Showing results for "WAR" in Sports & Outdoors

During his 24-year career, Ty Cobb was an MVP, a Triple Crown-winner, and a 12-time batting champion and was elected in the inaugural ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame (along with Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson). As someone who retired from the game over 85 years ago, he is still the leader for career batting average; second in runs, hits, and triples; and a mainstay in dozens of other categories.

Big league baseball would seem to have been a hard sell in 1942. World War II was not going well for the United States in the Pacific and not much better in Europe. Moreover, the country was in drastically short supply of ships, planes, submarines, torpedoes, and other war materials, and Uncle Sam needed men, millions of them, including those from 21 through 35 years of age who had been ordered to register for the draft, the age range of most big league baseball players.

In 1940, at just 15 years old, small-town baseball star Gene Moore was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who saw in him the potential to become one of the great catchers of all time. Before that could happen, though, WWII intervened. Gene's story, a surprising paean to the power and humanity of a game, is told here by his son, a first-time author who exhibits the confidence and pacing of a pro.

'Gritty, pacy historical fiction. The action never lets up and it's a real pleasure to share the perilous adventures of Will and his hard-fighting band of followers.' SIMON SCARROW, #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 1191. For Will Bowman, newly restored to the service of King Richard 'Lionheart', the...

The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller ‘Brave, compassionate and inspiring – it left me in floods of tears’ Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in...

The author was a cannoneer in the historic Rockbridge (Va.) Artillery, which made for itself, from Manassas to Appomattox, a reputation second to none in the Confederate service. No more vivid picture has been presented of the private soldier in camp, on the march, or in action. It was written evidently not with any commercial view, but was an undertaking from a conviction that its performance was a question of duty to his comrades.

The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. In a spectacular duel that became known as the Iron War, the world's two strongest athletes raced side by side at world-record pace for a grueling 139 miles. Driven by one of the fiercest rivalries in triathlon, Dave Scott and Mark Allen raced shoulder to shoulder through Ironman’s 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race, and 26.2-mile marathon. After 8 punishing hours, both men would demolish the previous record - and cross the finish line a mere 58 seconds apart.

Max, a 16-year-old AI gaming prodigy with 42,000 trophies, breaks down how clan wars transformed random players into loyal squads and laid the groundwork for modern esports. Explore the psychology and social mechanics behind organized team competition. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Oly Bennet explores robot combat, where engineering genius meets controlled destruction. From garage-built battlebots to international championships, discover the designers, strategies, and spectacular chaos behind machines purpose-built to tear each other apart. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

The Mind War Podcast is a tactical, psychological breakdown of the battles shaping sports, society, and the human mind. We analyze the pressure, strategy, and mindset behind the chaos - from global conflict to athletic performance to martial arts warfare. #mindset #pressure #conflict #strategy #discipline #analysis #combat #psychology #resilience #chaos

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Every championship run has a story. Every dynasty has an enemy. And every rivalry that defined a sport was decided not just by talent — but by what happened between the ears.MindFit Sports Wars is a narrative sports podcast that goes deep inside the greatest battles in sports history, the rivalries, the dynasties, the underdogs who refused to quit. Season by season, we pull back the curtain on the psychology, pressure, and mental warfare behind the moments that made legends.Hosted by mental performance coach Daniel Jacobsen, each season dives into one epic sports story through cinematic ...

“An indispensable Olympic resource and a lot of pure fun.”––Jack McCallum, author of the New York Times bestseller Dream Team Faster! Higher! Stronger! Stranger! A glorious tapestry of legendary characters, forgotten records, crazy accomplishments, unbelievable feats, wacky contests, and...

The Olympic Games have become the single greatest festival of a universal and cosmopolitan humanity. Seventeen days of sporting competition watched and followed on every continent and in every country on the planet. Simply, the greatest show on earth. Yet when the modern games were inaugurated...

ALS FUSSBALL NOCH ROCK’N’ROLL WAR ⚽🎸🕺 – Die Retro-Show -RELOADED- Eine autobiografische Zeitreise durch sechs JahrzehnteWenn selbst ein TV-Urgestein wie Frank Buschmann dem Profifußball enttäuscht den Rücken kehrt, weil er ihm „verlogen“ erscheint, dann ist das kein Betriebsunfall – sondern ein Alarmsignal.Auch ich habe meine Leidenschaft verloren. Nicht abrupt. Nicht dramatisch. Sondern langsam, über Jahre hinweg.Aber statt nur zu schimpfen oder abzuwinken, mache ich das, was ich immer gemacht habe: Ich erzähle.Diese Retro-Show ist meine persönliche Rückschau. ...

ALS FUSSBALL NOCH ROCK’N’ROLL WAR ⚽🎸🕺 – Die Retro-Show -RELOADED- Eine autobiografische Zeitreise durch sechs JahrzehnteWenn selbst ein TV-Urgestein wie Frank Buschmann dem Profifußball enttäuscht den Rücken kehrt, weil er ihm „verlogen“ erscheint, dann ist das kein Betriebsunfall – sondern ein Alarmsignal.Auch ich habe meine Leidenschaft verloren. Nicht abrupt. Nicht dramatisch. Sondern langsam, über Jahre hinweg.Aber statt nur zu schimpfen oder abzuwinken, mache ich das, was ich immer gemacht habe: Ich erzähle.Diese Retro-Show ist meine persönliche Rückschau. ...

The battle between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns is remembered as one of the greatest fights of all time. But in the months before the two finally collided on April 15, 1985, there was a feeling in the air that boxing was in trouble.

The brilliant, inspirational next book by the author of the incredible No. 1 bestseller FIRST MAN IN. Without fear, there’s no challenge. Without challenge, there’s no growth. Without growth, there’s no life. Ant Middleton is no stranger to fear: as a point man in the Special Forces, he...

A "marvelous" (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star Babe Ruth, symphony conductor Karl Muck, and Harvard law student Charles Whittlesey. In the fall of 1918, a fever gripped Boston. The streets emptied...

A poignant and powerful memoir from BAFTA award-winning filmmaker, Syrian refugee, hospital cleaner and activist, Hassan Akkad. I’ve experienced the best and worst of humanity. I’ve been detained and beaten, and welcomed and respected. And yet, this story – my story – is one of hope, not...