Chronicles the life of baseball player Derek Jeter, discussing his childhood, struggles in the minor leagues, early days with the Yankees, rivalry with his former best friend A-Rod, rise to the top of the major league, personal relationships, career accomplishments, and other related topics.
The definitive biography of college basketball's all-time winningest coach, Mike Krzyzewski Mike Krzyzewski built a staggering basketball empire at Duke University that has endured for more than four decades, placing him among the all-time titans of American sport, and yet there has never been a defining portrait of the man and his program. Until now. Three-time New York Times bestselling author Ian O'Connor takes you behind the Blue Devil curtain with a penetrating examination of the great, but flawed leader who won a record 1,170 games and made 12 Final Four trips, with five ending in national titles, before announcing he would retire following the 2021-2022 season. O'Connor uses scores of interviews with Krzyzewski's best friends, closest advisers, fiercest adversaries, and generations of Duke players and coaches to deliver previously untold stories about the relationships that define the venerable Coach K, and the one with his volcanic mentor, Bob Knight, that died a premature death. Krzyzewski was always driven by an inner rage fueled by his tough Chicago upbringing, and by the cleaning lady and elevator operator who raised him to fight for a better life. As Coach K makes his final stand, vying for one more ring before saying goodbye at age 75, O'Connor shows you sides of the man and his methods that will surprise even the most dedicated Duke fan.
From a New York Times best-selling author, the definitive biography of the NFL's most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach, Bill Belichick.
The Wrong Road Home is a story of treachery and deceit inspired by true events. It's the larger-than-life story of a surgeon who successfully practiced for 20 years--first in Ireland and then the United States--girded with nothing more than a Chicago School System GED and several counterfeit medical diplomas! Impossible, is undoubtedly any reader's initial reaction--and understandably so--but the tale is based on a Miami Herald Sunday Edition front page exposE that was the talk of South Florida two decades ago. Oprah's producer pursued the imposter for weeks, as did Bill O'Reilly, then the host of Inside Edition. The Wrong Road Home combines two cautionary tales. The first warns how a Faustian bargain once struck, allows for no turning back. Desmond Donahue's impossible dream of becoming a "doctor" was indeed realized over time, and a "doctor" he remained despite several close calls in the ensuing years. The second cautionary message details the terrible cost in human terms of a life lived alone; of having to forgo marriage and children; of never having a close friend; of having to keep everyone ever met at arm's length so the day would never arrive where he would inadvertently expose the awful truth about himself.