| Author | Title | Book Location(s) |
| Armstrong, Lance | It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life The story of the triumphs and adversities of world-renowned cyclist Lance Armstrong. |
B Ar578i. Armstrong, Lance. Also in Teen |
| Beckham, David | Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground The life of the international soccer player David Beckham. |
Teen. B Beckham |
| Brashares, Ann | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Four best girlfriends spend the biggest summer of their lives enchanted by a magical pair of pants; one of the girls is a star soccer player. |
Teen. Brashares |
| Cochran, Thomas | Roughnecks Travis Cody prepares for the final game of his high school football career, a rematch with his school's chief rival. |
Teen. Cochran |
| Conroy, Pat | My Losing Season The novelist describes his final year playing basketball as point guard and captain of the “Citadel Bulldogs”. |
B C7643m Conroy, Pat. Also in Teen |
| Cox, Lynne | Swimming to Antarctica : Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer The accomplishments, records and cosmic feelings of swimming are explored by a long-distance swimmer. |
797.21 Cox. Also in Teen |
| Crutcher, Chris | Ironman While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father. |
Teen. Crutcher |
| Crutcher, Chris | Stotan! A high school coach invites members of his swimming team to a memorable week of rigorous training that tests their moral fiber as well as their physical stamina. |
Teen. Crutcher |
| Crutcher, Chris | Whale Talk Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. |
Teen. Crutcher |
| Dessen, Sarah | Truth About Forever The summer following her father's death, Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief. |
Teen. Dessen |
| Frank, Hillary | Better Than Running at Night A freshman art student from Manhattan spends her first year away from home in New England and runs to clear her head and think. |
Teen. Frank |
| Gallo, Donald R., ed. | Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults Sixteen short stories, dealing with teenage concerns, written especially for this collection by such well-known authors as Klass, Lipsyte, and the Mazers. |
Teen. S.C. Ultimate |
| Hawk, Tony | Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder The trials, tribulations, and tricks of skateboarder Tony Hawk. |
Teen. B H312h. Hawk, Tony |
| Hillenbrand, Laura | Seabiscuit: An American Legend The amazing story of horse racing legend Seabiscuit. |
798.40092 Hillenbrand. Also in Teen |
| Jackson, Jeremy | Life At These Speeds Kevin Schuler, a young track star who narrowly survived an accident that killed most of his teammates, struggles with his memories and his survivor's guilt as he continues his meteoric rise to the heights of the sports world. |
Fiction. Jackson. Also in Teen |
| Jenkins, A. M. | Damage Seventeen-year-old football hero Austin, trying to understand the inexplicable depression that has drained his interest in life, thinks that he has found relief in a girl who seems very special. |
Teen. Jenkins |
| Klass, David | Home of the Braves Eighteen-year-old Joe, captain of the soccer team, is dismayed when a hotshot player shows up from Brazil and threatens to take over both the team and the girl whom Joe hopes to date. |
Teen. Klass |
| Leavy, Jane | Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy The biography of the legendary baseball pitcher and sports hero, Sandy Koufax. |
B K849L. Koufax, Sandy. Also in Teen |
| Lipsyte, Robert | The Contender Against great odds, a black high school drop-out trains to become a championship boxer. |
Teen. Lipsyte |
| Lynch, Chris | Iceman Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence on the ice, tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his parents. |
Teen. Lynch |
| Mullen, P. H. | Gold in the Water: The True Story of Ordinary Men and Their Extraordinary Dream of Olympic Glory The story of the work and preparation for the race for gold by the 2000 Olympic swimming team. |
797.21 M911g. Also in Teen |
| Platt, Larry | Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson The story of NBA great Allen Iverson. |
Teen 796.323 Platt |
| Powe-Allred, Alexandra | Atta Girl! A Celebration of Women in Sports Stories about extraordinary female athletes in various sports. |
Teen. 796.082 Powe-Allred |
| Powell, Randy | Three Clams and an Oyster During their humorous search to find a fourth player for their flag football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their long friendship, their individual flaws, and their inability to try new experiences. |
Teen. Powell |
| Rottman, S. L. | Slalom Seventeen-year-old Sandro, having always lived in poverty with his mother in a wealthy ski resort town, finds his life transformed when the father he has never met suddenly returns and wants to be part of the family. |
Teen. Rottman |
| Swanson, Julie A. | Going for the Record Seventeen-year-old Leah's chance to make the national soccer team does not seem so important when she learns that her father has cancer and may only have months to live. |
Teen. Swanson |
| Sweeney, Joyce | Players |
Teen. Sweeney |
| Trueman, Terry | Cruise Control A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family. |
Teen. Trueman |
| Withers, Pam | Raging River An exciting whitewater-rafting trip leaves a group stranded in the wilderness. |
Teen. Withers |
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