Boys in the Boat and Born to Run are two faves offhand.

Not really a sports book - but there is a sports element in Unbroken

I'll add Kara Goucher's book to my list.

I enjoyed the new biography of Jim Thorpe, A Path Lit by Lightning

The Greatest Game Ever Played. (About the Harry Vardon/Francis Ouimet U.S. Open). SO much better than the movie (which was a Disneyfied travesty).

Anything by John Feinstein, but especially Open, and A Good Walk Spoiled.

Slow to Get Up, by Nate Jackson

Ball Four, by Jim Bouton

A Whole Different Ball Game, by Marvin Miller (more about baseball labor than baseball)

Curt Flood’s book about the same topic (I can’t remember the name of it right now)

Andre Agassi's memoir

John Feinstein's books

The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith

John Thompson’s “I Came As A Shadow” (legendary basketball coach at Georgetown). It was an excellent read!

Lords of the Realm

Des Linden’s book, of course!

Also Boys in the Boat.

What are your favorite nonfiction books about sports? I just finished Kara Goucher's The Longest Race and loved it - highly recommend. It's Kara's memoir that delves into her experience as an elite marathoner/5,000/10,000m runner with the Oregon Project, under the direction of now-disgraced coach Alberto Salazar.

Any sport is fair game, as well as topics related to sports like doping, etc.