Böcker av Ed Gruver

A look back at golfer Ben Hogan’s historic 1953 season, still the closest any player has gotten to winning golf’s Grand Slam.

In the mid-1970s, at the height of the Cold War, two of the Soviet Union's long-dominant national hockey teams traveled to North America to play an eight-game series against the best teams in the National Hockey League.This book tells the story of the epic game, in which nothing less than the credibility of the NHL was at stake. If the Red Army team completed its series sweep by defeating the two-time Stanley Cup champion Flyers, the NHL would no longer have been able to claim primacy of place in professional-level hockey.

Considered one of the greatest matches in boxing history, this heavyweight bout saw the underdog Billy Conn well ahead on points until Joe Louis knocked him out in the 13th round. Ed Gruver captures the high drama of that sultry night at New York's Polo Grounds in June 1941.

Here's the whole story of The Ice Bowl--the game played between the Packers and Cowboys in sub-zero temperatures in 1967--based on dozens of interviews with people who were there, on the field and off, told by author Ed Gruver with passion, suspense, wit, and accuracy.

The ferocious rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders during the 1970s.

Offers an ode to an unforgettable season that began with the first major players' strike in the history of North American sports and ended with a record-setting World Series played by two of the game's greatest and most colourful dynasties.