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Triple threat

2011
Matthew competes in the Rocky Mountain basketball tournament against his rival.

The NBA finals

2013
Text and illustrations look at the National Basketball Association's annual best-of-seven game series to determine the championship of the league.

Tin cup dreams

a long shot makes it on the PGA Tour
2000
Follows self-taught golfer Esteban Toledo through the grueling Q. School where top-flight amateurs attempt to win a spot on the PGA tour, and a make-or-break season as a professional; and tells about his twelve-year struggle to overcome his impoverished beginnings to prevail in the game.

Rocky

2001
An amateur boxer is given the chance to pursue his ultimate goal--compete for the world heavyweight title.

Robin and the silver arrow

2009
Robin Hood enters an archery competition in an attempt to win a silver arrow without betraying his real identity to the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Follow the roar

tailing Tiger for all 604 holes of his most spectacular season
2008
The television writer and ESPN.com contributor describes his experiences as he followed Tiger Woods through his 2008 season, discussing the places they went, the games played, and what he learned from Woods along the way.

Heartbreak hill

anatomy of a Ryder Cup
1996

Murder on ice

2003
Figure-skating researcher Bex Levy has witnessed the behind-the-scenes drama of the cutthroat world of competitive figure skating. The drama peaks at the World Championships in San Francisco when the judges award the gold medal to a Russian over America's sweetheart in a controversial decision. The judge who cast the deciding vote is found dead the next day and Bex investigates the murder.

Tales from Q school

inside golf's fifth major
2008

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