The medals have been given, the tears and smiles have been left on the mat. Looking to fill the Olympics shaped hole in your heart? Check out these sports audiobooks!

Playing Ball

Coming Soon!

Written by Vernon Davis

Performed by Vernon Davis

Published by Recorded Books

NFL football star Vernon Davis delves into his astonishing career, from winning Super Bowl 50 in 2016 with the Denver Broncos to reinventing himself as an actor and producer, and recalls the hard-won lessons—including that infamous press conference—that paved his path to success.

 

 

Skater Boy

Written by Anthony Nerada

Performed by Michael Crouch

Published by Recorded Books

Stonebridge High’s resident bad boy, Wesley “Big Mac” Mackenzie, is failing senior year—thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography obsession. So when his mom drags him to a production of The Nutcracker, Wes isn’t interested at all … until he sees Tristan Monroe. Mr. Nutcracker himself.

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Victory, Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice

Written by Derrick Barnes and Tommie Smith

Performed by Korey Jackson

Published by Recorded Books

In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today.

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The Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football: The NFL’s Greatest Players, Plays, Scandals, and Screw-Ups (Plus Stuff We Totally Made Up)

Written by Dan Patrick and Joel H. Cohen

Performed by Dan Patrick

Published by Recorded Books

Celebrated sports commentator Dan Patrick and comedy writer Joel H. Cohen team up with some of the hilarious creatives behind The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and more to tell you everything—and nothing—about America’s favorite sport!

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Baseball Heaven: Up Close and Personal, What It Was Really Like in the Major Leagues

Written by Peter Golenbock

Performed by Danny Campbell

Published by Tantor Media

A behind-the-scenes look at baseball history, as told through timeless interviews with major leaguers. Baseball Heaven is baseball history at its very best. It pulls back the curtain on the major leagues to reveal inside stories, intimate reminiscences, and the friendships and rivalries that make baseball America’s Game.

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Pucking Ever After: Volume 2

Written by Emily Rath

Performed by Alex Kydd, Ash Beverly, and Amy Hall

Published by Tantor Media

From the international bestselling Jacksonville Rays Hockey series comes a second happily ever after novella!

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Dream Golf: The Making of Bandon Dunes

Written by Stephen Goodwin

Performed by Dan Calley

Published by Tantor Media

On a wild, windblown bluff high above the Pacific sits one of America’s premier golfing destinations, Bandon Dunes. Golf enthusiast Mike Keiser had the dream of building this British-style “links” course on a stretch of Oregon’s rugged coast, and Dream Golf is the first all-inclusive account of how he turned his passion into a reality.

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Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA

Written by Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins

Performed by Barry Abrams

Published by Tantor Media

For the first time in league history, NBA coaches and general managers are just as likely to have played Division III basketball as they are to have played in the NBA. While the number of former D3 players working in the NBA is higher than ever, small college alums have served in leadership positions since the league’s founding. They shaped the NBA into what it is today, playing integral roles in the Lakers’ initial success in LA, the inception of several expansion franchises, the creation of the popular All-Star Weekend dunk contest, and the globalization of the league. Their improbable and inspiring journeys tell a bigger story—the history of small college athletics, the evolution of coaching and management in the NBA, and the hiring practices in the most competitive fields.

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Calvin Peete: Golf’s Forgotten Star

Written by Gordon Hobson

Performed by Jaime Lincoln Smith

Published by Highbridge

His story is unprecedented in the world of golf. Born to a family of migrant laborers, Calvin Peete dropped out of school in the eighth grade, went to work picking crops, first swung a golf club at the age of twenty-three—and rose to the top of the PGA. In Calvin Peete: Golf’s Forgotten Star, Gordon Hobson tells for the first time Peete’s incredible story. 

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