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'67: The Maple Leafs

The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire

by Damien Cox, Gord Stellick ...

In 1967 the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in a stunning defeat of the mighty Montreal Canadiens. No other Leafs team has been able to do it again. As the years pass, the legend grows. The men who were the Leafs in 1967—a scrappy group of aging players and unsung youngsters—were the kings of the hockey universe. However, within five years of that victory things had changed drastically for ... Read more

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In 1967 the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in a stunning defeat of the mighty Montreal Canadiens. No other Leafs team has been able to do it again. As the years pass, the legend grows. The men who were the Leafs in 1967—a scrappy group of aging players and unsung youngsters—were the kings of the hockey universe. However, within five years of that victory things had changed drastically for
... Read more
The Last Good Year

Seven Games That Ended an Era

by Damien Cox ...

**Nominated for the 2019 Toronto Heritage Book AwardWe may never see a playoff series like it again.**Before Gary Bettman, and the lockouts. Before all the NHL's old barns were torn down to make way for bigger, glitzier rinks. Before expansion and parity across the league, just about anything could happen on the ice. And it often did. It was an era when huge personalities dominated the sport; and ... Read more

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**Nominated for the 2019 Toronto Heritage Book AwardWe may never see a playoff series like it again.**Before Gary Bettman, and the lockouts. Before all the NHL's old barns were torn down to make way for bigger, glitzier rinks. Before expansion and parity across the league, just about anything could happen on the ice. And it often did. It was an era when huge personalities dominated the sport; and
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Revival

The Chaotic, Colourful Journey of the 1977-78 Toronto Maple Leafs

by Damien Cox, Gord Stellick ...

Eleven years after their surprising Stanley Cup victory in 1967, the Toronto Maple Leafs once again managed to do something special—despite themselves.By the spring of 1978, the NHL was in chaos and spread thin, having exploded from the Original Six to eighteen teams in just seven years. Talent was hard to come by, made worse by the advent of the World Hockey Association, which was poaching ... Read more

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Eleven years after their surprising Stanley Cup victory in 1967, the Toronto Maple Leafs once again managed to do something special—despite themselves.By the spring of 1978, the NHL was in chaos and spread thin, having exploded from the Original Six to eighteen teams in just seven years. Talent was hard to come by, made worse by the advent of the World Hockey Association, which was poaching
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The Last Good Year

Seven Games That Ended an Era

by Damien Cox ...

Narrated by Damien Cox ...

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8 hours 38 min

**Nominated for the 2019 Toronto Heritage Book AwardWe may never see a playoff series like it again.**Before Gary Bettman, and the lockouts. Before all the NHL's old barns were torn down to make way for bigger, glitzier rinks. Before expansion and parity across the league, just about anything could happen on the ice. And it often did. It was an era when huge personalities dominated the sport; and ... Read more

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**Nominated for the 2019 Toronto Heritage Book AwardWe may never see a playoff series like it again.**Before Gary Bettman, and the lockouts. Before all the NHL's old barns were torn down to make way for bigger, glitzier rinks. Before expansion and parity across the league, just about anything could happen on the ice. And it often did. It was an era when huge personalities dominated the sport; and
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12

The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption

by Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge ...

Narrated by Greg Baglia ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

The thrilling behind-the-scenes account of how the NFL's most sensational scandal culminated in sports history's greatest comeback, featuring dozens of exclusive interviews with Patriots players -- including Tom Brady himself.In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots -- a team long suspected of abiding by the "if you ain't cheating you ain't trying" philosophy -- had used ... Read more

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The thrilling behind-the-scenes account of how the NFL's most sensational scandal culminated in sports history's greatest comeback, featuring dozens of exclusive interviews with Patriots players -- including Tom Brady himself.In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots -- a team long suspected of abiding by the "if you ain't cheating you ain't trying" philosophy -- had used
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All the Way

My Life in Four Quarters

by Joe Namath ...

Narrated by Joe Namath ...

Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

The NFL icon who first brought show business to sports shares his life lessons on fame, fatherhood, and football.Three days before the 1969 Super Bowl, Joe Namath promised the nation that he would lead the New York Jets to an 18-point underdog victory against the seemingly invincible Baltimore Colts. When the final whistle blew, that promise had been kept.Namath was instantly heralded as a ... Read more

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The NFL icon who first brought show business to sports shares his life lessons on fame, fatherhood, and football.Three days before the 1969 Super Bowl, Joe Namath promised the nation that he would lead the New York Jets to an 18-point underdog victory against the seemingly invincible Baltimore Colts. When the final whistle blew, that promise had been kept.Namath was instantly heralded as a
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The Circuit

A Tennis Odyssey

by Rowan Ricardo Phillips ...

Narrated by Leon Nixon ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

An energetic, lyrical, genre-defying account of the 2017 tennis season.In The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey, the award-winning poet—and Paris Review sports columnist—Rowan Ricardo Phillips chronicles 2017 as seen through the unique prism of its pivotal, revelatory, and historic tennis season. The annual tennis schedule is a rarity in professional sports in that it encapsulates the calendar year. And ... Read more

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An energetic, lyrical, genre-defying account of the 2017 tennis season.In The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey, the award-winning poet—and Paris Review sports columnist—Rowan Ricardo Phillips chronicles 2017 as seen through the unique prism of its pivotal, revelatory, and historic tennis season. The annual tennis schedule is a rarity in professional sports in that it encapsulates the calendar year. And
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Endzone

The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football

by John U. Bacon ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Unabridged

16 hours 32 min

Endzone tells the story of how college football's most successful and respected program nearly lost it all in less than a decade, and entirely of its own doing. It is a story of hubris, greed, and betrayal, a tale more suited to Wall Street than the world's top public university.Author John U. Bacon takes you inside the offices, the board rooms, and the locker rooms of the University of Michigan ... Read more

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Endzone tells the story of how college football's most successful and respected program nearly lost it all in less than a decade, and entirely of its own doing. It is a story of hubris, greed, and betrayal, a tale more suited to Wall Street than the world's top public university.Author John U. Bacon takes you inside the offices, the board rooms, and the locker rooms of the University of Michigan
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Draft Day

How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind

by Doug MacLean, Scott Morrison ...

Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game’s biggest personalities, reveals how teams build for greatness—or fail to—on hockey’s most anticipated day. A Moneyball for hockey.The NHL draft is a critical time for teams, when the foundation for future championships is laid—or when championship dreams die. Only time will tell if a draft is successful, but a ... Read more

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Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game’s biggest personalities, reveals how teams build for greatness—or fail to—on hockey’s most anticipated day. A Moneyball for hockey.The NHL draft is a critical time for teams, when the foundation for future championships is laid—or when championship dreams die. Only time will tell if a draft is successful, but a
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Bower

A Legendary Life

by Dan Robson ...

Johnny Bower came to be known as one of the greatest Toronto Maple Leafs of all time, but he started from humble beginnings. He taught himself to play hockey on the frozen rivers of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, using a tree branch his father had sharpened into a stick and a cut-up old mattress for goalie pads. He’d spend hours in the frigid air, learning to catch the puck in mittened hands, never ... Read more

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Johnny Bower came to be known as one of the greatest Toronto Maple Leafs of all time, but he started from humble beginnings. He taught himself to play hockey on the frozen rivers of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, using a tree branch his father had sharpened into a stick and a cut-up old mattress for goalie pads. He’d spend hours in the frigid air, learning to catch the puck in mittened hands, never
... Read more
1972

The Series That Changed Hockey Forever

by Scott Morrison ...

#1 BESTSELLERThe legacy of the greatest hockey series ever played, fifty years later, with stories from the players that shed new light on those incredible games and times.“Cournoyer has it on that wing. Here’s a shot. Henderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Here’s another shot. Right in front...they score! Henderson has scored for Canada!”These immortal words, spoken to hockey fans around the ... Read more

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#1 BESTSELLERThe legacy of the greatest hockey series ever played, fifty years later, with stories from the players that shed new light on those incredible games and times.“Cournoyer has it on that wing. Here’s a shot. Henderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Here’s another shot. Right in front...they score! Henderson has scored for Canada!”These immortal words, spoken to hockey fans around the
... Read more
Down and Back

On Alcohol, Family, and a Life in Hockey

by Justin Bourne ...

For readers of Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father and Hockey Confidential, Down and Back tells broadcaster Justin Bourne’s story of following his Hall-of-Fame father not only to the NHL, but also into rehab.Bob Bourne was everything a son wants to emulate—an NHL All-Star, a Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year,” a Stanley Cup champion. Justin Bourne followed in those huge footsteps, ... Read more

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For readers of Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father and Hockey Confidential, Down and Back tells broadcaster Justin Bourne’s story of following his Hall-of-Fame father not only to the NHL, but also into rehab.Bob Bourne was everything a son wants to emulate—an NHL All-Star, a Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year,” a Stanley Cup champion. Justin Bourne followed in those huge footsteps,
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