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2022.
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"The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life-until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard...
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Pub. Date
2011
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Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard chronicles his personal and professional life, reflecting on the people and events that have influenced him and discussing his childhood, the impact boxing has had on his life, his personal and professional accomplishments, his Olympic victories, his grueling training, his relationships, and other related topics.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Read up on Lionel Messi, a soccer star from Argentina, who is considered one of the best soccer players in the world. This sports biography covers everything from the hardships Lionel faced when he was young to how he has become an international superstar with Barcelona!"--Provided by publisher.
9) Muhammad Ali
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Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
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"A stolen bicycle led twelve-year-old Cassius Clay to his first boxing teacher. He spent endless hours training, determined that he would one day become the heavyweight champion of the world. In 1964 he beat Sonny Liston to make his prediction come true. When Ali refused to fight in the Vietnam War, his title was stripped from him, and he was banned from boxing. But just a few years later, he made an incredible comeback. Find out how alie became...
10) Muhammad Ali
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Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
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A biography of the legendary boxer, who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his conversion to Islam and opposition to the Vietnam War, and his life after boxing.
11) Muhammad Ali
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Pub. Date
c1995
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A biography, in text and photographs, of the colorful heavyweight champion who won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome
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McDougall reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of super-athletic Americans.
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[2016]
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Today, millions of women and girls around the world enjoy running and entering races. It wasn't always so:
- In 1961, when Julia Chase edged to the start of a Connecticut 5-miler, officials tried to push her off the road.
- At the 1966 Boston Marathon, Roberta Gibb hid behind a forsythia bush, worried that police might arrest her.
- The next year at Boston, Kathrine Switzer was assaulted mid-race by a furious race organizer.
- In the mid-60s,...
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[2013]
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"A celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill--Women Who Dare profiles twenty of America's most inspiring women climbers ranging from legends like Lynn Hill to the rising stars of today. The book is both inspirational and aspirational -- as each climber tells her story in her own words, highlighting her personal challenges, accomplishments, and philosophy, as well as providing readers with practical how-to suggestions on maximizing...
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[2016]
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"Red Sox fans fill Fenway Park in Boston to see the living legend David Ortiz play. Known as 'Big Papi,' the designated hitter Ortiz has astonished baseball fans with huge hits and a big smile. In this fact-filled biography, readers discover that Ortiz learned about baseball from his father in the Dominican Republic. They follow Ortiz's path from high school to his first professional contract with the Seattle Mariners, his trade to the Minnesota Twins,...
17) Tom Brady
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Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Introduces readers to the childhood, family background, rise to fame, and future plans of one of the NFL's most famous quarterbacks, Tom Brady.
18) Babe Ruth
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Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Biography of George Herman "Babe" Ruth describing his career in baseball which spanned over twenty years.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 8
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"There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and...