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Intentional Walk    by E. G. Fabricant
Price: $0.99 USD. 7680 words. Published on October 2, 2010. .

From "Matters Familiar." A girls' softball team rebels and instructs parents and coaches in the value of competition.
90 Days To Your First Marathon    by Daniel Alick
Price: $3.99 USD. 10630 words. Published on January 20, 2012. .

"90 Days To Your First Marathon" is a clear and concise training guide offering tips and techniques to attain physical, nutritional, and mental balance for one's first marathon.
Rocket! (an Ell Donsaii story #4)    by Laurence Dahners
Price: $3.99 USD. 66280 words. Published on July 31, 2012. .

"Rocket!" is the fourth in a series of near future SciFi/Thrillers whose young heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation which has rendered her a genius and an athletic phenomenon. In “Rocket!” she works out the enormous potential of the wormholes she discovered in "Lieutenant." Though they only provide small openings through space, the wormholes could prove to be a tremendous boon to humankind.
5 things - BODY    by nicole torrens
Price: $4.00 USD. 1490 words. Published on December 12, 2012. .

I went from a size 14 to a size 10 in a few weeks. Amazed? Me too. It is not about exercise and diet. It is about you. One lady went down a dress size in 5 weeks! You can too.
George Washington Keefe Of The Washington Nationals    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $1.99 USD. 2240 words. Published on February 2, 2013. .

George Washington Keefe was a less than average pitcher for the Washington Nationals during the first seasons of the National League club's 19th century existence, 1886-1889. He established records for most walks in an inning in 1887. Mostly disappointing, but sometimes brilliant, he was 5'8" and left-handed. On one occasion in 1889, he outdueled Hall of Fame, New York Giants pitcher Tim Keefe.
Pete Elliott's 1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.75 USD. 4300 words. Published on February 7, 2013. .

In 1956 the University of Nebraska hired Pete Elliott to coach its football team. The new coach was a 29-year-old former All-American football player at the University of Michigan. He won 12 letters at UM. The Big 7 conference, of which NU was a member, was dominated by Bud Wilkinson's Oklahoma Sooners. Elliott coached backs at OU before coming to Nebraska. He brought with him the Split-T offense.
Jake Hehl Brooklyn Robins Pitcher And Catholic League Bowling Star    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $1.99 USD. 2900 words. Published on February 26, 2013. .

Jake Hehl is an atypical biographical subject. He was a high school sports phenom. He excelled in baseball, basketball, and football at Brooklyn Prep. Hehl pitched one inning in major league baseball before being summoned for military duty in World War I. He pitched in the minor leagues from 1918-1926. He was a versatile athlete who became a star bowler in Brooklyn's 1940s Catholic Church Leagues.
The Mafia, Football Gambling and Len Dawson    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.99 USD. 7520 words. Published on March 7, 2013. .

Former NFL Quarterback Len Dawson is a controversial sports figure. A member of the National Football League Hall of Fame, he led the Kansas City Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV, in 1970. However, there are legitimate doubts about his complicity in "fixing" games between 1966-1970. He associated with gamblers. A Detroit grand jury named Dawson as part of a nationwide gambling scandal in 1970