Títulos em Esportes

It only takes a moment to change a life. In a matter of seconds, an unexpected and devastating injury shatters Holden Cramer’s chances of ending his 19-season career on a high note. That brief moment in time not only irrevocably alters who he is, but also his relationships with everyone and everything around him. Yet one look can jump-start another. Tamryn Miller worked hard to get where she is: One of the youngest and most successful female injury management doctors in the league. She knows what goes into ensuring the players’ welfare.

From the day I was born, I was brought up to believe that Gaelic games were invented for people too stupid to understand the laws of rugby. Little did I know that one day I would become a legend of Kerry football. But then my life has taken a lot of unexpected twists and turns.

A first-year runner’s shocking breakthrough hides her dark secret. A college walk-on remembers his vexing friendship with teammate Steve Prefontaine. An embittered rebel emerges from seclusion to attack her hated rival over 26 miles. An obsessive jogger tries to maintain his streak in the face of mounting obstacles. Seventeen short stories — some dark, some comical — portray the world of runners, from weekend jogger to Olympic star, offering a unique exploration of sport and the human condition.

Who killed Tim Whalen? And why? Was it because he was a "helicopter parent" who micromanaged his short-tempered basketball star son? Perhaps he was murdered because he got on the wrong side of the shadow network of hangers-on brokering big-money deals to deliver young stars. Ernie Creekmore, a real estate agent looking to ease back into coaching, is asked to assist when the investigation turns cold. Ernie's plate is full. He's scouting hoop prospects while attempting to cultivate sales prospects at work - and keep his irascible boss off his back.

After high-school baseball phenom JaMark Reliford suffers a career-ending injury in his final game, he makes the deal of a lifetime. A deal that gives him everything he wants, but could cost him everything he loves. Inspired by blues folklore and classic baseball fiction, Michael Lortz writes a new tale of fastballs and phantoms, strikeouts, and second chances.

Adjusting to life after the game (football), a player reminisces about his playing career and his achievements on and off the gridiron.

Timing. Hockey careers are made or broken on it, and mine has taken an exceptionally broken road. I’m not a star. I’m a grinder, I work hard, and I’m finally at the point I can put the past behind me and get the fat, long-term contract I deserve. But my agent - the man who stuck by me through every crash and burn - has had a heart attack. I need another agent now, or my one chance for the good money will slip through my fingers.

As a professional hockey player, people think I live a charmed life. On the surface, I do. But they don’t know the horrors of my childhood, or the real reason that I have custody of my 17-year-old sister, Janelle. And that’s exactly the way I like it. They may think I’m a prick because I don’t like to share, but that’s fine. They don’t know me, and they don’t need to.

Liv’s smart, shy, and a total control freak, but she’s ready to throw away a future in veterinary medicine to become a jockey. Nate’s good on a horse and good with people. Except Liv. He can’t quite crack Liv. Chique, though? He’s got that filly wrapped around his little finger.

The story of Eko and Indra picks up a few weeks after the exciting events of The Perfect Season when the Suparman brothers had their first perfect baseball season. They upheld their undefeated streak in both the regular season and the World Series Playoffs for the Albuquerque Conquistadors’ first season. The older of the identical twins, Eko translates to the “Oldest One”, while Indra literally means “The Strong One". Now 20 years of age, each standing eight feet, eight inches tall, the Suparman brothers are as close to supermen as you can get.

The objective of the defending fielding team is to stop the opposing team’s players from scoring the runs, and also to stop the runners' advance around the bases during the game. A run is scored when a runner legally proceeds around the bases in order and manages to touch the “home plate”. The home plate is where the player began as a batter. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.

At Logos College in West Texas, huge young men, vacuum-packed into shoulder pads and shiny helmets, play football with intense passion. During an uncharacteristic winning season, the perplexed and distracted running back Gary Harkness has periodic fits of nuclear glee; he is fueled and shielded by his fear of and fascination with nuclear conflict. Among oddly afflicted and recognizable players, the terminologies of football and nuclear war - the language of end zones - become interchangeable, and their meaning deteriorates as the collegiate year runs its course.

His story begins after his creation at the hands of an old German craftsman in 1930s Illinois. Over the course of the next half century, he is pulled along by the current of rivers, pushed by the energy of providence and influenced by the power of the human spirit.

Not Just Cricket... by Vikram Dravid is a novel that weaves interlacing tales, riveting cricket games, and the realities of life. The stores and experiences of his vibrant characters exhort you to think beyond the mundane and get you to reflect upon the ultimate ride, life, and its very authentic challenges. Entertaining the listener with beautifully worded anecdotes and descriptions, this audiobook is a testament to self-empowerment and the importance of being true to oneself.

As a player, Thom Callaghan was defined by the winning goal he scored in an FA Cup final. The goal wasn't the blessing he imagined it would be. His whole career was defined by that brief moment of glory. With his playing days over, Callaghan, still a local hero, is tempted back to his old club as caretaker manager. His task: to rescue it from relegation. He's got the job solely on the recommendation of his former boss and mentor Frank Mallory, now desperately ill and responsible for the team's precipitous decline.

Jack recalls 1974, when Henry Aaron was only one hit away from tying the great Babe Ruth for most career home runs and only two home runs away from breaking Ruth's record. Aaron's pursuit of the record has such a powerful influence on fans' imaginations that Jack thinks his best friend Joe hit a home run on a freight train. And just like with Aaron's home run (that is earning him death threats and has placed him under FBI protection), Joe's home run reveals deep-seated divisions among everyone in Jack's hometown, even his own family.

Cassidy Scott spends her days helping others combat their demons, while avoiding her own. After surviving a deadly plane crash, Grady is diagnosed with Conversion Disorder, which has left him blind. Cassidy is rendered speechless to learn that her newest patient is Grady, a man she's been fascinated with since his claim to fame as America's Golden Boy. At first, Grady doesn’t want anything to do with Cassidy, but once he gives in, he soon learns that he can’t get enough of her. Every step Grady takes forward, Cassidy takes two back.

Joe Sharkey knows he is passed his prime. Now in his 60s, the younger surfers around the breaks on the north shore of Oahu still revere him as the once-legendary 'Shark', but his sponsors have moved on and Joe wonders what new future awaits him on the horizon. Uninterrupted quality time with the ocean, he hopes. Life has other plans. When he accidentally hits and kills a man near Waimea while drunk-driving, he fears he will never rebound. Under the direction of his stubbornly loyal girlfriend Olive, he throws himself into uncovering his victim's story.

A l’Emil no li agrada l’esport però sempre diu que no amb un somriure. "Vam haver d’insistir perquè l’Emil comencés a córrer. Però quan va començar, ja no es va aturar. No va parar d’accelerar. Vet aquí l’home que va córrer més de pressa sobre la Terra." Aquesta és la història de l’Emil Zatopek, un home que inventarà noves formes d’entrenament per córrer cada cop més de pressa. Primer sorpren Txecoslovàquia amb els seus rècords, després sorprendrà el món. Un parell d’Olimpíades més tard se’l considera invencible.

Twenty-six-year-old Jimmy Brennan’s life has taken a turn for the worse, and he’s desperate to numb the pain. When his mother dies and his girlfriend betrays him, it’s the final straw; he boards a plane bound for Bali. But Jimmy’s demons chase him. Sickened by the tourists and the crowded surf spots, he escapes north up the archipelago, driven by a desire for solitude and possessed by a reckless, self-destructive urge.