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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
A year ago, Travis McKinley, an unknown golfing amateur, shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success - and after a series of disappointments and, to be honest, personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
At the virtual end of his inglorious career as a pro golfer, Brian Schwan grants an interview to a flirtatious reporter who has mistaken him for his tournament-winning partner and then agrees to a date that evening, continuing the impersonation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jet City Comics
Pub. Date
c [2014]
Language
English
Description
"Set one hundred years before the events in George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Sworn Sword graphic novel follows the adventures of Ser Duncan and his squire, Egg, as they quest for honor and glory in the Seven Kingdoms."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracanã Stadium, Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.
Publisher
FUNimation Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
日本語
Description
The Z-Fighters have defeated the monstrous Cell and are enjoying their return to a normal life. Goku has eagerly continued his training in Other World; Krillin has gotten married; and Gohan has renewed his scholarly pursuits. Appearing on the scene are two new faces - Goku's son Goten and Vegeta's son Trunks. The Z-Fighters reunite, as the new World Martial Arts Tournament is set to begin. The greatest warrior on Earth have come together for their...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jet City Comics
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Set one hundred years before the events in George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Hedge Knight graphic novel chronicles a young squire as he travels the cruel and complex path to knighthood in the Seven Kingdoms."--P. [4] of cover.
14) The benchwarmers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Three guys spent their youth bearing the wrath of schoolyard bullies. They weren't tall, cool, and athletic, so they often got picked on by those who were. But when Gus convinces his two friends Richie and Clark to take some batting practice on a nearby Little League baseball field for old times sake, the three end up challenging a team of eleven-year-olds for the right to play on the field. Gus, often picked on because he was short, is nonetheless...
15) Maverick
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a handsome gambler, a charming lady scam artist and a lawman, all headed for a poker tournament held on a river boat with a $500,000 pot for the winner.
Language
English
Description
Peter LaFleur is a charismatic underachiever and the proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe's. The facility's ecclectic cleintele is decidedly less-than-your-average Joes. Peter's humble gym catches the eye of White Goodman, the egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym. White places a foreclosing attorney inside the Average Joe's establishment to finalize his takeover of the gym, but attorney Kate is won over by Peter's boyish charm and joins the Average...
17) A knight's tale
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The rousing story of lowborn William Thatcher's quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world. Follow this fearless squire and his band of medieval misfits as they careen their way toward impossible glory that's part romance, part road trip and part exuberant swashbuckling.
18) Uncle Drew
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival. Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend Uncle Drew and convinces him to return to the court one more time.
Author
Publisher
Rigby
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
It's a big game and Dora Cruz is on the move! She skillfully dribbles the soccer ball up the field. Suddenly, the star player from the opposing team attempts to steal the ball from Dora. Bam! The two players collide and are down! When only one gets up quickly, Dora learns the real power behind her team's favorite saying, "Yes, we can!"
20) Ping pong
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A documentary about eight competitors in the World Over-80 Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. They are all in their 80s and 90s; one Australian woman is a centurion. Most of the players have been athletes all their lives, but one woman took the sport up as an octogenarian after suffering a stroke. The advanced masters scene is like those in other sports, with rivalries, egomania and even dirty tricks. Losing doesn't get any less painful...
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