BASEBALL
Derek Jeter #2: Thanks for the Memories by David Fisher
(Sports Publishing, Oct.)
Derek Jeter: Excellence and Elegance, compiled and edited by Tyler Kepner
(Triumph, Dec.)
Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural, edited by Rick Wilber
(Night Shade, Oct.)
From the Babe to the Beards: The Boston Red Sox in the World Series by Bill Nowlin and Jim Prime
(Sports Publishing, Oct.)
Game of My Life: New York Mets by Michael Garry
(Sports Publishing, Mar. 2015)
Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life by Mort Zachter
(Univ. of Nebraska Press, March 2015)
Jeter Unfiltered by Derek Jeter, photos by Christopher Anderson
(S&S/Jeter, Oct.)
Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud by Joe Pepitone, with Berry Stainback
(Sports Publishing, Mar. 2015)
The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball’s Forgotten Heroes by Gary Cieradkowski
(S&S/Touchstone, March 2015)
The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager's Old-School Look at Success—in Sports and in Life by Mike Matheny with Jerry Jenkins
(Crown Archetype, Feb. 2015)
Rickey & Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball by Roger Kahn
(Rodale, available)
BASKETBALL
Beyond Championships: A Playbook for Winning at Life by Dru Joyce II, with Chris Morrow
(Zondervan, March 2015)
Bleeding Orange: Fifty Years of Blind Referees, Screaming Fans, Beasts of the East, and Syracuse Basketball by Jim Boeheim, with Jack McCallum
(Harper, Nov.)
The Blue Divide: Duke, North Carolina, and the Battle on Tobacco Road by Johnny Moore and Art Chansky
(Triumph, Oct.)
Facing Michael Jordon: Players Recall the Greatest Basketball Player Who Ever Lived, edited by Kent McDill
(Sports Publishing, Oct.)
Life Is Not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention by Jay Williams
(Harper, Mar. 2015)
Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers' Horrendous and Hilarious 1972-1973 Season by Charley Rosen
(Univ. of Nebraska Press, Oct.)
The Secret Game: A Basketball Story in Black and White by Scott Ellsworth
(Little, Brown, Mar. 2015)
Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South by Andrew Maraniss
(Vanderbilt Univ. Press, Dec.)
Unrivaled: UConn, Tennessee, and the Twelve Years that Transcended Women’s Basketball by Jeff Goldberg
(Univ. of Nebraska Press, March 2015)
FOOTBALL
Parcells: A Football Life by Bill Parcells and Nunyo Demasio
(Crown Archetype, Oct.)
Bo's Warriors: Bo Schembechler and the Transformation of Michigan Football by Frank Lieberman
(Triumph, Oct.)
Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty by Gaines Baty
(Texas A&M Univ. Press, Mar. 2015)
The Game Plan: The Art of Building a Winning Football Team by Bill Polian, with Vic Carucci
(Triumph, Oct.)
Johnny U and Me: The Man Behind the Golden Arm by John Unitas Jr., with Edward L. Brown (Triumph, Oct.)
The Paul Hornung Scrapbook by Paul Hornung and Chuck Carlson
(Triumph, Oct.)
The QB: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks by Bruce Feldman
(Crown Archetype, Nov.)
Rise: A Soldier, A Dream and a Promise Kept by David Rodriguez, with Joe Layden
(HMH, Oct.)
Rozelle: A Biography by Jerry Izenberg
(Univ. of Nebraska Press, Oct.)
The Storm and The Tide: Tragedy, Hope and Triumph in Tuscaloosa by Lars Anderson
(Sports Illustrated, available)
HOCKEY
Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard by John Branch
(Norton, Oct.)
Chris Chelios: Made in America by Chris Chelios, with Kevin Allen
(Triumph, Nov.)
Facing Wayne Gretzky: Players Recall the Greatest Hockey Player Who Ever Lived, edited by Brian Kennedy
(Sports Publishing, Oct.)
Frozen in Time: A Minnesota North Stars History by Adam Raider
(Univ. of Nebraska Press, Dec.)
Mr. Hockey: My Story by Gordie Howe
(Putnam, Oct.)
A Matter of Inches: How I Survived in the Crease and Beyond by Clint Malarchuk, with Dan Robson
(Triumph, Nov.)
RUGBY AND SOCCER
The All Blackography: The Indispensable Guide to Every All Black by Ron Palenski
(Upstart Press, Dec.)
The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches by Jonathan Wilson
(Orion, Oct.)
Coming Out to Play by Robbie Rogers, with Eric Marcus
(Penguin, Nov.)
The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them by Tim Howard
(Harper, Dec.)
MISCELLANEOUS
The All-American Boy: Lessons and Stories on Life from Wrestling Legend Bob Backlund by Backlund, with Robert H. Miller
(Sports Publishing, Oct.)
Chase Your Shadow: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius by John Carlin
(Harper, Nov.)
Cheated: The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports by Jay M. Smith and Mary Willingham
(Univ. of Nebraska Press, Mar. 2015)
The Fall Line: How American Ski Racers Conquered a Sport on the Edge by Nathaniel Vinton
(Norton, Feb. 2015)
Foxcatcher: The True Story of my Brother’s Murder, John du Pont’s Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Mark Schultz
(Dutton, Nov.)
Iditarod Adventures: Tales from Mushers Along the Trail by Lew Freedman, illus. by Jon Van Zyle
(Alaska Northwest Books, Jan. 2015)
Indentured: The Epic Scandal of the NCAA by Joe Nocera
(Portfolio, Mar. 2015)
Infographic Guide to Sports by Daniel Tatarsky
(Cassell, Oct.)
Philadelphia Phenoms: The Most Amazing Athletes to Play in the City of Brotherly Love by Michael Baumann
(Sports Publishing, Nov.)
The Ryder Cup: Showdown at Gleneagles 2014 by Iain Carter
(Elliott & Thompson, Oct.).
Scribe: My Life in Sports by Bob Ryan
(Bloomsbury, Oct.)
The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman
(Andrews McMeel, available)
Warrior in the Ring: The Life of Marvin Camel, Native American Boxing Champion by Brian D’Ambrosio
(Riverbend, Nov.)
Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar by Shawn Michaels, with David Thomas
(Zondervan, Feb. 2015)
You Can’t Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television by Al Michaels, with L. Jon Werther
(Morrow, Nov.)
CHILDREN’S/YA
CC Claus: A Baseball Christmas Story by CC Sabathia, with Ray Negron, illus. by Laura Seeley
(HarperCollins/Ecco, Oct., ages 4–8)
Basketball Superstars 2015 by K.C. Kelley
(Scholastic Nonfiction, Jan. 2015, ages 6–8)
Little Rhino #1: My New Team (Jan. 2015) and Little Rhino #2: The Best Bat (Mar. 2015) by Ryan Howard and Krystle Howard, illus. by Erwin Madrid
(Scholastic Paperbacks, ages 7–10)
The Closer: Young Readers Edition by Mariano Rivera, with Wayne Coffey and Sue Corbett
(Little, Brown, available, ages 8–12)
The Contract by Derek Jeter, with Paul Mantell
(S&S/Jeter, available, ages 8–12)
Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
(Philomel, available, ages 10–up)
First Team by Tim Green
(HarperCollins, available, ages 8–12)
Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares
(Candlewick, Feb. 2015, ages 8–12)
The Keeper: The Unguarded Story of Tim Howard by Tim Howard
(HarperCollins, Dec., ages 8–12)
Legends: The Best Players, Games, and Teams in Baseball by Howard Bryant
(Philomel, March 2015; ages 8–12)
The Only Game by Mike Lupica
(Simon & Schuster, Feb. 2015, ages 8–12)
Pinstripe Pride: The Inside Story of the New York Yankees by Marty Appel
(Simon & Schuster, Feb. 2015, ages 8–12)
Scholastic Year in Sports 2015 by James Buckley Jr.
(Scholastic Nonfiction, Nov., ages 8–12)
The Hockey Saint by Howard Shapiro, illus. by Marica Inoue
(Animal Media, Oct., ages 12–17)
Press Play by Eric Devine
(Running Press Kids, Oct., ages 14–up)
