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The Best Non-Fiction Sports Books According to Yardbarker

In a way, every sporting event tells a story. However, most of us are ultimately more interested in watching athletes in action trying to win while doing cool stuff than reading about it. Fortunately, though, some people have taken to expanding the stories of the sports world. Over the years, literally hundreds of non-fiction books have been written about the world of sports. Whether they are the works of great writers or particularly impressive autobiographies (admittedly often handled with a ghostwriter or co-writer), here are the best non-fiction sports books of all-time according to Yardbarker
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Ali: A Life (Jonathan Eig)
Ali: A Life
1
Jonathan Eig
Ball Four
Ball Four
2
The Blind Side (Michael Lewis)
The Blind Side
3
Michael Lewis
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption and Baseball's Longest Game (Dan Barry)
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption and Baseball's Longest Game
4
Dan Barry
Boys of Summer (Roger Kahn)
Boys of Summer
5
Roger Kahn
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
Friday Night Lights
6
H. G. Bissinger
The Breaks of the Game (David Halberstam)
The Breaks of the Game
7
David Halberstam
Fast Company (Jon Bradshaw)
Fast Company
8
Jon Bradshaw
Fever Pitch (Nick Hornby)
Fever Pitch
9
Nick Hornby
The Game (Ken Dryden)
The Game
10
Ken Dryden
Heaven Is a Playground (Rick Telander)
Heaven Is a Playground
11
Rick Telander
In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle (Madeleine Blais)
In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
12
Madeleine Blais
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
13
Jon Krakauer
Levels of the Game (JOHN MCPHEE)
Levels of the Game
14
JOHN MCPHEE
Loose Balls
Loose Balls
15
Moneyball (Michael Lewis)
Moneyball
16
Michael Lewis
Open (Andre Agassi)
Open
17
Andre Agassi
Paper Lion (George Plimpton)
Paper Lion
18
George Plimpton
Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
Seabiscuit
19
Laura Hillenbrand
A Season on the Brink (JOHN FEINSTEIN)
A Season on the Brink
20
JOHN FEINSTEIN
A Sense of Where You Are (John McPhee)
A Sense of Where You Are
21
John McPhee
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performances (David Epstein)
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performances
22
David Epstein
Those Guys Have All the Fun (James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales)
Those Guys Have All the Fun
23
James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales
Veeck as in Wreck (BILL VEECK AND ED LINN)
Veeck as in Wreck
24
BILL VEECK AND ED LINN
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi (David Maraniss)
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
25
David Maraniss
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