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c2012., Juvenile, Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Good sportsSummary Note: The inspiring stories of four baseball players: Mordecai (Three Finger) Brown, Ron Santo, Jim Abbott, and Curtis Pride. They faced physical challenges other players did not have, but with determination and guts, they didn't just overcome; they excelled. This book is a celebration of beating the odds.
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2012., Sandpiper Call No: 796.01 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Good sportsSummary Note: Profiles athletes and teams that either fell far, far behind or made a terrible mistake, but refused to give up or quit.
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2012, Sandpiper Call No: 796.01 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Good sportsSummary Note: Profiles athletes and teams that either fell far, far behind or made a terrible mistake, but refused to give up or quit.
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2005., Juvenile, Little, Brown and Company Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Legends in sportsSummary Note: Profiles the life and career of baseball player Babe Ruth, who was a powerhouse hitter and pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Describes Ruth's twenty-year career and his reputation as a jokester among his teammates. Examines Ruth's dark, personal life and how he overcame the troubles to return to good health and a championship status.
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2005., Juvenile, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Legends in sportsSummary Note: Presents a short biography of legendary baseball player, Babe Ruth, and profiles his life and a career that spanned over twenty years.
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2005, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Matt Christopher legends in sportsSummary Note: Presents a short biography of legendary baseball player, Babe Ruth, and profiles his life and a career that spanned over twenty years.
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By Stout, Glenn2010. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Baseball Heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exempifies character and nerve in the face of adversity. Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break through barriers of race, ethnicity and even sex in order to play professional baseball. Subjects include Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders.
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2011, c2010., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Good sportsSummary Note: Describes the lives of professional baseball players such as Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders, and examines the obstacles faced by each of the players during their lives and careers.
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1999., Houghton Mifflin Call No: 796 .0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Contains over fifty selections of sports writing by a variety of authors, drawn from throughout the twentieth century.
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2002, Da Capo Press Call No: 796.352 092 Edition: 1st Da Capo Press e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents profiles, commentary, and reports that provide insight into the life of golf champion Tiger Woods both on and off the course.
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By Stout, Glenn1995., Walker and Company Call No: 921 DIMAGGIO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of baseball's great Joe DeMaggio from his birth through his retirement.
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2013, Sandpiper Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Good sportsSummary Note: Baseball is a great sport, but not all players had the home life as kids that nurtured their talent. Babe Ruth, Jim Peirsall, Torii Hunter, Ron LeFlore, and Joe Torre dealt with poverty, abuse, and addiction when young, and had to turn their lives around to play the game they loved. A moving look at the lives of these four great players.
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2013., Juvenile, Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 796.357 STO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Good sports (Boston, Mass.)Summary Note: Profiles five baseball players who overcame obstacles in life to make the major leagues. Includes career statistics.
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2006., Juvenile, Little, Brown Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Legends in sportsSummary Note: Presents the life of African-American baseball legend, Jackie Robinson, focusing on his painful childhood, education, early games, and his career as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Team.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: B BRYANT Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Matt Christopher legends in sports.Summary Note: This biography gives readers a courtside seat to the achievements of one of basketball's greatest legends as it traces Kobe's life from childhood to his five NBA championships to his successful career outside of the game to his tragic death and lasting legacy.
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c2005., Juvenile, Little, Brown Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Matt Christopher legends in sportsSummary Note: A biography of Muhammad Ali which emphasizes the famous matches in which he boxed.
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-- Lance Armstrongc2003., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the life of cyclist Lance Armstrong, describing his battle with cancer and his numerous Tour de France wins.
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-- Lance Armstrongc2003, Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the life of cyclist Lance Armstrong, describing his battle with cancer and his numerous Tour de France wins.
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-- Tiger Woodsc2001., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the personal background and golf career of the popular young golfer who won the Masters Tournament in 1997.
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-- Jeniffer Capriatic2004., Little, Brown Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the life of the young woman who entered professional tennis at age thirteen and won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics.