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ILLUMINATING LOOK AT AN ENDURING MYTH You'd think there's nothing left to say about the 1936 Olympics, but in Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens ESPN's Jeremy Schaap argues that much of what is believed about...

Jesse Owens fares well in this unvarnished bio

Rare Air, by Michael Jordan with Walter Iooss Jr. (1993)One of the best-selling photo books of all time provides strikingly intimate glimpses of Air Jordan at home, at work and at play during the 1992-93 season.

FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP MAX SCHMELING WAS MERELY HUMAN IN AN ERA OF GREAT INHUMANITY—A GERMAN WHO WAS A LOYAL FRIEND OF JEWS BUT ALSO A WILLING PAWN OF HITLER

Unlike the many works of cinematic fiction that center on athletes or the games they play, these are the real deal: sports documentaries.