San Antonio College Library

In 1950, sportswriters from across the United States voted on who they thought was the greatest American athlete of the century but one you might not have heard of shone the brightest: the incomparable Jim Thorpe. Football, baseball, basketball player - he was talented beyond his years and the first Native American to achieve Olympic Gold glory!

A biography of legendary sports star Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

Female athletes are too often perceived as interlopers in the historically male-dominated world of sports. Obstacles specific to women are of particular focus in A Locker Room of Her Own. Race, sexual orientation, and the similar qualities ancillary to gender bear special exploration in how they impact an athlete's story. Central to this volume is the contention that women in their role as inherent outsiders are placed in a unique position even more...

A collection of essays describes the author's obsessive pursuit of a variety of extreme athletic challenges, including an Outward Bound course during a Maine winter, a showdown with a Judo instructor, and an unconventional seventieth-birthday marathon.

Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. Most famously, he won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, he was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, the star of the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for John McGraw's New York Giants. Even in a golden age of sports celebrities,...

Chronicles the author's journey from awkward, overweight English lad to NBA star while overcoming endless obstacles, including his father's abandonment, a life-threatening injury, and the protection of a secret that could end his career--his homosexuality.

A biography of the Black athlete who won four gold Olympic medals in 1936. Describes his life before and after this event and the example he set for others.

The 1932 Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in the depths of the Great Depression; that they were held at all falls barely short of miraculous. The United States sent thirty-seven women to compete - seventeen swimmers, seventeen track and field athletes, and three fencers. It was not easy, and far from acceptable, for a woman to be an athlete in 1932. As late as April 1931 the International Olympic Committee seriously considered eliminating women's...

Foreword / by Thomas Curley -- A national treasure, Rachel Robinson -- For the love of the game, Bill Veeck -- The Costas legacy, Bob Costas -- The ultimate star, Gene Autry -- "You want Gibby on your side," Bob Gibson -- The magic of moneyball, Billy Beane -- Always a mountaineer, Jerry West -- One of a kind, Stan Kasten -- An original, Bud Selig -- Parting thoughts.