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1) Check & mate
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Pub. Date
2023.
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After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf's focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren't only on the board. The...
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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
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On November 23, 1968, near the end of a turbulent and memorable year, there was a football game that would also prove turbulent and memorable: the season-ending clash between Harvard and Yale. Both teams entered undefeated and, technically at least, came out undefeated. The final score was 29-29. To some of the players on the field, it was a triumph; to others a tragedy. And to many, the reasons had as much to do with one side's miraculous comeback...
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Pub. Date
2005
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xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Boxing's true Cinderella story: James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929. With one good hand, he was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager still believed in him. The diminutive, loquacious Jew and the burly, quiet Irishman made one of boxing's oddest couples, but together...
7) Grudge match
Pub. Date
2014
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1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Henry 'Razor' Sharp and Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen are old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. On their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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Traces the friendship and rivalry of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.
This nonfiction picture book takes you behind the scenes of the friendship and rivalry of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. In the 1970s and 1980s they faced off in epic duels and classic showdowns. Since their retirements from tennis, they have remained friends and support each others in their efforts and endeavors.
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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"Las selecciones nacionales de fútbol de México y Estados Unidos mantienen una rivalidad desde hace décadas. ¿Qué llevó a estas selecciones a convertirse en feroces competidores? ¿Cómo contribuye la afición de ambos países a mantener esta rivalidad? El texto de fácil lectura y las fantásticas imágenes hacen de estos libros una opción obvia para los fanáticos del fútbol que tienen dificultades con la lectura o reacios...
10) Creed lll
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
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Haikyu!! volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
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134 pages, 56 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
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Shoyo Hinata is out to prove that in volleyball you don't need to be tall to fly! Ever since he saw the legendary player known as "the Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else? The fourth set of the Miyagi Prefecture qualifier round finals is quite the nail-biter! Karasuno's back...
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Haikyu!! volume 15
Pub. Date
2017.
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209 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
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Thanks to Ennoshita's efforts, Karasuno defeats Wakutani Minami and advances to the semifinals of the Miyagi Prefecture qualifier tournament. Their next opponent will be whoever wins the Aoba Johsai vs. Date Tech game! Will it be Bluecastle, led by the prefecture's number one setter, Tohru Oikawa? Or will it be Date Tech and their newly rebuilt Iron Wall?
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Series
Haikyu!! volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
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127 pages, 64 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
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"Ever since he saw the legendary player known as "the Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else? The semifinals of the Tokyo Area Qualifiers for the Spring Tournament have begun! It's NEKOMA vs. FUKURODANI in a win-and-you're-in match! Fukurodani's ace, Bokuto, is in top form as...
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