Sports
by Shannon Miller, with
Danny Peary (June 2, hardcover, $25.99, ISBN 978-1-
250-04986-5). An inspirational memoir by multiple
Olympic medalist gymnast
Miller, from her feats on the
mat to her battle with ovarian cancer.
Split Season: 1981—
Fernandomania, the
Bronx Zoo, and the Strike
That Saved Baseball by
Jeff Katz (May 19, hardcover, $26.99, ISBN 978-1-250-04521-
8) tells the story of the 1981 major league
baseball season, which was halted midway when the players’ union went on
strike.
TRIUMPH
Ben Hogan: The Myths Everyone
Knows, the Man No One Knew by Tim
Scott (Apr. 1, hardcover, $24.95, ISBN
978-1-62937-096-5) is a
biography of the late golf
great Ben Hogan, who kept a
very private life off of the
links.
Still Throwing Heat:
Strikeouts, the Streets, and
a Second Chance by J.R.
Richard and Lew Freedman,
foreword by Nolan Ryan
(June 1, hardcover, $25.95,
ISBN 978-1-62937-099-6).
A memoir from former Houston Astros pitcher Richard,
whose life spiraled into chaos after his
career was cut short by a life-threatening
illness.
TYNDALE
The Win That Matters: An Inside
Look at What It Takes to Triumph on
the Field and in Life by Mark Richt, with
Nathan Whitaker (May 5, hardcover,
$24.99, ISBN 978-1-4143-9188-5),
presents an insider’s look at how the
University of Georgia football program is
run, and lessons from the team that can be
applied to everyday life, courtesy of head
coach Mark Richt.
UNIV. OF NEBRASKA
A Game of Their Own: Voices of
Contemporary Women in Baseball by
Jennifer Ring (Apr. 1, hardcover, $29.95,
ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1) offers a history
of women in baseball, framed around 11
players of the U.S. Women’s National
Team that finished fourth in the 2010
Women’s Baseball World Cup.
UPNE/FOREEDGE
The Whistleblower: Rooting for the
Ref in the High-Stakes World of Col-
lege Basketball by Bob Katz (Feb. 3,
hardcover, $27.95, ISBN 978-1-61168-
451-3). A year of college basketball, as
experienced by the (arguably) least favorite
figure in sports: the referee. ;
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