Search Results: Returned 12 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 12
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c2011., General, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: Fic Har Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big-league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended."--Publisher's description.
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1998., Palm Pictures Call No: DVD Fic Basketball Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high school student Jim Carroll seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach, his mom, and school seem to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart.
![The basketball diaries [DVD] (1998). Directed by Scott Kalvert.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The basketball diaries [DVD] (1998). Directed by Scott Kalvert.")
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[2010], p2009., Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Blind Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
![The blind side [DVD] (2009). Directed by John Lee Hancock.](/Library/images/~imageCT70858.JPG "The blind side [DVD] (2009). Directed by John Lee Hancock.")
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c2007., Adult, NeWest Press Call No: Fic Abd Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The tale of Digger, an 85 kilo wrestler, and Sadie, a 26-year-old speed swimmer who are nearing the end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too old and injured to compete?.
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c2014., General, House of Anansi Press Inc. Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: The story of Aganetha Smart, a former Olympic athlete who was famous in the 1920s, but now, at age 104, lives in a nursing home, alone and forgotten by history. For Aganetha, a competitive and ambitious woman, her life remains present and unfinished in her mind. When her quiet life is disturbed by the unexpected arrival of two young strangers, Aganetha begins to reflect on her childhood in rural Ontario and her struggles to make an independent life for herself in the city.
![Girl runner [eBook] : a novel](/Library/images/~imageCT76611.JPG "Girl runner [eBook] : a novel")
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c2012., Adult, Bond Street Books Call No: Fic Cle Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In the tradition of his beloved previous novel, 'Little Bee', Chris Cleave again gives us an elegant, funny, passionate story about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption. This time, the setting is the upcoming London Olympics. Gold is the story of two women, Zoe and Kate, world-class cyclists who have been friends and rivals since their first day of elite training years ago. They have loved, fought, betrayed, forgiven, lost, consoled, triumphed, and grown up together. Now, on the eve of London 2012, their last Olympics, the two must compete for the one remaining spot on their team. In doing so, the women will be tested to their physical, mental and emotional limits. They will confront each other and their own mortality, and be asked to decide: What will you sacrifice for the people you love?"--Publisher.
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-- Hot shotc2013., Adult, Dutton Call No: Fic Gar Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Inheriting a luxurious oceanfront resort under a condition that she must run it profitably for one year to claim full ownership, food critic Peyton Lockhart is targeted by dangerous rivals and is protected from a threat against her life by childhood friend and attractive FBI agent Finn MacBain.
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2016., Adult, Entertainment One Films Canada Inc. Call No: DVD Fic Race Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
![Race [DVD] (1990). Directed by Stephen Hopkins.](/Library/images/~imageCT82400.JPG "Race [DVD] (1990). Directed by Stephen Hopkins.")
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2019., Quercus Call No: SC MYS Fic May Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: China thrillerSummary Note: "THE SUFFERER--A prodigious Chinese swimmer kills himself on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. Days later, a champion weightlifter suffers a fatal heart attack prior to competition. THE LISTENER--Detective Li Yan senses a conspiracy surrounding the fatalities, and finds a female athlete willing to talk. But she will only trust one person: Li's fiancée, Margaret Campbell. THE RUNNER --When Campbell's contact herself vanishes, the gun is fired on a race against time. And Li must now outrun--and outwit--an enemy bent on pushing him beyond endurance."--Amazon.com.
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2021., Doubleday Call No: Fic Gri Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called off the bench, the legend begins.
