John Feinstein
44) Backfield boys
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When best friends Tom and Jason leave New York City for an elite, sports-focused boarding school in Virginia to play football, they find some coaches and teammates to be steeped in racism.
45) The DH
Author
Series
Triple threat ; 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Embarking on a baseball season marked by his parents' divorce, Alex is confronted by unexpected rival Matt, a disgraced athlete who has been given another chance after taking steroids and who wants to steal the affections of Alex's crush.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In the cutthroat world of college basketball, recruiters will do anything to sign a high school phenomenon, including murder. As reporter Bobby Kelleher learns, this is exactly what happens on Shelter Island, New York, home of a newly discovered super star. By the author of A Good Walk Spoiled.
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of leagues like the NFL and MLB as sterling examples of a post-racial America. Yet decades after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a display of Black power and pride, and years after Colin Kaepernick shocked the world by kneeling for the national anthem, the roles Black athletes and coaches are expected to perform--both on and off the field--can still be determined...
