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The Scorecard Always Lies
Chris Lewis began covering golf at the dawn of the Tiger Era and has contributed to all the game's major publications. He now works almost exclusively as a golf correspondent for Sports Illustrated. He lives in Atlanta.

The Smart Money
In 1997, gaming journalist Konik joined the Brain Trust, a sports-gambling operation that took in millions by beating the Vegas bookies at their own game.

Philadelphia Phillies Past & Present
Rich Westcott is a baseball historian, author, and leading authority on Phillies history. He has written more than a dozen books about Philadelphia sports, including The Phillies Encyclopedia, Phillies Essential, and Tales from the Phillies Dugout, and has contributed articles to such publications as Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back: The True Story of the Year the King, Jaws, Earnhardt, and the Rest of NASCAR's Feudin', Fightin' Good Ol' Boys Put Stock Car Racing on the Map
Starred Review. Stock car racing had long been a Southern phenomenon, but 1979 changed everything. A fight at the live, nationally televised Daytona 500 between Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough helped, especially since monstrous snowstorms over the race's weekend essentially made the East housebound, contributing to big ratings.

Age is Not a Handicap: A Complete Guide to Playing Great Golf for Seniors
Jay Morelli (West Dover, VT) is the founder of The Original Golf School and has been named "Teacher of the Year" by the New England PGA. He is the author of Beginning Golf and The Original Golf School Way. Bruce Curtis (Millneck, NY) has spent the last 30 years as a photographer for Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated.

The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation
In this sprawling, heavily researched sports tale, author and Washington Post reporter Jenkins (It's Not About the Bike, with Lance Armstrong) covers more than a half-century-from mid-19th century battles between the U.S.

The Rise of the Bulldogs: The Untold Story of One of the Greatest Upsets of All Time
“.the greatest upset ride in the history of the college world series.” (Luke Winn, SportsIllustrated.com )“.the biggest underdog story ever.” (Washington Times )“…one of the most memorable title runs in college sports history, maybe even in all of sports history.” (Tim Griffin, ESPN.

No ETA: The Pioneering Days of Skydiving
Dick Fortenberry was one of the original members of the Golden Knights. He assisted in establishing twenty-five world accuracy records, competed in three world championships, and in September 1962 was selected to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Now retired from his career as a pilot, he lives with his wife in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

More Old Friends: Visits with My Favorite Thoroughbreds
Livingston first began photographing Thoroughbed racing in the early 1970s when she visited Saratoga Race Course and is a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in fine arts. She has received two Eclipse Awards for her outstanding photography, and her work has been featured in books such as Old Friends, More Old Friends, and Barbara Livingston's Saratoga.

The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA (Sports Illustrated)
*Starred Review* The conventional wisdom among casual NBA fans holds that the game is an improvisational, formless shoot-a-thon played by undisciplined athletes whose abilities are the product of genetics rather than practice.

Sailing Alone Around the World (Great Classic Series)
"One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure."— Sports Illustrated "A classic book. . . . Slocum's writing is as elegant as his thirty-seven-foot sloop, Spray, whose crossing of the Atlantic he describes vividly."— The New Yorker --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Wallace: The Underdog Who Conquered a Sport, Saved a Marriage, and Championed Pit Bulls--One Flying Disc at a Time
"Compelling and suprisingly elegant [.] Gorant's clear prose steers the reader through the little-known world of 'disc dogs' [.] Gorant never lets the narrative slip into the saccharine, and Wallace's story will charm even readers who never knew they were interested in put bulls or disc dogs." —Publishers WeeklyAbout the Author.

Sports Illustrated Blood, Sweat and Chalk: The Ultimate Football Playbook: How the Great Coaches Built Today's Game
Sports Illustrated senior writer Tim Layden, who joined the magazine in March 1994, primarily writes about the NFL, Olympic sports (chiefly track and field in the summer and alpine skiing in the winter) and horse racing, but has written about a wide variety of subjects for the publication and for SI.com.