The Old Course at St. Andrews is to golfers what St. Peter's is to Catholics or the Western Wall is to Jews: hallowed ground, the course every golfer longs to play -- and master. In 1983 George Peper was playing the Old Course when he hit a slice so hideous that he never found the ball. But in looking ... more »

Between 1995, when Mike Schmidt was inducted into the Hall of Fame, and the dawn of the recent Steroid Era, when baseball's biggest names were as likely to appear before Congress as they were to play in the All-Star Game, our national pastime has devolved into a national punch line. Even though the past ... more »

E-Book Extras: ONE: Stats, Facts and Highlights; TWO: An Interview with Tom Stanton Commemorating the 30th anniversary of Aaron's historic #s 714 & 715! Baseball has witnessed more than 125,000 major-league home runs. Many have altered the outcomes of games, but none has played a more significant ... more »

On June 8, 1924, George Mallory was last seen climbing toward the summit of Mount Everest. Did he reach the summit twenty-nine years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? On May 1, 1999, Conrad Anker discovered Mallory's body on Everest's north face, casting a new light on the mystery of the explorer ... more »

The real basketball deal--the inside story of Harlem's legendary tournament and the pros and playground legends who have made it world famous. Earl The Goat Manigault. Herman Helicopter Knowings. Joe The Destroyer Hammond. Richard Pee Wee Kirkland. These and dozens of other colorfully nicknamed men are ... more »

For an extraordinary handful of years around the turn of the millennium, the Yankees were baseball's unstoppable force. With four World Series championships in five seasons and a deep bench of legends and comers -- Clemens, Rivera, Williams, Soriano, Jeter, O'Neill -- they dominated the major leagues ... more »

An immediate success when if was first published in 1653, Walton's classic celebrtion of the joys of fishing continues to captivate anglers and nature lovers with its timeless advice and instruction.  Originally cast in the form of a dialogue between an experienced angler named Piscator and ... more »

It is a basketball rivalry that simply has no equal. Duke vs. North Carolina is Ali vs. Frazier, the Giants vs. the Dodgers, the Red Sox vs. the Yankees. Hell, it's bigger than that. This is the Democrats vs. the Republicans, the Yankees vs. the Confederates, capitalism vs. communism. All right, okay ... more »

Golf is sometimes referred to as the wicked game because it is fiendishly difficult to play well. Yet in the parlance of the Tiger Woods generation, it's also a wickedly good game -- rich, glamorous, and more popular than ever. When we think about golf -- as it is played at its highest level -- we think ... more »

Every year, he became so close only to fall short. Every year, the dream grew larger, only to fade away. Yet every year, his gallery of fans grew in support of his quest. Then on April 11, 2004, for the most beloved golfer of the decade, everything changed. In ONE MAGICAL SUNDAY, Phil Mickelson takes ... more »

In this delightful book that every baseball fan will cherish, ten outstanding ballplayers remember the heyday of the game in the 1930s and 1940s. It was the era of Gehrig and DiMaggio; of Foxx, Greenberg, and Williams; of Grove and Feller. Elden Auker, Tommy Henrich, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bob ... more »

In The Nicklaus Way, acclaimed golf writer John Andrisani analyzes how Nicklaus created such a powerful swing and developed near perfect shot selection. Andrisani also reveals the secrets to Nicklaus's mental and course-management games, and shows golfers how to prepare thoroughly for a round of golf ... more »