Books mentioned in The Sports Repodders Podcast

I am always looking for book recommendations! In the March 15, 2019, Sports Repodders Podcast, Bill Simmons starting asking the group about the best sports books. He then throws out a list of his own.

Initial Discussion

• Friday Night Lights, 25th Anniversary Edition: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Kissinger
• The Summer Game by Roger Angell
• 5 Seasons by Roger Angell
• Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man by William F. Russell (Bill Russel Autobiography)
• Ball Four by Jim Bouton
• Under the Tarnished Dome: How Notre Dame Betrayed Ideals for Football Glory by Don Yaeger
• A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers by John Feinstein

Bill Simmon's List

1. ✔ The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam
2. ✔ Wait Till Next Year: The Story of a Season When What Should've Happened Didn't, and What Could've Gone Wrong Did by William Goldman
3. Friday Night Lights, 25th Anniversary Edition: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger
4. Bringing the Heat by Mark Bowden -
5. Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made by David Halberstam
6. ✔ Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
7. ✔ The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds by Pete Axthelm
8. The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams by Darcy Frey
9. Loose Balls by Terry Pluto -
10. ✔ Ghosts of Manilla - Mark Kram
11. Life on the Run by Bill Bradley
12. A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers by John Feinstein
13. Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
14. When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi - by David Maraniss
15. ✔ Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy
16. ✔ Joe DiMaggio: A Hero's Life - Richard Ben Kramer
17. Thin Ice: A Season in Hell With the New York Rangers by Larry Sloman
18. ✔ The Game by Ken Dryden
19. The Fab Five: Basketball Trash Talk the American Dream by Mitch Albom

Cycling Books

• ✔ The Rider by Tim Krabbé
• A Dog in a Hat by Joe Parkin

Books about the Cowboys

• Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty by Jeff Perlman
• Hell-Bent: The Crazy Truth About the Win or Else Dallas Cowboys by Skip Bayless
  
• The Boys by Skip Bayless
  
• God's Coach: The Hymns, Hype, and Hypocrisy of Tom Landry's Cowboys by Skip Bayless

Closing Discussion

• The Other League; The Fabulous Story of the American Football League by Jack Horrigan
• Meat on the Hoof: The Hidden World of Texas Football by Gary Shaw
• A View from Above by Wilt Chamberlain (Wilt Chamberlain autobiography)
• Spike Lee: Best Seat in the House: A Basketball Memoir by Spike Lee
• Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big by Jose Canseco