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“jon wertheim”

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  • You Can't Make This Up

    Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television

    by Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim ...
    In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television’s most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports.No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on ... Read more

    $12.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Running the Table

    The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler

    by L. Jon Wertheim ...
    For fans of Bringing Down the House and Positively Fifth—a Sports Illustrated writer shares the story of a heavyset, bipolar, and charming pool hustler.In most sports the pinnacle is Wheaties-box notoriety. But in the world of pool, notoriety is the last thing a hustler desires. Such is the dilemma that faces one Danny Basavich, an affable, generously proportioned Jewish kid from Jersey, who ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Strokes of Genius

    Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played

    by L. Jon Wertheim ...
    The executive editor of Sports Illustrated offers an in-depth analysis and behind-the-scenes look at the historic 2008 match between tennis titans.In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in the history of the game. He just needed to cling to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Glory Days

    The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever

    by L. Jon Wertheim ...
    A history of sports in 1984, when some of the most pivotal, freakishly coincidental stories all collided to change how we think about modern sports."Fascinating. . . . Glory Days is part sports history, part cultural analysis, part business book, and it's certain to draw attention far beyond the sports pages." — BooklistThe summer of 1984 was a watershed moment in the bi... ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Scorecasting

    The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

    by Tobias Moskowitz, L. Jon Wertheim ...
    In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Venus Envy

    Power Games, Teenage Vixens, and Million-Dollar Egos on the Women's Tennis Tour

    by L. Jon Wertheim ...
    A behind-the-scenes look at the hugely popular and often controversial world of women's tennis featuring such household names as Venus and Serena Williams and Anna Kournikova. At a time when attendance and TV ratings for women's tennis are at an all-time high, Sports Illustrated writer L.Jon Wertheim, draws on his investigative talents and knowledge of the game to infiltrate the heretofore closed ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This Is Your Brain on Sports

    The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon

    by L. Jon Wertheim, Sam Sommers ...
    This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild ride into the inner world of sports. Through the prism of behavioral economics, neuroscience, and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Rookie Bookie

    by L. Jon Wertheim, Tobias J. Moskowitz ...
    Using the tips, truths, and stats they explore in their New York Times bestseller Scorecasting, two dads pack super sports savvy and important math and financial concepts into a fun and heartwarming first novel for kids.New kid Mitch Sloan wants to fit in, but his nerdy love of statistics and making money isn't winning him any friends in his sports-loving town--until he finds the perfect way to ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Blood In The Cage

    Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC

    by L. Jon Wertheim ...
    Based on unique access to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and its rival organizations, Blood in the Cage peers through the chain-link Octagon into the frighteningly seductive world of mixed martial arts, which has exploded in popularity despite resistance. Wertheim focuses on Pat Miletich, who runs the most famous MMA training school in the world. Single-handedly Miletich has transformed ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Foul Lines

    A Pro Basketball Novel

    by Jack McCallum, Jon Wertheim ...
    From two senior Sports Illustrated writers comes an explosive, fast-paced satire that will do for today's NBA what North Dallas Forty did for the NFL a generation ago.Just months from his Yale graduation, street-smart whiz kid Jamal Kelly leaves school to take a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the front office of the Los Angeles Lasers. Once on the West Coast, Jamal gets a quick ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • 4-Minute Fit

    The Metabolism Accelerator for the Time Crunched, Deskbound, and Stressed-Out

    by Siphiwe Baleka, Jon Wertheim ...
    From Yale-educated truck driver and fitness guru Siphiwe Baleka, a revolutionary metabolism-spiking program for anyone who feels they don’t have enough time, equipment, or money to get in shape and lose those extra pounds.When Siphiwe Baleka, who had once been a NCAA Division I athlete, began truck driving in 2008, his whole lifestyle changed. Within weeks his metabolism slowed drastically and he ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Scorecasting

    The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

    by Tobias Moskowitz, L. Jon Wertheim ...
    Narrated by Zach McLarty ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 32 min

    In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook