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"Valerie Wyatt is at the top of her game, she has parlayed her talent for entertaining and home decorating into a multimedia empire, and her name is synonymous with class and exquisite taste. And yet, though she has achieved enviable professional success, her ambition and hard work have given her little room for a personal life. She is divorced, and though she has a strong relationship with her daughter, she finds herself alone as her 60th birthday...
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"America's most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this surprisingly personal book, not only dishing out his signature, uninhibited opinions but also revealing the challenges he overcame in childhood as well as at ESPN, and who he really is when the cameras are off. Stephen A. Smith has never been handed anything, nor was he an overnight success. Growing up poor in Queens, the son of Caribbean immigrants and the youngest of six children,...
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"When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument--and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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An award-winning sportscaster chronicles his life and career, touching on such iconic sports moments as Jack Nicklaus' 1986 Masters victory, the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, and the Dallas Cowboys' victories of the 1970s.
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Balboa Press, a division of Hay House
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Barrie Shepley's quest to find greatness in himself and others has been far from a straight line. His job as a professional coach and TV sports commentator has taken him to all corners of the earth where he's experienced many unexpected twists and turns. The stories that Barrie tells will have you crying, laughing, holding your breath, and, at times, even applauding. His stories are about sport but also about life, love, success, and failure. Whether...
13) The Real Mccoy
Publisher
Lone Wolf Press
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Language
English
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Phoenix Suns fans will enjoy this funny and emotional account of the incredible career of Iowa farmboy turned Hall of Fame broadcaster Al McCoy. McCoy, the voice of the Suns for almost 40 years, is a very popular personality in the Phoenix area. Prior to joining the Suns in 1972, McCoy was the broadcaster for the Triple-A Phoenix Giants baseball club. He was the weekend television play-by-play man for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 1998, the club's first...
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Logan Montgomery volume 3
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English
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The bestselling author of "Big Girl Panties" is back with a funny, sweet, and sizzling novel about the game of love, in which a hot quarterback must figure out how to score big with a beautiful and talented media analyst after a heartbreaking fumble. Star quarterback and heartthrob Tyson Palmer has made a name for himself with his spectacular moves - except Dani, whose negative comments about his performance draw high ratings and spectacular notices...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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In February 2008, Bill Walton, after climbing to the top of every mountain he ever tried, suffered a catastrophic spinal collapse--the culmination of a lifetime of injuries--that left him in excruciating, debilitating, and unrelenting pain. Unable to walk, he underwent pioneering surgery and slowly recovered. The ordeal tested Walton to the fullest, but with extraordinary determination and sacrifice, he recovered. Now Bill Walton shares his life story...
20) Nice guy Johnny
Publisher
Film Buff
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Johnny is engaged to a girl who demands he drop his dream gig as a sports radio deejay and work for her dad in the cardboard box industry. But the bed-hopping, fun-loving Uncle Terry has different plans and soon whisks Johnny away to the Hamptons for a lost weekend so his nephew can have some fun.