Books written by Wayne Coffey
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Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Program
Curtis Grant didn't produce the results we had expected from him for three years. He had various injuries. He lost his starting job three games into his sophomore year. He had an average junior season, though he dealtbravely with the ...
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Throwing Strikes: My Quest for Truth and the Perfect Knuckleball
That's what Lloyd's of London thought, anyway. Lloyd's is a company that specializes in insuring rare, odd, and priceless entities. At the suggestion of my coaches at Tennessee, I insured my arm with Lloyd's during my sophomore year, ...
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All Heart: My Dedication and Determination to Become One of Soccer's Best
2016, 273–74 not starting in, 168–69 O'Reilly, Heather, 60, 76, 92 in Algarve Cup, 74 in Canada games, 205 friendship with, 179 in North Korea game, 149 in Olympics, 123, 175 in World Cup, 153,261–62 Osborne, Leslie, 93, 96 Overbeck, ...
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When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World
... 73 in Canada friendly, 172 fitness of, 162 friendship with, 151 in Olympics, 109, 147 in World Cup, 130, 133, 212 Osborne, Leslie, 87–88 Overbeck, Carla, 18 Padua, Italy, 126 Peace Cup, 102–3 Pearce, Christie, 126.
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They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History
THE ONLY NO-HITTER in postseason baseball history was the Yankee Don Larsen's perfect game against the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series. Koosman fantasized before the game about outdoing Larsen by pitching a perfect game and getting ...
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The Boys Of Winter: The Untold Story Of A Coach, A Dream, And The 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
... a mile from Winthrop High School , walking distance from the houses he and his wife , Donna , grew up in . He still goes to his aunt's for dinner on Christmas Eve and still plays hockey at Larsen Rink , an aging brick 226 Wayne Coffey.
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Throwing Strikes: My Quest for Truth and the Perfect Knuckleball
Relates the author's unlikely journey to the big leagues after his athletic dream was nearly destroyed, and how he was sustained by his Christian faith and the love of his family before emerging as one of the National League's premier ...
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest moment in sports history—with a new afterword by Ken Morrow for the fortieth anniversary of the Miracle on Ice “An ...
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My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper
It seemed like the only way out until Scurry made her greatest save of all. A memoir of startling candor, My Greatest Save is a story of triumph, tragedy, and redemption from a woman who has broken through barriers her entire life.
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When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World
A New York Times Bestseller "If you are a real soccer player--then this is the book for you to read .
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Carl Lewis
A biography of the American athlete who won medals in several track and field events in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympic games.
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They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History
“One of sports’ most storied championship teams gets its proper due” (Tom Verducci) in this definitive history of the 1969 Miracle Mets from the New York Times bestselling author of The Boys of Winter. “If you want to know what it ...