Most Popular Books by Sports Illustrated

Fully revised and updated! My First Book of Basketball, a Rookie Book from Sports Illustrated Kids, coaches young kids through the game of basketball with a visual retelling of a professional basketball game—from the jump ball to the game-winning basket! Dribbling, passing, traveling, shooting, dunks, and more are all explained using a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text, a full glossary of terms, and awesome graphics. Illustrated "Rookie" characters appear on every page, providing fun facts and simple explanations to help kids better understand the game. Perfect for emerging readers from preschool up, My First Book of Basketball is meant to be a shared reading experience between parents and their little rookies before, during, and after the game.

In the half-century since its birth, as Sports Illustrated grew from a struggling start-up to America''s preeminent sports magazine, one thing has remained constant: the commitment to great storytelling. That part of the magazine''s mission has always been easy to define: Identify the most compelling sports stories of our time and get the best writers in the business to tell them. This book brings together a lineup of writing talent worthy of the Hall of Fame and the classic stories they produced for Sports Illustrated over the past 50 years. Many of the writers whose work is collected here are longtime favorites of SI readers (Frank Deford, Rick Reilly, Steve Rushin, Gary Smith). Others are former SI staffers or contributors who left the fold, but not before making an indelible mark on SI''s history (Dan Jenkins, Rick Telander, Mark Kram, Roy Blount Jr., William Nack). There are celebrated journalists (A.J. Liebling, Jimmy Breslin, George Plimpton), screenwriters (Budd Schulberg and Kenny Moore), renowned novelists (Thomas McGuane, Pete Dexter, Wallace Stegner, Don DeLillo) and even a couple of Nobel Prize winners in literature (William Faulkner and John Steinbeck). The stories themselves are a mirror of our times. Included in this volume are accounts of some of the most memorable athletic feats of our era (Secretariat''s Belmont victory, the Thrilla in Manila, and Bobby Thomson''s shot heard round the world). Profiles of the towering athletic figures of our time (Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, Ted Williams and Johnny Unitas). Good guys (Yogi Berra and Harry Caray) and bad guys (Sonny Liston and Mike Tyson). The fast (Roger Bannister) and the furious (Dick Butkus). The ridiculous (Howard Cosell) and the sublime (Josh Gibson). And the stories that simply touch our hearts and inspire us (Frank Deford''s masterpiece on light heavyweight champ Billy Conn). This is the very best of the world''s best sports magazine ¾ and it just doesn''t get any better than that.

Fully revised and updated with today''s superstars! The ref blows the whistle, the striker approaches for kickoff, feet fly— a soccer match is underway! With a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text, a full glossary of terms, and awesome graphics, My First Book of Soccer introduces readers to the world''s favorite game. Kids (and probably a few adults, too) will learn how the clock counts "up" and never stops, what an offside means, what''s up with those yellow cards, and how kicks become a gooooaaaallll! Illustrated "rookie" characters appears on every page, guiding the reader moment by moment, and helping to make My First Book of Soccer an ideal shared reading experience between parents and their little rookies before, during, and after the game.

Along with stunning photography--including every one of the magazine''s covers since 1954--and the great writing that has appeared in "Sports Illustrated''s" pages, this invaluable volume is chock-full of facts and figures spanning a half-century of American sports. 300+ photos.

Visit the ultimate dreamland as 18 swimsuit models and five world-class photographers create an exclusive portfolio of more than 230 on-location shots and behind-the-scenes images. It''s paradise found.

Through 100 evocative, often stunning photographs, as well as the stories that accompany them, Sports Illustrated visits the great arc of football, America''s most popular spectator sport. From the dawn of the professional era, through the days of Vince Lombardi and Johnny Unitas, the westward expansion and the thrilling Super Bowls of today, football''s rich and remarkable history is here. Unforgettable events such as the Greatest Game Ever Played, Joe Namath''s guarantee before Super Bowl III and Nick Foles''s Philly Special live in a continuum with stirring photos of the game''s most beloved and largest personalities such as Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Bill Parcells, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes and many more. Sports Illustrated''s unmatched storytelling is in high form in a book that renders exquisite anecdotes, and explores football''s heritage and uniquely American character, all in unforgettable style.

Big Book of WHO is a book your young sports fans will return to again and again! Today''s modern sports superstars have proven again and again that you''re never too young to make a mark or change the game. With Big Book of WHO: Rising Stars, get to know the new generation of young athletes who are dominating on the gridiron, soccer pitch, ice rink, basketball court, and beyond. Featuring the latest action photography and the most current information about top young athletes across a range of sports, this Sports Illustrated Kids reference book is written in a fun and easy-to-navigate question and answer format. Athlete profiles, facts, and stats are organized into five comprehensive categories: Trend Setters, Next Gen, Phenoms, Trail Blazers, and Record Breakers. This fun collection of questions and answers will have kids stumping their friends and adult sports fans with their expert knowledge of young superstars around the world.

Inspirational and aspirational. Fearless and phenomenal. The 101 women athletes every fan needs to know! The Big Book of WHO Women in Sports profiles extraordinary athletes who shaped the narratives of their sports. The best women athletes— past and present— including Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, Nadia Comaneci, Simone Biles, and dozens more are grouped into these categories: Superstars who reinvented what it means to be a sports celebrity, Wonder Women who transcend sports and created seismic shifts in our culture, Trail Blazers who broke barriers and paved the way for others to follow, Record Breakers who set new standards for excellence, and the Champions who showed heart and gumption as winners. All of their stories bring excellence in women''s sports to readers hungry for empowering stories for kids— girls and boys alike.Fully updated to include today''s stars, this fun collection of questions and answers will have kids stumping their friends and adult sports fans with their expert knowledge.

Celebrating a New York icon and one of baseball''s most beloved superstars Derek Jeter made his major-league debut at age 20 in 1995. The following year, he earned Rookie of the Year honors as the starting shortstop as the Yankees won the team''s first championship since 1978. Over the next two decades, Jeter kept hitting and the Yankees kept winning. By the time he hung up his pinstripes at the end of the 2014 season, the Yankee captain had collected five World Series rings and 3,465 hits. He was named to 14 American League All-Star teams and boasts a .321 career batting average in the World Series. It was no surprise when Jeter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2020, receiving more than 99% of the vote. In celebration of Jeter''s induction in Cooperstown in 2021, these moments and memories are collected in Derek Jeter: A Celebration of the Yankee Captain, a fully illustrated gift book commemorating the career of the most beloved Yankee of his generation. Featuring more than 100 photographs and unparalleled written coverage from the pages of Sports Illustrated, this new volume provides readers a complete portrait of the ultimate team player who became a role model and a baseball icon—from earning the Yankees starting shortstop job in spring training in 1996 to his record-setting postseason play and his walk-off single in his final game at Yankee Stadium. This lavish keepsake also features Sports Illustrated''s best written coverage of Jeter''s career, including pieces by Tom Verducci, Joe Posnanski, Michael Silver, and more.

Now available as a board book for budding football fans! My First Book of Football coaches young kids through the game of football with a visual retelling of an actual NFL game--from the nail-biting coin toss to the exhilarating winning touchdown! Rules, plays, and basics of the game are all explained using a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text with engaging graphics, and a full glossary of essential terms and phrases including punt, tackle, kickoff, end zone and more. An illustrated rookie player character also appears on every page, providing fun facts to help the next generation of fans better understand the game. Perfect for the youngest fans, My First Book of Football is meant to be a shared reading experience between parents and their rookies before, during, and after game day.

Continuing its series of spectacular coffee-table books for the holiday season, Sports Illustrated presents The College Football Book, the ultimate gift for America''s most passionate fans. SI launched this series in 2005 with The Football Book, devoted to the professional game. A New York Times best-seller that year, the book has taken root as a perennial, selling more than 200,000 copies to date. Now the editors of Sports Illustrated return to the gridiron, this time to serve the most avid football fans of all. With the best words and pictures SI has to offer, The College Football Book, brings to life the game''s unparalleled excitement and pageantry, its legendary players, historic teams and epic rivalries. In 288 pages of the greatest photography and writing available anywhere, The College Football Book spans the sport''s history, from its infancy in the 1800s right up to the postseason showdowns of 2008. The book is packed with stunning pictures, award-winning stories, original stats, decade-by-decade all-star teams and iconic artifacts photographed exclusively for this book at the College Football Hall of Fame--the same exciting mix of elements that makes each book in the SI series a must-have for sports fan.

Big Book of WHO is a book your young sports fans will return to again and again! This 128-page collection features the brightest stars in sports, past and present. The editors of Sports Illustrated Kids profile the top stars in sports history, with thrilling sports photography and age-appropriate writing that Sports Illustrated Kids is famous for. This fully updated edition includes today''s stars alongside sports'' all-time greats – from Michael Jordan to LeBron James, Tom Brady to Patrick Mahomes, Mia Hamm to Megan Rapinoe, Babe Ruth to Mookie Betts, and more. Completely redesigned to match the modern look of Sports Illustrated Kids, this fun collection of questions and answers will have kids stumping their friends and adult sports fans with their expert knowledge of sports'' brightest stars.

Inspirational and aspirational. Fearless and phenomenal. The 101 women athletes every fan needs to know! The fifth book in the Big Book of Who series from Sports Illustrated Kids profiles extraordinary athletes who shaped the narratives of their sports. The best women athletesãpast and presentãincluding Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, Nadia Comaneci, Simone Biles, and dozens more are grouped into these categories: Superstars who reinvented what it means to be a sports celebrity, Wonder Women who transcend sports and created seismic shifts in our culture, Trail Blazers who broke barriers and paved the way for others to follow, Record Breakers who set new standards for excellence, and the Champions who showed heart and gumption as winners. All of their stories bring excellence in womenês sports to readers hungry for empowering stories for kidsãgirls and boys alike.

The team rankings, players, and statistics of college sports are constantly changing, and no one covers this better than Sports Illustrated. Here is the ultimate guide to the year in college sports.

Providing a complete review of the year in sports, this authoritative reference provides statistical reports, photographs, histories, previews, and special features on the world''s major sports

In 20 seasons in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, Kobe Bryant ascended from teenaged rookie to 18-time All-Star and five-time NBA champion. The superstar known as the Black Mamba left his mark on basketball and popular culture as a fierce competitor who inspired those around him and never settled for less than the best. To commemorate the life and career of the most beloved Laker of his generation, these moments and memories are collected in Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a Basketball Legend. Featuring more than 100 photographs and written coverage from the pages of Sports Illustrated this new volume provides readers a complete portrait of the international basketball superstar who transcended his sport to become a cultural icon. Relive every moment including Bryant entering the NBA draft directly out of high school, winning consecutive NBA Finals MVP awards in 2009 and 2010, the unforgettable 60-point farewell game, and the poignant tributes that followed his death in 2020. This lavish keepsake also features the best written coverage of Bryant''s career from Sports Illustrated, including pieces by Chris Ballard, Jack McCallum, Lee Jenkins, and more.

Celebrating a legendary quarterback and one of football''s most iconic superstars Famously selected as the 199th pick, in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, Tom Brady''s career trajectory is nothing short of legendary. By the time he hung up his cleats in 2023, Brady held nearly every major quarterback record, including career passing yards, career touchdown passes, and quarterback wins. He won seven Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was named Super Bowl MVP five times. These moments and memories are collected in Sports Illustrated Tom Brady, a fully illustrated gift book commemorating the career of the NFL''s greatest player of all time. Featuring more than 100 photographs and unparalleled written coverage from the pages of Sports Illustrated™, this new volume provides readers a complete portrait of the player whose impact on football history cannot be overstated— from his earliest days in New England to Super Bowl euphoria and beyond.

A new, fully illustrated gift book commemorating the unparalleled rise, fall, and comeback of golf''s greatest champion Tiger Woods turned pro at age 20 in 1996, rapidly ascending to become the No. 1 ranked player in the world at age 21 and the youngest player ever to achieve the career Grand Slam. Woods'' second decade on the tour was one of reinvention, marked by injuries and personal struggles before a comeback that culminated in Woods first major win in 11 years at the 2019 Masters. In celebration of Woods'' first quarter century on the professional circuit, those moments and memories are collected in Tiger Woods: Celebrating 25 Years on the PGA Tour. Capturing the magic of Woods'' career as only Sports Illustrated™ can, this new volume includes more than 100 full-color photographs, some of which have become nearly as iconic as the man himself—from Woods'' earliest days on the golf course with his father to his play alongside his son, Charlie, in 2020. This commemorative book also features some of the best written coverage of Woods''s career from the pages of Sports Illustrated™, including pieces by Frank Deford, Rick Reilly, Gary Smith, Alan Shipnuck, and more.

A guide for the beginning rider that discusses the basic skills of horsemanship, with information on buying and caring for a horse.

From the leader in sports writing comes a collection of stories that examine just about every aspect of the game: the players, the league and what it means to the fans. For true hockey fans, there is no sport as great, as fast, as competitive, or as important as their beloved hockey game. The teams, the organizations, and the players are a part of their family and Saturday night is better known as hockey night. As children, we hockey fans would wake at 6am, jump into the back of a cold station wagon and head off with Dad or Mom at the wheel to our hockey games. Sleep deprived, cold and tired - it didn''t matter how low we felt because as soon as those skates were laced, it was game-on! We traded the cards, we followed the players, and we watched as our team fought through the regular season to earn their rightful place in the post season. There is nothing like the feeling of seeing your team go all the way, seeing them hoist that cherished Cup that Lord Stanley so kindly gifted to the Dominion of Canada, seeing the tears in the eyes of these grown men, these ice warriors. We love this game of ours, and we can''t get enough, so thank you Sports Illustrated for bringing us more. In this book, Sports Illustrated''s most prolific hockey writers give us the honest goods on hockey. They tell us about the players, the infractions, the best series, the most contentious of battles and the most glorious of victories. This is hockey in its truest form. This is hockey writing for hockey lovers and with an array of Sports Illustrated photos throw in for added benefit. This is just about the best damn book available on hockey, anywhere, period.

Twenty-five stories from Sports Illustrated grouped under Majors, Players, Courses, In the Rough, They Also Serve, and The Game

Fully revised and updated with today''s superstars! The puck drops, skates flash, and sticks fly-a hockey game is underway! With a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text, a full glossary of terms, and cool graphics, My First Book of Hockey introduces readers to the basics. Kids (and maybe a few adults, too!) will learn how power plays work, how the three-period game flows, what a hat trick is, what''s up with the referee''s crease, and more. An illustrated "rookie" character appears on every page, guiding the reader moment by moment, and helping to make My First Book of Hockey an ideal shared reading experience between parents and their young rookies before, during, and after the game.

The editors of "Sports Illustrated" revisit the destinations of their most recent travels to bring together a lavish, large-format collection in what is sure to be the first in a series of annual swimsuit yearbooks. 100 color photos.

Celebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the Boston Celtics one of the most revered teams in basketball Sports Illustrated™ celebrates basketball greatness with The Boston Celtics at 75, an extraordinary collection of classic stories and photographs from the pages of SI. This commemorative book salutes hall of famers like Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Bob Cousy, Paul Pierce, and coach Red Auerbach. Fans will unearth countless gems from the Celtics'' past on each page of this diamond celebration.

Celebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the New York Mets one of the most historic franchises in baseball Once an intrepid expansion club, the New York Mets have now thrilled their loyal fans for six decades. Sports Illustrated™ celebrates the franchise with The New York Mets, an extraordinary collection of classic stories and photographs from the pages of SI. This commemorative book salutes the World Series teams of 1969 and 1986 while spotlighting legendary stars like Casey Stengel, Tom Seaver, Keith Hernandez, Mike Piazza, and David Wright. From the Polo Grounds to Shea Stadium to Citi Field, fans will unearth countless gems from the Mets'' past on each page of this celebration.

Through 100 evocative, often stunning photographs, as well as the stories that accompany them, Sports Illustrated visits the great arc of basketball history Featuring historical coverage and vivid photography covering the men''s, women''s, and college games, basketball''s rich and remarkable history is here. Unforgettable events live in a continuum with stirring photos of the game''s most beloved and largest personalities such as Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Stephen Curry, Diana Taurasi, Lisa Leslie. Sue Bird, and many more. Sports Illustrated''s unmatched storytelling is in high form in a book that renders exquisite anecdotes, and explores basketball''s heritage and increasingly global character, all in unforgettable style.

Americas No. 1 sports almanac since its introduction 15 years ago, the Sports Illustrated Almanac has got 2005 covered, from football to fencing, hockey to handball, and everything in between. Spanning 896 pages, the Sports Illustrated Almanac features essays by top Sports Illustrated writers, all-time stats and records, and ticketing and venue information for pro baseball, basketball, football and hockey. The Sports Illustrated Almanac 2006 is the ultimate guide to the year in sports. Americas #1 sports almanac since 1991. The ultimate argument-ender and guide to the year in sports. Packed with comprehensive statistics, colorful essays, humorous anecdotes from every major sport and dozens of minor ones. Includes the 2005 World Series results as well as a full round-up of all major sports. New special Trivia Guide included- A great way to test your sports knowledge.

Are you MVP material? This championship collection features all your favorite puzzles -- crosswords, jumbles, spirals, and more -- and all your favorite athletes! Can you prove if you are really on the ball? Plus take an extra challenge and try What''s The Call? -- puzzlers that put you in the hot seat. You''re the umpire or You judge the action and then make the call! -- Is the player out or safe? -- Is the goal good? -- Does the basket count? The game is in your hands! So grab your pencil, and touch to solve these tricky sports teasers!

Providing a complete review of the year in sports, this authoritative reference provides statistical reports, photographs, histories, previews, and special features on the world''s major sports.

Hockey: Then to WOW! shows readers how the cool sport has evolved from the early days of its 19th century origins to the game as it is today. Using NHL action photographs, illustrations, stories, and trivia, the book is a journey through time both for hockey fans and those new to the game. Kids will learn how basic equipment has changed from a ball to a puck and how the evolution of game strategy has transformed the sport, players, and equipment. Players throughout history are stacked up against each other in every position so fans can dream up the perfect fantasy team with Wayne Gretzky playing alongside Patrick Roy and Stan Mikita. A fun-filled section of the book explores everything fan culture-from the best ice rinks, to the iconic hockey sweater and the hockey haircut along with key aspects of the toughest sport around.

A biography of the driving force of the Detroit Pistons basketball team.

Starting with his jump from the Oshawa Generals to the NHL''s Boston Bruins, Sports Illustrated began in-depth coverage of the career of Bobby Orr, a player who remains, over thirty years after his retirement, one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Orr completely changed the way hockey was played, taking it from a game of grinding defence to a rushing, high-scoring affair. Along the way, Orr set scoring records, won individual awards, and led his Bruins to two Stanley Cups before a bad knee began costing him games. He tried two major comebacks in the late seventies, showing a perseverance and dedication unmatched in the game, but ultimately was forced into an early retirement at the age of thirty. Number Four, Bobby Orr brings together the stories and photographs behind the career. The media-shy Orr rarely opened up to reporters, hiding his charitable works and his loyalty to his friends and teammates and letting his play speak for itself. This anthology brings together all SI''s reporting on Orr, from the 1960s to his new career as a player agent in the 2000s, to form a comprehensive biography of one of the greats of the game.