Bøger af Sean Deveney

"You have to fight to reach your dreams."From his start as the smallest kid on the team to his emergence as the greatest soccer player in the world, Lionel Messi's journey to stardom is a master class in excellence. "The Atomic Flea" shattered records with his nimble, left-footed dribbling and prolific goal scoring, and won millions of fans on his beleaguered quest to win the World Cup. Messi: Life Lessons from a Legend details #10's biggest struggles and triumphs playing for Barcelona, Argentina, Paris Saint-Germain, and Inter Miami. His story acts as a road map to success for anyone with the courage and passion to chase their own dreams.- Inspiring quotes from Messi himself- A biographical look at Messi's early years, his rise to fame, and his most spectacular achievements- Original full-color art that captures the spirit of a champion- Guiding truths and hard-earned lessons to help you crush your own goals

"Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I'm going to make it."From the smallest kid on every team to the game-changing, record-breaking NBA All-Star he is today, Steph Curry's journey to stardom is a master class in excellence. Bolstered by what he calls his irrational confidence, the "baby-faced assassin" shattered expectations and accrued millions of fans as he led the Golden State Warriors to championship after championship, garnered multiple MVP awards, and emerged as the greatest 3-point shooter of all time. Steph Curry: Life Lessons from a Legend gives you courtside seats to the incredible highs and lows of his phenomenal career.- Inspiring quotes from Curry himself - A biographical look at Curry's early years, his rise to fame, and his most spectacular achievements - Original full-color art that captures the spirit of a champion - Guiding truths and hard-earned lessons to help you crush your own goals

IN THE GRAND TRADITION OFEIGHT MEN OUT . . .the untold story of baseball's ORIGINAL SCANDALDid the Chicago Cubs throw the WorldSeries in 1918-and get away with it?Who were the players involved-and why did they do it?Were gambling and corruption more widespread across the leagues thanpreviously believed?Were the players and teams "cursed" by their actions?Finally, is it time to rewrite baseball history?With exclusive access to surprising new evidence, Sporting News reporterSean Deveney details a scandal at the core of baseball's greatestfolklore-in a golden era as exciting and controversial as our sports worldtoday. This inside look at the pivotal year of 1918 proves that baseballhas always been a game overrun with colorful characters, intense humandrama, and explosive controversy."The Original Curse is not just about baseball. It is a sweeping portrait of America at war in 1918. . . . In the end, the proper question is not, 'How could a player from that era fix the World Series?' It's, 'How could he not?'" -Ken Rosenthal, FOX Sports, from theIntroduction"Sean Deveney plays connect-the-dots in this intriguing account of a possible conspiracy to throw the 1918 World Series. Thoroughly researched and well written, The Original Curse is a must-read for baseball fans and anyone who loves a good mystery. Is Max Flack the Shoeless Joe of the 1918 Cubs? Deveney lays out the case and let's readers decide if the fix was in." -Paul Sullivan, Cubs beat writer, Chicago Tribune "This book gives the reader a fun and honest look at baseball as it used to be-- the good guys, the gamblers, the cheaters, the drunks, the inept leaders. But, more than that, it puts those characters into the context of Chicago, Boston and America at the time of World War I, and you wind up with a unique way to explain the motivations of those characters." -David Kaplan, host, Chicago Tribune Live and WGN's Sports Central"Deveney's painstaking study of the 1918 World Series between the Cubs and Red Sox argues that the Black Sox scandal was not an aberration and might have had an antecedent. Deveney's scholarship does not detract from his ability to spin a good tale: his tendency to imagine players' conversations will remind readers of Leigh Montville's The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth.... A welcome companion to Susan Dellinger's Red Legs and Black Sox: Edd Roush and the Untold Story of the 1919 World Series, Deveney's book contributes greatly to our understanding of this decisive period in baseball and American morals." -Library Journal

Professional football has come a long way from its origins as a game played on sandlots and frozen fields to the high-tech spectacular it is today. This book focuses on ten games of the modern era that, collectively, have shaped and defined the National Football League. The chapters will go beyond mere descriptions of the games as they trace the significance of a particular contest on the growth of the league. From ¿the greatest game ever played¿¿the 1958 NFL championship that marked the dawn of the TV era for the NFL¿to Joe Namath¿s guaranteed win in Super Bowl III, Franco Harris¿s Immaculate Reception, and the rise of the New England Patriots¿ dynasty, Fischer covers the games that have helped propel pro football to its status as the most popular game in America.

Veteran NBA reporter and editor Sean Deveney explores the unique characters and backstories of 12 crucial games in the history of the league, while putting them into the context of their influence on the direction of the game.

Before he joined the New York Knicks, Harvard-graduate Jeremy Lin had been cut from two teams and passed over by virtually every other NBA franchise. And for his first month in New York, he sat on the bench. Then Jeremy Lin got his chance on the court-and pro basketball hasn't been the same.