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Over/Under

An Unexpected History of Sports Betting

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*A most anticipated nonfiction book of the year by The New York Times * Amazon Book Review Editor's Pick * A Next Big Idea Club Must Read Book Pick * A Most Anticipated Book of the Summer by AARP, Cultured Magazine, and The Information *The definitive, colorful history of American sports betting that challenges the dialogue around one of our country’s fastest growing (and most controversial) ... Read more

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*A most anticipated nonfiction book of the year by The New York Times * Amazon Book Review Editor's Pick * A Next Big Idea Club Must Read Book Pick * A Most Anticipated Book of the Summer by AARP, Cultured Magazine, and The Information *The definitive, colorful history of American sports betting that challenges the dialogue around one of our country’s fastest growing (and most controversial)
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The Guidebook Experiment

Discovering Exploration in a Hyper-Connected World

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Our modern day, multimedia, information-obsessed culture has fundamentally altered much of what we do day-to-day. The way we shop and pay bills. The way we communicate. The way we research, study, and learn.In the realm of travel we have more tools than ever telling us where to go, how to get there, what it will look like, what to do, and why we should go in the first place. This proliferation of ... Read more

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Our modern day, multimedia, information-obsessed culture has fundamentally altered much of what we do day-to-day. The way we shop and pay bills. The way we communicate. The way we research, study, and learn.In the realm of travel we have more tools than ever telling us where to go, how to get there, what it will look like, what to do, and why we should go in the first place. This proliferation of
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Game On

How Sports Media Grew Up, Sold Out, and Got Personal with Billions of Fans

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Game On tells the story of how and why the sports media industry grew to become one of the most important and profitable components of the global entertainment landscape. ... Read more

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Game On tells the story of how and why the sports media industry grew to become one of the most important and profitable components of the global entertainment landscape.
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Over/Under

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Named one of the most anticipated nonfiction books of 2026 by The New York Times Book ReviewThe definitive, colorful history of American sports betting that challenges the dialogue around one of our country’s fastest growing (and most controversial) industries.Taking listeners on a rollicking journey through the history of American sports betting, Over/Under proposes a fascinating and unexpected ... Read more

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Named one of the most anticipated nonfiction books of 2026 by The New York Times Book ReviewThe definitive, colorful history of American sports betting that challenges the dialogue around one of our country’s fastest growing (and most controversial) industries.Taking listeners on a rollicking journey through the history of American sports betting, Over/Under proposes a fascinating and unexpected
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Game On

How Sports Media Grew Up, Sold Out, and Got Personal with Billions of Fans

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In Game On David Bockino, a former marketing and advertising manager at ESPN turned professor of communications and sport management, provides the first overview of the evolution of the sports media industry.From the groundbreaking radio broadcast of the Jack Dempsey—Georges Carpentier boxing match in 1921 and the launch of Sports Illustrated magazine in 1954 to the birth of ESPN in 1979 and the ... Read more

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In Game On David Bockino, a former marketing and advertising manager at ESPN turned professor of communications and sport management, provides the first overview of the evolution of the sports media industry.From the groundbreaking radio broadcast of the Jack Dempsey—Georges Carpentier boxing match in 1921 and the launch of Sports Illustrated magazine in 1954 to the birth of ESPN in 1979 and the
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Game of Edges

The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports

by Bruce Schoenfeld ...

**“A sweeping look at one of the most significant developments in worldwide sports.” —Christine Brennan, best-selling author of Inside EdgeThe story of how a new generation of tech-savvy franchise owners is reshaping every aspect of professional sports.**In the last two decades, innovation, data analysis, and technology have driven a tectonic shift in the sports business. Game of Edges is the ... Read more

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**“A sweeping look at one of the most significant developments in worldwide sports.” —Christine Brennan, best-selling author of Inside EdgeThe story of how a new generation of tech-savvy franchise owners is reshaping every aspect of professional sports.**In the last two decades, innovation, data analysis, and technology have driven a tectonic shift in the sports business. Game of Edges is the
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The Price

What It Takes to Win in College Football’s Era of Chaos

by Armen Keteyian, John Talty ...

“An explosive tell-all book.”—Sports Illustrated“This is a must-read masterpiece.”—Paul Finebaum, ESPN college football analyst and New York Times bestselling authorTwo of the nation’s most respected sports journalists team up for a vital, hard-hitting investigation into the tumultuous state of big-time college football.We are living in the Wild West of college sports. Name, Image and Likeness ... Read more

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“An explosive tell-all book.”—Sports Illustrated“This is a must-read masterpiece.”—Paul Finebaum, ESPN college football analyst and New York Times bestselling authorTwo of the nation’s most respected sports journalists team up for a vital, hard-hitting investigation into the tumultuous state of big-time college football.We are living in the Wild West of college sports. Name, Image and Likeness
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Indentured

The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA

by Joe Nocera, Ben Strauss ...

“How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness? How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty? Why won’t anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American values and American justice?”In the four years since Joe Nocera asked those questions in a controversial New York Times column, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ... Read more

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“How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness? How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty? Why won’t anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American values and American justice?”In the four years since Joe Nocera asked those questions in a controversial New York Times column, the National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Bad Sports

How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love

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A THOUGHT-PROVOKING LOOK AT THE BIG BUSINESS AND IMMORAL PRACTICES BEHIND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BY ACCLAIMED SPORTSWRITER DAVE ZIRIN, HAILED AS THE “CONSCIENCE OF AMERICAN SPORTSWRITING” (THE WASHINGTON POST )The fastest-growing sector of today’s sports audience is the alienated fan. Complaints abound: from inflated ticket prices, $6 hot dogs, and $9 beers to owners endlessly demanding new ... Read more

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A THOUGHT-PROVOKING LOOK AT THE BIG BUSINESS AND IMMORAL PRACTICES BEHIND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BY ACCLAIMED SPORTSWRITER DAVE ZIRIN, HAILED AS THE “CONSCIENCE OF AMERICAN SPORTSWRITING” (THE WASHINGTON POST )The fastest-growing sector of today’s sports audience is the alienated fan. Complaints abound: from inflated ticket prices, $6 hot dogs, and $9 beers to owners endlessly demanding new
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Upon Further Review

The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History

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From Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had just gone the other way."Intriguing...thought provoking...delightful." --The Washington PostNo announcer ever proclaimed: "Up Rises Frazier!" "Havlicek commits the foul, trying to steal the ball!" or "The Giants Lose the ... Read more

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From Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had just gone the other way."Intriguing...thought provoking...delightful." --The Washington PostNo announcer ever proclaimed: "Up Rises Frazier!" "Havlicek commits the foul, trying to steal the ball!" or "The Giants Lose the
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Players

The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution

by Matthew Futterman ...

“Provocative…terrific stories” (The New Yorker) of the people who transformed sports—in the span of a single generation—from a job that required even top athletes to work in the off-season to make ends meet into a massive global business.It started, as most business deals do, with a handshake. In 1960, a Cleveland lawyer named Mark McCormack convinced a golfer named Arnold Palmer to sign with him. ... Read more

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“Provocative…terrific stories” (The New Yorker) of the people who transformed sports—in the span of a single generation—from a job that required even top athletes to work in the off-season to make ends meet into a massive global business.It started, as most business deals do, with a handshake. In 1960, a Cleveland lawyer named Mark McCormack convinced a golfer named Arnold Palmer to sign with him.
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The Sports Revolution

How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics

by Frank Andre Guridy ...

Series series The Texas Bookshelf
The story of Texas’s impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, this book offers a new understanding of sports and society in the state and the nation as a whole.In the 1960s and 1970s, America experienced a sports revolution. New professional sports franchises and leagues were established, new stadiums were built, football and basketball grew in ... Read more

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The story of Texas’s impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, this book offers a new understanding of sports and society in the state and the nation as a whole.In the 1960s and 1970s, America experienced a sports revolution. New professional sports franchises and leagues were established, new stadiums were built, football and basketball grew in
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