The Guy Who Reviews Sports Books

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  The Ogre mixes heavy Himalayan history with a technical retelling of the 1977 climb. The descent chapter is terrific, but the rest didn’t...

Been in a bit of a reading slump lately, but this book certainly helped me break out of it.  Justin Davis’s Breaking the Ice is a sharp, ho...

Mick Conefrey’s Everest 1953 blends political intrigue, expedition drama, and sharp character portraits into a gripping retelling of the fa...

Frank Deford’s portrait of John McGraw and Christy Mathewson goes beyond box scores to explore one of baseball’s most enduring partnerships....

 Julie Summers and Jochen Hemmleb offer a clear, well‑researched account of Sandy Irvine’s life, the 1924 Everest expedition, and the eviden...

Danny Funt’s Everybody Loses is a sharp, deeply reported examination of how America’s sports‑betting boom took hold — and who pays the pric...