Andrew Maraniss

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1) Singled out: the true story of Glenn Burke

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Maraniss, Andrew

Publisher

Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

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English

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"The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player"-- Tells the true story of Glenn Burke, the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player: from his childhood growing up in Oakland, his journey to the MLB and the World Series, the joy in discovering who he really was, to more difficult times: facing injury, addiction, and the AIDS epidemic....

2) Inaugural ballers : the true story of the first U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team

Author

Maraniss, Andrew

Publisher

Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

Pub. Date

2022

Language

English

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Women's History Month -- Young Adult

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Twenty years before women’s soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA, the ’76 US women’s basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women’s sports in America at the youth, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels. Though they were unknowns from small schools such as Delta State, the University of Tennessee at Martin and John F. Kennedy College of Wahoo, Nebraska,...