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Everyone loves an underdog. That’s why we’re drawn to sports movies—there’s something special about the magic depicted in Remember The Titans, Miracle, or even something silly like The Waterboy. But good sports books, and we mean good ones, go even deeper.
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 6
Language
English
Description
The wisecracking sports agent, Myron Bolitar, investigates the murder of a client for which his partner was arrested. The partner had an argument with the client, a Yankee pitcher who failed a drug test, but Bolitar cannot believe he would kill him.
2) Long lost
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Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 9
Myron Bolitar mystery volume 9
Thorndike Press large print core
Myron Bolitar novel volume 9
Myron Bolitar mystery volume 9
Thorndike Press large print core
Myron Bolitar novel volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Myron Bolitar hasn't heard from Terese Collins since their torrid affair ended ten years ago, so her desperate phone call from Paris catches him completely off guard. Now a suspect in the murder of her ex-husband in Paris, Terese has nowhere else to turn for help. Myron heeds the call but then a startling piece of evidence turns the entire case upside down.
3) Drop Shot
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Investigating the killing of a burned-out tennis star, sports agent Myron Bolitar uncovers a connection between the victim and a rising star from the wrong side of the tracks, while a corrupt senator and organized crime watch his every move.
4) Deal breaker
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
"The truth can get you killed... A stunning thriller from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of SIX YEARS."
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Series
Chicago Stars volume 6
Language
English
Description
You met star quarterback Kevin Tucker in This Heart of Mine. Now get ready to meet his shark of an agent, Heath Champion, and Annabelle Granger, the girl least likely to succeed.
Annabelle's endured dead-end jobs, a broken engagement . . . even her hair's a mess! But that's going to change now that she's taken over her late grandmother's matchmaking business. All Annabelle has to do is land the Windy City's hottest bachelor as her client, and she'll...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Slick, big city sports agent Rob Decker has it all. But on his latest mission to sign a high school baseball superstar, Rob becomes stranded in a small town where the simplicity of life--and the faith of the people--stands in stark contrast to his own fast-paced, win-at-all-costs mindset. Torn between these two worlds, will Rob have the courage to let faith transform his life?" -- container
7) Home
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Series
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English
Description
A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For ten years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally, miraculously arrived: Myron Bolitar and his friend Win believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager. Where has he been for ten years, and what does he know about the day,...
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Series
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English
Description
The boy was born and raised on the tony Main Line. But he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets. For Myron Bolitar, his client, golf superstar Linda Coldren, comes first--and that means unraveling the mystery of her son's kidnapping. But when Myron goes after the missing boy, he crashes through a crowd of lowlifes, blue bloods, and liars on both sides of the social divide. And as Linda's golf-pro husband suddenly makes a run at the U.S. Open championship,...
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 7
Language
English
Description
"Life isn't going well for Myron Bolitar. His business is struggling, and his father, recently recovered from a heart attack, is facing his own mortality - and forcing Myron to face it too. Then Emily Downing, Myron's college sweetheart, reappears in his life with devastating news: her thirteen-year-old son Jeremy is gravely ill and can be saved only by a bone-marrow transplant - from a donor who has vanished without trace. Before Myron can absorb...
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English
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"Rich Paul grew up in a Cleveland that hadn't won a sports championship in decades. He and his siblings lived with their mother, who struggled with addiction, in a one-bedroom apartment in the poverty-stricken Glenville neighborhood. Young Rich dreamed of becoming a star athlete but realized quickly that his small stature would make it nearly impossible. A serious child with a mind for detail, he went to private school and then college at his shop-owner...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 709 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Top gun: At the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School, cocky, young pilots compete against one another in the air as well as on the ground. Bonus features include commentary, featurette, music videos, behind-the-scenes, and more.
Jerry Maguire: A sports agent suffers a mental breakdown and must place all his chips on one athlete to save his career.
Mission impossible: Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Brett Rivers is the hottest sports agent in the business, fast and furious, swift and deadly. Failure? Not an option. Rory Garrett is, let's be honest, a disaster. She has a big heart, an empty bank account, a passion for making exquisite chocolate, and a huge inferiority complex from living in the shadow of Brett's most important client, her football legend brother. Brett and Rory should never have met, and they absolutely, positively should never...
14) Fade away
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he'd once competed against was bringing back memories--of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wanna-bes, the gamblers and groupies, Myron is unraveling the strange, violent life of a sports hero gone wrong, and coming face-to-face with a past he can't relive, and a present he may not survive.
15) Promise me
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Entertainment agent Myron Bolitar offers a ride home to a young girl to prevent her from accepting a ride from a drunk driver, but when the girl disappears, he is forced to rescue her to prove his innocence.
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
She's smart, beautiful, and she doesn't need a man to look after her. But sports agent Myron Bolitar has come into her life—big time. Now Myron's next move may be his last. . .
Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong, beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life.
Twenty...
Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong, beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life.
Twenty...
18) Mixed doubles
Author
Series
Benchwarmers volume 3
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Andi Carillo quickly becomes the star of her school's new co-ed tennis team, and when her talent attracts sports agents who want her to play professionally, Andi's best friend Jeff Michaels helps her thwart the agents by uncovering their underhanded schemes.
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar volume 3, 5
Publisher
Mystery Guild
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
776 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fade away: Sports agent Myron Bolitar had once aimed for a career in the NBA, until an injury cost him his chance to go pro, but when the star player for the New Jersey Dragons disappears without a trace, Bolitar takes the undercover assignment of his dreams--a position on the team.
One false move: Sleuth and sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates death threats against Brenda Slaughter, star player for a New York basketball team. Suspects include...
20) The agent
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of fiction’s keenest observers rips open the world of pro-sports agenting in this brisk tale of murder and mystery. Alexander Drouhin built one of the nation’s premier sports agencies through gritty negotiation and savvy marketing, but when he is found murdered-shot at close range-suspects, including his former clients and employees, abound.
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