<![CDATA[Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read?]]>My 1st is Idiot (Johnny Damon)

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My 2nd is What Football and Life Have Thrown My Way (Chad Ochocinco)

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Especially the part about his interactions with Jimmy V in his last days.

Whether you hate my Blue Devils or not... it is a great read.

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Colt12 said:

I went to Books-a-Million and absolutely had to get this one.. I have a definite man-crush on Ovie.

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This was a good one too.

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Colt12 said:

I went to Books-a-Million and absolutely had to get this one.. I have a definite man-crush on Ovie.

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You like Ovi? Have you read this one? It comes out in the every spring.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214112https://brownsboard.com/post/214112Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:13:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:00:51 GMT]]>Birchfield, D. L. Jim Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete. Parsippany, NJ: Modern Curriculum Press, 1994

Fascinating study about the life of a amateur/professional athlete in the early 20th century

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@mark-o said:

I might be a moderator on here but that doesn't mean I know how to copy the picture into a post. Do you think we have to pass an intelligence test to become a moderator? The qualifications are a lot lower than that.

But you're right that is the correct book.

haha, nonetheless, thanks for the suggestion. 🙂

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214088https://brownsboard.com/post/214088Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:27:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:23:30 GMT]]>I might be a moderator on here but that doesn't mean I know how to copy the picture into a post. Do you think we have to pass an intelligence test to become a moderator? The qualifications are a lot lower than that.

But you're right that is the correct book.

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@mark-o said:

Fantastic book for anyone who was a fan. I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times and he was a great guy. Since it's been 11 years you can get the book on amazon for like $5 now. I'd post the picture of the cover like some of you have done but I'm not smart enough. The book is simply titled Payne Stewart and it's written by his wife Tracey.

oh, you're a moderator on here, don't give me that "i'm not smart enough crap." 😉

here it is

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214083https://brownsboard.com/post/214083Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:21:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:15:16 GMT]]>Fantastic book for anyone who was a fan. I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times and he was a great guy. Since it's been 11 years you can get the book on amazon for like $5 now. I'd post the picture of the cover like some of you have done but I'm not smart enough. The book is simply titled Payne Stewart and it's written by his wife Tracey.

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@mark-o said:

It's not about the bike by lance armstrong and comeback by Dave Dravecky are right there as my two favorites. I also loved the biography of Payne Stewart that was written by his wife after he tragically died in 1999.

The Payne Stewart one sounds intriguing.

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214079https://brownsboard.com/post/214079Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:09:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:07:39 GMT]]>I went to Books-a-Million and absolutely had to get this one.. I have a definite man-crush on Ovie.

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214078https://brownsboard.com/post/214078Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:07:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:54:38 GMT]]>War as They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214076https://brownsboard.com/post/214076Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:54:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:58:13 GMT]]>I read this while I was playing and about the same age as the writer.

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214073https://brownsboard.com/post/214073Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:58:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:58:39 GMT]]>"Cobb", written by Al Stump was excellent.

My wife....not a sports fan at all, couldn't put the book down once I had read it and told her to start reading a chapter or two....excellent read about a great player and interesting person, though not a nice person.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214072https://brownsboard.com/post/214072Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:58:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:19:56 GMT]]>A few good ones.........

The Blind Side (Michael Oher) by Michael Lewis

Out of Bounds (Jim Brown) by Jim Brown

Game of Shadows (Barry Bonds) by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams.

The Call It a Game (Bernie Parish) by Bernie Parish

Now Pitching Bob Feller by Bob Feller

When You Come To A Fork In The Road, Take It by Yogi Berra (more entertainment than bio, but a must read)

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mikeyP72 said:

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My favorite hands down.

The Lance Armstrong one definitely got my attention. But, I am not sincerely interested in reading loads of talk about testicular cancer and such. Does he linger on that subject or no? I think I the Sweetness book "Never Die Easy" sounds good, I read a couple reviews. If only Jim Brown had a book 😉

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214056https://brownsboard.com/post/214056Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:52:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:26:44 GMT]]>another good one.....kinda sports

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/214053https://brownsboard.com/post/214053Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:26:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read? on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:24:26 GMT]]>2 of the best books ive ever read period......romo was a freak and walter payton was one of the classiest guys to ever walk the earth

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