Most Popular Books by Sports Illustrated

A collection of incredible accomplishments in sports.

Collection of stories from Sports illustrated, 1954-1990.

Features essays, player profiles, and statistics for the 1998 sports year, covering football, baseball, hockey, tennis, boxing, and other sports; and includes month-by-month event listings for 1999.

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.

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.

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.

For decades, Sports Illustrated has chronicled hockey''s greatest spectacle: the pursuit of the Stanley Cup. Now, SI celebrates the incomparable grandeur and spirit with a lavish commemorative book featuring the magazine''s iconic photography alongside classic, archival stories from legendary writers. Along with overviews of notable teams and championships, this new volume includes stats, facts, and anecdotes spanning Stanley Cup history. The nostalgic past meets the electric present in this ultimate examination of hockey''s storied event. Bringing NHL history to life by diving into the legendary SI archives, Sports Illustrated The Stanley Cup is essential for every hockey fan''s collection.

Vince Lombardi''s Green Bay Packers. The Yankees with Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle. The Celtics in the Bill Russell and Larry Bird eras. The Montreal Canadiens with Maurice Richard and Jacques Plante. Here, from the leader in sports news and coverage, is a tribute to the best teams ever to play pro football, basketball, hockey and baseball -- as well as a handy compendium of championship records and key statistics.

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.

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.

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.

Featuring thrilling full-color action photos and insightful commentary, this book lets you revisit all the memorable moments in sports from the past year whenver you like.

This colorful book celebrating fifty years of America''s most prominent sports magazineis certainly more practical than hoarding 2,500 issues. The six-part book plays to the strength of the magazine: "The Stories" and "The Photographs" sections are the largest. The 35 articles are truncated, often just whetting your appetite for more. The companion book Fifty Years of Great Writing offers many of these in their full glory. On the other hand, the pictures are often bigger than they were in the magazine (or could ever have been with the smaller size). Lose minutes staring at Michael Jordan or Walter Payton frozen in midair. Examine the juxtaposition of a close play at the plate with the bizarre styles of a 60s women''s track team. Try not to be swept away at a shot of Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain defining basketball. If you have picked up the special issues released during SI''s anniversary year, you already seen a decent portion of this book. The notable new writing is Richard Hoffer''s essay about the world (both sports and at large) when the magazine began in 1954 and senior editor Frank Deford''s pitch-perfect introduction about why the magazine is special and how it grew up in the age of television. The section most folks will spend their coffee table moments is "The Covers," a listing of the entire magazine''s cover images, both in chronological order and grouped in similar topics (Scandals, Presidents, Deja Vu). Punctuated by the best sport quotes, SI''s "Signs of the Apocalypse," fascinating lists of athletes and teams that were on the cover the most times, and other sport tidbits through the ages, this area is sure to launch a thousand sport memories. Yes, all the swimsuit covers are in one place, too. One quibble: why is their "Sports Person of the Year" in the book not the same as their well-known "Sportsman of the Year?" --Doug Thomas

Complemented by more than one hundred photographs, this close-up look at the upcoming NASCAR season provides complete statistical breakdowns for every race on the 2004 schedule, along with a retrospective of the 2003 season, profiles of the elite drivers on the circuit, memorable moments in the hist

Includes information on athletes considered to be outstanding in their respective sports.

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

My First Book of Lacrosse, the fifth book in the best-selling Rookie Book series from Sports Illustrated Kids, explains this fast-growing sport to young readers. A fun guide for beginning readers, My First Book of Lacrosse introduces kids to the plays, positions, and basics of lacrosse through a visual retelling of a professional game. From the face-off to the game-winning goal, checking, scooping, passing, and more are all explained using simple text, cool graphics, and real Major League Lacrosse and college level photography to help young kids feel like they are on the field experiencing the game. Illustrated "rookie" characters-a girl and a boy-appear on every page to guide kids through the book as they read alone or along with their lacrosse loving (or bewildered) parent.