The best players know that golf is a game of confidence, and most important, concentrationthe ability to focus and block out distraction. The goal of achieving clear thought is also at the heart of Buddhist teachings. In his highly original and groundbreaking book, noted PGA coach and Buddhist instructor ... more »

Quick Tips The best of the best Getting Started: Pre-Swing Fundamentals Off the Tee: Longer & Straighter Drives From the Fairway: More Consistency Hitting More Greens: Accurate Iron Play Around the Green: Saving Strokes Bunker Shots: Get It Out, Get It Close One the Green: More One-putts, No Three ... more »

The town of Dornoch, Scotland, lies at nearly the same latitude as Juneau, Alaska. A bit too far removed for the taste of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club has never hosted a British Open, but that has hardly diminished its mystique or its renown. In an influential ... more »

Behind the gold curtains of the Metropolitan Opera House, amid the elaborate sets, bejeweled costumes, and labyrinth of administrative offices, the Met has traditionally operated in great secrecy. Until now. Johanna Fiedler, who was the Met's general press representative for fifteen years, draws upon ... more »

The key element of a winning golf game is great putting. Great golfers go out of their way to master putting, and mastery begins only with the understanding of the right attitude for putting. Here are tales of golf's greatest putters, with dozens of game-changing practice drills. This is the new bible ... more »

A BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE NBA'S GLORY DAYS, AND THE RIVALRY THAT DOMINATED THE ERA In the mid-1950s, the NBA was a mere barnstorming circuit, with outposts in such cities as Rochester, New York, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Most of the best players were white; the set shot and layup were the sport ... more »

In the wake of the stock market crash of 1929, as the shadows of depression lengthened into every corner of American life, one ray of light emerged from the world of sports: Bobby Jones. THE GRAND SLAM covers the life of this amateur golfer who mounted his final campaign against the record books, and ... more »

What happens when a man leaves home for a year to pursue his dream? One day, playing a particularly spectacular round of golf, husband and father John Paul Newport suddenly tastes what it?s like to be a pro. Deciding to take a year off and hit the road playing golf's mini-tour circuit, Newport embarks ... more »

E-Book Extra: Bill Belichick: Snapshots and Stats An unprecedented look at the inner workings of a pro football team and the rise, fall, and rise of a champion When Bill Belichick arrived in New England, the Patriots were a laughingstock, an organization with a losing record, spiraling morale, salary ... more »

With his colorful tattoos and booming hip-hop sound track, Mike Iaconelli has turned the world of big-money competitive bass fishing upside down. In Fishing on the Edge , Iaconelli tells his own story-and it's a whopper: a Philly-born, Jersey-bred Yankee who's been stealing the spotlight from bass fishing ... more »

This book is an energetic examination of one of sport's most powerful franchises, the original Baltimore Oriolesthe team that gave birth to modern baseball, whose players were later absorbed by Brooklyn and were known later as the Highlanders. It stands as a mute testimony to show that a team can simply ... more »

Go Spanning the World with Len Berman in this wildly entertaining, insightful, and often hilarious book that takes sports fans behind the scenes and inside locker rooms. One of the most popular television sports personalities -- known for his Spanning the World segments on NBC's Today show -- Len Berman ... more »