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Romances to Celebrate the Return of Women in Professional Baseball

Anyone who has ever enjoyed the film classic A League of Our Own has heard of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Started during World War II to keep professional baseball alive, the league flourished from 1943 to 1954. Seventy years later, we are about to witness a rebirth. Some…

JeriAnn GellerAugust 25, 2025

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Six Riveting Sports Fiction Books That Score Big

Sports make a great backdrop for a book. Many of us have played a sport at one time or another in our lives. We likely know the thrill of a score. The camaraderie of being on a team. The thrill of facing an opponent. The joy of a win. The…

Jenni L. WalshJanuary 15, 2025

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Mystery Thriller “Faults” Serves Readers a Fast-Paced Whodunnit on the Tennis Court

If you drew up a schematic diagram showing the relationships between the characters in Orion Gregory’s Faults, your head would spin. But then step back, admire this literary spider’s web, and picture it as the storyboard for a fun, fast-paced mystery of whodunnit and who is still trying to do…

Jim AlkonAugust 11, 2021

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A Flyover Above Formula 1 Crash-Lands Into Italy’s Criminal Underworld

Something doesn’t feel quite right when Buck Reilly’s longtime friend and ex-investor Sir Harry Greenbaum asks him to perform a “flyover” to commence the Formula 1 car race in Monza, Italy. Joined by his co-pilot Ray, the two take off together in their vintage aircraft Big Mama to witness one…

Erin McGetrickNovember 16, 2023

Fiction

Historical Fiction “Norvel” Relays Boxer’s Noble Battles In and Outside the Ring

For all the accomplishments of Norvel Lee in his community, in the boxing ring, and on the world stage, one simple story in Kenneth F. Conklin’s Norvel shows the true measure of the man. A day after Martin Luther King’s assassination, in his Washington, DC, neighborhood, Norvel sees a group…

Jim AlkonApril 16, 2021

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Learn “A Thing Or Two About The Game” in Heartwarming Story of Self-Discovery

“It’s all about the ice cream.” On the surface, yes, the idea of little league girls softball at the pre-teen level is to have fun. At least it should be. At least for the girls. Thinking back, my daughter’s softball coach was a tough cookie. One evening after practice, he…

Jim AlkonOctober 19, 2022

Fiction

Tennis Champion Returns to Court to Reclaim Her World Record

Attention Tennis Lovers! So much to love in Carrie Soto is Back! I love how the former tennis champion decides to come out of retirement to defend her title; I love her relationship with Javier Soto, her handsome and proud father and coach; I love the developing romance with a fellow…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 20, 2022

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Coming-of-Age Near the 1940s Chicago Baseball Scene

Ernie’s Bleachers was clearly a passion project for author Tim Pareti, whose family owned the Ernie’s Bleachers tavern in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood just across from Wrigley Field. It’s the tavern that became Ray’s Bleachers, home of the 1969 Bleacher Bums, and then Murphy’s Bleachers, which is still going strong eight decades…

Dennis HetzelAugust 17, 2022

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Clearly We “Don’t Know Tough”, Because “Friday Night Lights” Was Never Like This

In Eli Cranor’s searing Southern Gothic Don’t Know Tough (Soho Crime), three people at the ends of their ropes form an uneasy alliance – until it all blows up. Trent Powers is the new coach of the high school football team in Denton, Arkansas, “a small town nestled in the…

Neil NyrenFebruary 25, 2022

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Orion Gregory Gets the Ball Rolling in Murder Mystery “Faults”

Here we have a highly murderous mystery with a female athlete at its center. Intrigued? Read on! As a struggling twenty-four-year-old tennis professional, Sydney Livingstone has never had a game to die for. But all that is set to change during a tournament that serves as a precursor for the…

BookTribAugust 23, 2021