Best Sports History Books
100. 
Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops
by:
Art Chansky
4.02 avg rating — 283 ratings 100. 
The Cups That Cheered: A History of the Sigerson, Fitzgibbon and Higher Education Gaelic Game
by:
Donal McAnallen
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
100. 
107. 
The President's Team: The 1963 Army-navy Game and the Assassination of JFK
by:
Michael Connelly
3.56 avg rating — 52 ratings 107. 
Where's Harry?: Steve Stone Remembers 25 Years with Harry Caray
by:
Steve Stone
4.06 avg rating — 224 ratings 107. 
Kings of the Mountains: How Colombia's Cycling Heroes Changed Their Nation's History
by:
Matt Rendell
4.30 avg rating — 66 ratings 107. 
Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
by:
Cait Murphy
3.97 avg rating — 2,251 ratings 107. 
Ice Cream: Thirty of the Most Interesting Skaters in History
by:
Toller Cranston
3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings 107. 
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
by:
Terry Pluto
4.21 avg rating — 3,721 ratings 116. 
A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
by:
Roger Kahn
4.15 avg rating — 506 ratings 
116. 
116. 
This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
by:
L. Jon Wertheim
3.81 avg rating — 645 ratings 
122. 
Historic Hoosier Gyms:: Discovering Bygone Basketball Landmarks
by:
Kyle Neddenriep
4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings 122. 
Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
by:
Jeff Pearlman
4.27 avg rating — 2,925 ratings 
126. 
The GAA v. Douglass Hyde: The Removal of Ireland's First President As GAA Patron
by:
Cormac Moore
3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings 126. 
Without a Paddle: Racing Twelve Hundred Miles Around Florida by Sea Kayak
by:
Warren Richey
3.88 avg rating — 129 ratings 126. 
The Girl and the Game: A History of Women's Sport in Canada
by:
M. Ann Hall
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 129. 
The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First
by:
Jonah Keri
3.78 avg rating — 3,857 ratings 
129. 
132. 
Barça: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World
by:
Graham Hunter
4.15 avg rating — 1,991 ratings 132. 
From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA
by:
Pete Croatto
3.84 avg rating — 179 ratings 132. 
Taking the Ice: Success Stories from the World of Canadian Figure Skating
by:
P.J. Kwong
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings 136. 
Garrincha: The Triumph & Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero
by:
Ruy Castro
4.42 avg rating — 727 ratings 136. 
When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks
by:
Harvey Araton
4.19 avg rating — 655 ratings 
138. 
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
by:
Jeff Pearlman
4.35 avg rating — 4,519 ratings 140. 
England Expects: A History of the England Football Team
by:
James Corbett
4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings 
140. 
143. 
Heroes Without a Country: America's Betrayal of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens
by:
Donald McRae
4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings 143. 
Puskas on Puskas : The Life and Times of a Footballing Legend
by:
Rogan P. Taylor
4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings 
146. 
Spaced Out: How the NBA's Three-Point Revolution Changed Everything You Thought You Knew About Basketball
by:
Mike Prada
4.22 avg rating — 275 ratings 
150. 
A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
by:
Roger Kahn
4.15 avg rating — 506 ratings 
150. 
Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN
by:
Tom Shales
3.76 avg rating — 14,421 ratings 153. 
One Night, Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game That Changed a Nation
by:
Steven Travers
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 18 ratings 153. 
Ring of Hate: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling: The Fight of the Century
by:
Patrick Myler
3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings 
156. 
Gold in the Water: The True Story of Ordinary Men and Their Extraordinary Dream of Olympic Glory
by:
P.H. Mullen
4.33 avg rating — 424 ratings 
161. 
The Day Italian Football Died: Torino and the Tragedy of Superga
by:
Alexandra Manna
4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings 
163. 
Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez
by:
Adam Pitluk
3.51 avg rating — 43 ratings 
167. 
The Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the Olympic 100m Final
by:
Richard Moore
4.16 avg rating — 1,144 ratings 
169. 
The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever
by:
Joe Layden
4.03 avg rating — 337 ratings 170. 
Beautiful Team: In Search of Pele and the 1970 Brazilians
by:
Garry Jenkins
3.82 avg rating — 73 ratings 
172. 
Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier
by:
Joe Frazier
3.96 avg rating — 263 ratings 173. 
My Manchester United Years: The autobiography of a footballing legend and hero
by:
Bobby Charlton
4.19 avg rating — 550 ratings 
175. 
Scoring At Half Time: Further Adventures On and Off the Pitch
by:
George Best
3.59 avg rating — 138 ratings 
177. 
Crown Of Thorns: The Bitter History Of A Century's Heavyweight Championship Boxing
by:
Norman Giller
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 178. 
Ronaldo!: 21 Years of Genius and 90 Minutes That Shook the World
by:
Wensley Clarkson
3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings 
183. 
Papa Jack : Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes
by:
Randy W. Roberts
3.87 avg rating — 76 ratings 
185. 
PacMan: Behind the Scenes with Manny Pacquiao--the Greatest Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World 3.81 avg rating — 134 ratings
188. 
189. 
When Dempsey Fought Tunney: Heroes, Hokum, And Storytelling In The Jazz Age
by:
Bruce J. Evensen
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 
191. 
196. 
In Black and White : The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens
by:
McRae
4.40 avg rating — 140 ratings 
199. 
How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour De France
by:
Ned Boulting
3.97 avg rating — 1,269 ratings 