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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
What is the Stanley Cup and when was it first awarded? What team has won the cup the most? And is there really a Lord Stanley and how did the cup come to carry his name? Hockey fans will find the answers to these questions and much more information in S is for the Stanley Cup: A Hockey Championship Alphabet. The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner and is one of the oldest and most prestigious...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Step Over the Ropes and into 1990s wrestling. Set in a fictional world, Over the Ropes dives into sports entertainments biggest era. A young high-flyer named Jason Lynn goes off-script in a match to win the world title and sets the southern territory on fire as the face-painted wrestler, Phoenix. Jasons battles between the ropes are only outperformed by his struggles outside the ring. First dates. Crooked promoters. Cage matches. Factions and families....
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Welcome to volume two of Over the Ropes, the 1990s pro-wrestling series. SFWs hit TV show, Explode, takes the wrestling world by storm with champion, Phoenix, scoring big ratings while his girlfriend, Courtney, learns the ropes as new wrestler, Scorch. The gloves come off when a rival promotion led by Jasons estranged father, Buddy Peacock, invades Explode. When Courtneys injured, Jason must choose between family and fame in a bout with permanent...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Now available for the first time in paperback, Wilfred Santiagos instant classic 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente is a human drama of courage, faith, and dignity, inspired by the life of the acclaimed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star who died too young. 21 chronicles Clementes life from his early days growing up, through the highlights of his career, capturing the grit of his rise from an impoverished Puerto Rican childhood to the majesty of his...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Charlie Brown may not be the best pitcher, batter, or team manager, but his love for the game is boundless, no matter how many home runs he gives up, how many games he loses, how many errors his team makes, or how many times the game is rained out. This delightful collection of newspaper comic strips Batter Up, Charlie Brown! features three complete baseball stories starring good ol Charlie Brown and his frustrating (and frustrated) teammates Lucy,...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
It's time to hit the football field once again with Archie and friends! We've collected some of our favorite football stories for you in this issue of Pep Digital. Can Archie score the winning touchdown? Will Reggie be a team player? Will Moose crush the entire rival team single-handedly? Find out inside!
7) Cage Hero
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Ryder Stone, a high school student and wrestling sensation, discovers his true destiny when he's recruited to join a super-powered team of mixed martial artists! Heir to one of eight medallions forged from a radioactive meteorite, he trains with his mysterious mentor Doc Proton for the day when, with focus and resolve, he and his new friends must harness the power to become the next generation of Cage Heroes. However, an evil network known as the...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In the future, Europe has united under one man, The Autocrat. He rules the apocalyptic landscape from corporate monopolies with a vision of unity that is gospel to some, but hollow to others. To distract the 99% from their poor and empty lives, they are given the opportunity to compete in the Grand Race. A marathon street race through Europe where only one driver can make it to the end and win a life of luxury.Our hero, Sebastian Valencia enters with...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A Tale of Two Arthurs is an impressionistic chronicle of two very different men: Jack Arthur Johnson, the black American boxer, and Arthur Cravan, the white French poet and provocateur. These two men fought an improbable boxing match in Barcelona in 1916 which acts as the pivot point of this double-portrait which is also a kind of mirror: for despite their differences they were both fiercely independent individuals who in their own ways defied the...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
From the first games held in ancient Greece to the cultural extravaganzas of recent years, there have been some incredible and amazing events and milestones in the world of Olympic sports. Now in G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet, writer Brad Herzog showcases those athletes and events that not only set sports records but also impacted history and world views. Learn the meaning behind the five interlocking rings featured on the Olympic flag....
11) Sasameke, Vol 2
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
For once, it looks like the Chikubushima High soccer team might have a shot at the national tournament (provided all their players actually show up to the matches)! Rakuichi may have the raw talent that makes him an INVALUABLE asset to this bizarre team, but his enormous ego interferes with his ability to make good decisions on the field. (Seriously, dude. Just pass the ball.) As Rakuichi continues to irritate the heck out of his teammates, the foundation...
12) Sasameke, Vol 1
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Elementary school soccer whiz Rakuichi Nagahama drew national attention a few years back with his IMPRESSIVE athletic skills. After disappearing to Italy for three years, Rakuichi reluctantly returns to the remote town where he grew up. The local high school soccer team can't wait to get their hands on the prodigy, despite the fact that he was obviously a FAILURE in Italy. But Rakuichi's not sure he's ready to get back on the field. Sure, his best...
13) DIVE!!, Vol 3
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Japanese delegates for the Tokyo Olympics have been selectedand Youichis gotten the ticket of his dreams! When the motives behind the JASFs premature decision come to light, though, Youichi is completely thrown off his game. But that wont stop him! Once hes back on his feet, determined to take over the Olympics on his own terms, how might his actions turn the tide?! See what the future holds for the boys of MDC in this final volume of DIVE!!
14) DIVE!!, Vol 2
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
As Tomoki's natural genius for diving blossoms under the guidance of Coach Asaki, his relationships with the people around him sour. But even while suffering from the growing rifts in his life, Tomoki has to retain his focus as the trial meet for the Beijing training camp looms!
15) DIVE!!, Vol 1
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Tomoki has long been passionate about the blink-of-an-eye performances that take place off the ten-meter diving platform. But as a member of the Mizuki Diving Club, he'll need more than passion when his team's lackluster record leaves them on the outs with their sponsors! With a new coach and a deadline to qualify for the Olympics in one short year, Tomoki and his teammates compete for glory with the fate of their diving club riding on their shoulders!...
16) Marathon
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Amsterdam, August 1928. The crowd goes wild as the world's star athletes take off from the starting line for the crowning event of the Olympic Games: the marathon. Few so much as notice the short, slight Algerian runnera factory worker by daywho wears the French jersey. But that was before a strong wind, cramps, and 42.195 kilometers of ruthless competition combined to produce an astonishing upset...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
For many sports fans there's no such thing as too much baseball. In I Spy with My Little Eye: Baseball, readers get double the fun. Brad Herzog (H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet) teams up with photographer David Milne to create a visual puzzle book that challenges the deductive skills and sharp eyes of young readers. Dual look-alike photographs are filled with baseballs, bats, and memorabilia. But one of the scenes in each photo pair has been...
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Eddie Neale had his future planned, shooting balls into the net for West Ham United F.C., but thanks to World War II, he's shooting Nazis as an R.A.F. tail-gunner! Shot down, he finds himself captive in castle Lungotz Luftzig where he'll face his biggest opposition yet... his own destiny!
20) Dirt Bikes
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Dirt bikes are built to ride on bumpy ground and jump over sandy hills. Engaging photographs and carefully leveled text take readers along for a ride on these awesome motorcycles.
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