My recommendations:

1. 'The Courting of Marcus Dupree' by Willie Morris (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/296775.The_Courting_of_Marcus_Dupree).

2. 'Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream' by H.G. Bissinger (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85431.Friday_Night_Lights)

3. 'Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game' by Michael Lewis (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1301.Moneyball)

4. 'Ball Four' by Jim Bouton (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/762563.Ball_Four)

5. 'A Civil War: Army vs. Navy - A Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry' by John Feinstein (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75638.A_Civil_War)

6. 'A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers' by John Feinstein (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75639.A_Season_on_the_Brink)

7. 'Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges' by Kristi Dosh (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17351541-saturday-millionaires)

8. 'Meat Market: A Season Inside College Football's No. 1 Recruiting Machine' by Bruce Feldman (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1341254.Meat_Market)

9. 'Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL' by John Feinstein (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75634.Next_Man_Up)

10. 'Raw Recruits: The High Stakes Game Colleges Play to Get Their Basketball Stars' by Alexander Wolff and Armen Keteyian' (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1170786.Raw_Recruits)

"Tom Landry, an Autobiography" - Tom Landy.

"The Bowden Way" - Bobby Bowden with Steve Bowden.

"Singletary on Singletary" - Mike Singletary and Jerry Jenkins

Miracle Man: Nolan Ryan

"Out of the Blue - Orel Hershiser

"The Bathroom Sports Almanac!

Revenge of the Tiger- by Claude Balls(Sorry, couldn't resist)

Not sure what this says about me, but I thought, from the subject line, this was a post about gambling.

"Semi-Tough" by Dan Jenkins

"Saturday's America" by Dan Jenkins

"Glory, Glory" by Loran Smith with Lewis Grizzard

"Ball Four" by Jim Bouton

'"A Good Walk Spoiled" by John Feinstein

Always a Bulldog by Tony Barnhart
What it Means to be a Bulldog by Vince Dooley, Mark Richt and Tony Barnhart
Grudges, Guts and Glory by Les Krantz
Homer Rice on Triple Option Football by Homer Rice ( the man who knew how to run it)

Bulldawg1 said:

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Miracle Man: Nolan Ryan

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Nolan Ryan is my all-time favorite MLB player. Tough, durable, and possessor of a nasty fastball and curve. While I loved watching him throughout his career, it was fun watching the Houston Astros when they had J.R. Richard-Joe Niekro-Nolan Ryan pitching rotation. Two blazers w/ a knuckleballer mixed in between.

Not a Novel, but "Death of the WCW" was really good. I grew up watching 80s and 90s wrestling so it was an interesting read.

The Greatest Player Who Never Lived- J. Michael Veron