The sizzler : George Sisler, baseball's forgotten great / by Huhn, Rick, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…-- Blue sweater -- Arm trouble -- Reunited and repositioned -- War clouds -- The veteran -- Major-league changes -- Renaissance man -- Guarded optimism -- "The little world series" -- Missing in action -- Comeback kid -- Same old same old -- Brave new world -- Private enterprise -- Full circle -- Family man -- Historically speaking.…”
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American Colossus : Big Bill Tilden and the creation of modern tennis / by Hornblum, Allen M.

The 100 greatest American athletes / by Gitlin, Marty

Table of Contents: “…Jim Thorpe : the sports conqueror -- Michael Jordan : His Airness -- Bob Mathias : the manchild -- Jim Brown : the indestructible -- Michael Phelps : the Baltimore Bullet -- Deion Sanders : Prime Time -- LeBron James : the Chosen One -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee : magnificent heptathlete -- Rafer Johnson : Renaissance man -- Muhammad Ali : the Louisville Lip -- Willie Mays : the Say Hey Kid -- Babe Ruth : the Sultan of Swat -- Ashton Eaton : Wheels -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias : the master of all -- Wilt Chamberlain : Wilt the Stilt -- Jackie Robinson : the barrier breaker -- Rickey Henderson : the Man of Steal -- Bo Jackson : the freakish talent -- Jesse Owens : to hell with Hitler -- Henry Aaron : Hammerin' Hank -- Tom Brady : Tom Terrific -- Lawrence Taylor : L.T. -- Carl Lewis : King Carl -- Reggie White : the Minister of Defense -- Bruce Jenner : Bruiser -- Ray Robinson : Sugar -- Don Hutson : the Alabama Antelope -- Bob Hayes : Bullet Bob -- Bill Russell : Mr. …”
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