Sports and performance

Athletes, games and what it takes to perform when it counts. 18 books.

• Seven Deadly SinsDavid WalshFollow David Walsh as he investigates Lance Armstrong, and see how loyalty, access, and institutional power can make vital questions costly to ask.
• Ball FourJim Bouton
• Big data baseball : math, miracles, and the end of a 20 year losing streakTravis Sawchik
• Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance ArmstrongMacur, Juliet
• Fever PitchNick Hornby
• Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional SportsFainaru Wada, Mark, Williams, Lance
• Inverting The PyramidJonathan Wilson
• Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got BigJose Canseco
• Rough RideKimmage, Paul
• Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are WonTobias J. Moskowitz, L. Jon Wertheim
• SoccernomicsSimon Kuper
• The Extra 2%Jonah Keri
• The Glory of Their TimesLawrence S. Ritter
• The Inner Game of TennisW Timothy Gallwey
• The MVP MachineBen Lindbergh, Travis Sawchik
• Three Nights in AugustBuzz Bissinger
• Touching the VoidSimpson, Joe
• Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy EverReed Albergotti, Vanessa O'Connell