In Matt Lester’s Blue Blood, a lifelong University of Michigan football supporter takes readers into his family’s connection to the Wolverines, and his eventual place in the program that won the 2023 national championship. Raised among the traditions of Michigan football, Lester learned the game...

Andrew Tartar’s The Next Shift is a youth hockey coaching guide about helping volunteer coaches create a team environment where players can learn the game and want to return. Tartar begins with why children come to the rink and how coaches should define success. Trust...

Young athletes constantly face physical, mental, and psychological challenges. Balancing training sessions, homework, friends, and games isn't easy. In these scenarios, faith can help foster mental toughness and sharpen the focus essential to reaching athletic greatness. Sarah Grace Thomson is a former collegiate athlete and...

Jeanne Basone was meant for show business, whether it be her personality or her desire to perform and entertain. Hooray For Hollywood details how Jeanne seized the opportunity when it came calling, and she became “Hollywood”, a grappler for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (G.L.O.W.)....

The Greatest New York Yankees by Uniform Number by Paul Russell Semendinger turns the numbers on Yankees uniforms into a route through almost a century of baseball history. Beginning with the club’s permanent adoption of numbered uniforms in 1929, Semendinger moves from number 99 down...

The Art of Losing to a Y-14 by Andrew Radu is a fascinating memoir that unmasks the psychological vulnerabilities of people who identify as high achievers. Drawing from his years as an elite Ivy League fencer and his current work as a psychiatrist, Radu explores...

Dave Johnston’s The Golf Obsession is for golfers who replay missed shots long after leaving the course and are convinced that one new tip might finally fix everything. Johnston argues that the once-a-week golfer is often trapped by the belief that better technique must produce...

Semi-Pro: The Arc of College Sports from Amateur Ideal to Professional Reality by Clay M. Grayson argues that college sports are no longer a pastime masquerading as education. The author presents college sports as a billion-dollar enterprise and offers a roadmap for running it successfully....

Concussion recovery is not always a straightforward process. Colette Struthers is a clinician and Reiki practitioner. She has played soccer for over 40 years, accumulating several head injuries over that period. She had to undergo HEVMT treatment for her recovery, which includes visual, vestibular, and...

Chase Kough’s message is that achievement begins when a person treats the private self as the real starting point of performance. GOAT Mind argues that people become reliable under pressure only after they have trained themselves to keep their own word in ordinary moments. Kough...