David Maraniss

"Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox...

A deeply researched biography of Vince Lombardi, this New York Times best-seller from Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss was hailed by Sport magazine as the best book of the year. Destined to become a classic, When Pride Still Mattered paints a thorough and fascinating portrait of the legendary Green Bay Packers head football coach. The image of Lombardi pacing the Green Bay sidelines is indelibly etched on the minds of all football fans. Far fewer...