Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monte Burke is a book author and journalist who covers sports. This article is more than 10 years old. The Judge in Cormac ...

11 best sports autobiographies. ... Whatever sports you're into, these books, all published in the last six months, make for absorbing reads. {1} Gareth Thomas: Proud: Ebury, £20.

In 1970, sports journalism liked to paper over the cracks and hide the more salacious aspects of the athletic life. In his biography “Ball Four,” Jim Bouton did none of that.

A look at some of the best-selling sports books to pass the time. MX23RW : Monday, May 12 01:06:41| >> :600:162378692:162378692: Sheff Utd vs. Bristol City: 17 hrs 53 mins ...

Though best known for that one event, King spent her entire life fighting for equality for women, and her new autobiography, All In, recounts the contours of that quest.

My sports reading this year was a little off its usual pace. I blame too many books about the 2016 election (another one just arrived in the mail) and too many biographies (David Letterman isn't a ...

And for those who didn't, his autobiography, The Greatest: My Own Story, is the best medium through which they can learn of his inspiring tale. While you are at it, here are five more moving and ...

Here are the sports autobiographies that were shortlisted for the Sports Autobiography of the Year Award to keep ... Penguin Books. 8 / 8 ... James Michael Anderson is one of the best bowlers to ...

When the hardback edition was released in October 2013, it shot straight to the top of the sports charts and claimed the number one spot among biographies that year with more than 800,000 copies sold.

It belongs on the top shelf of the best Irish sports books ever written. ... Along with Andre Agassi’s Open, this book set the bar for what a sports autobiography should be.