down, Houston: The Birth of an NFL Franchise

Football is an American phenomenon, and Texas fans have long embraced the sport with unrivaled fervor. In 2002, when a new professional football team hit the Lone Star State, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, recognized a unique opportunity to record history in the making. Although millions of photographs of football exist, the first year of a NFL team has never been captured. The museum and the Houston TEXANS have collaborated to document the team’s first season. From the NFL players’ draft to the TEXANS’ opening day to the final game of the Houston team’s inaugural year, both the qui... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0890901228
• ASIN: 0890901228
• ISBN: 0890901228
• Brand: Brand: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Manufacturer: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

NBA 2K17 - Early Tip Off Edition - Xbox One

Following the record-breaking launch of NBA 2K16, the NBA 2K franchise continues to stake its claim as the most authentic sports video game with NBA 2K17. As the franchise that “all sports video games should aspire to be” (GamesRadar), NBA 2K17 will take the game to new heights and continue to blur the lines between video game and reality.

• ASIN: B01E6239QY
• UPC: 710425497926
• ASIN: B01E6239QY
• Brand: 2K
• Manufacturer: 2K

Lamar Hunt: The Gentle Giant Who Revolutionized Professional Sports

Lamar Hunt was best known as the founder of both the Kansas City Chiefs and the AFL, which later merged with the NFL to form the most successful sports league in U.S. history. Here, author David A. F. Sweet writes about how football was only one of the many interests in Hunt's life and business ventures. Hunt seemed to be omnipresent in the sporting world, having helped form Major League Soccer, the modern pro tennis tour, and the Chicago Bulls. This biography delves deep into Hunt's impact on many popular sports and reveals never-before-disclosed details of this soft-spoken man's true importa... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1600783740
• ASIN: 1600783740
• ISBN: 9781600783746
• Manufacturer: Triumph Books

Creed II

• ASIN: B07KQ13YP9
• ASIN: B07KQ13YP9

The Dallas Cowboys : The Outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America

The definitive, must-have account of the all-time players, coaches, locker rooms and boardrooms that made the Dallas Cowboys "America's Team." Since 1960, the Cowboys have never been just about football. From their ego-driven owner and

• UPC: 23368914

The Anatomy of Greatness : Lessons from the Best Golf Swings in History

"Every golf game begins with the swing, and no two are identical. Years ago, however, Brandel Chamblee, the highly regarded Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour professional, noticed that the best players of all

• UPC: 47697623

Stephen Curry : Never Give Up. a Boy Who Became a Star. Inspiring Children Book about One of the Best Basketball Players in History.

Stephen Curry: Never Give UpThis is the inspiring children story of Stephen Curry, a boy who became a star.Fully illustrated children picture book.Fun illustrations with the story of a young boy who nobody believe can

• UPC: 463872134

The Cubs Way : The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse

-With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest

• UPC: 55219799
• Color: Other
• Size: No Size
• Rating: 4.75

Miracle Moments in USC Trojans Football History : Best Plays, Games, and Records

Relive the most miraculous moments of the USC Trojans football

• UPC: 979596072

Neymar : A Boy Who Became a Star. Inspiring Children Book about Neymar - One of the Best Soccer Players in History. (Soccer Book for Kids)

Neymar: A Boy Who Became a Star This is the inspiring children story of Neymar, a boy who became a star. Learn about Neymar, and learn how to be successful doing what you love. Perfect

• UPC: 350046826

The Sport of Archery: What Is Archery? Archery Lessons On How to Make a Bow and Arrow, the History of Archery, Best Archery Equipment and Tips On Hitting the Target - eBook

The Sport of Archery: What Is Archery? Archery Lessons On How to Make a Bow and Arrow, the History of Archery, Best Archery Equipment and Tips On Hitting the Target Archery excites those hearts that

• UPC: 205098174

Miracle Moments in Alabama Crimson Tide Football History : Best Plays, Games, and Records

Relive the most miraculous moments of the Alabama Crimson

• UPC: 842998397

Miracle Moments in Michigan Wolverines Football History : Best Plays, Games, and Records

Relive the most miraculous moments of the Michigan

• UPC: 525913952

Miracle Moments in Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football History : Best Plays, Games, and Records

Relive the most miraculous moments of the Notre Dame Fighting

• UPC: 578146014