Bruce Schoenfeld
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"The story of how a new generation of tech-savvy franchise owners is reshaping every aspect of professional sports. In the last two decades, innovation, data analysis, and technology have driven a tectonic shift in the sports business. Game of Edges is the story of how sports franchises evolved, on and off the field, from raggedly run small businesses into some of the most systematically productive companies around. In today's game, everyone from...
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The incredible story of what happened when two outsiders-one an emerging champion who happens to be Jewish, the other, the first black player to win Wimbledon-pair up not only to form a winning team, but also an enduring friendship.
Althea Gibson first met Angela Buxton at an exhibition match in India. On the surface, the two women couldn't be more different. The daughter of sharecroppers and fiercely competitive, Althea Gibson was born in the...