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Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes
2013 Column Contest Winner
As youths, we are encouraged to play sports so we can build character and gain leadership skills. But professional athletes are often symbols of bloated egotism and excess. So when a professional athlete writes a self-help book, should you take their advice? Miles Wray will let you know what he thinks.
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October 23, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Consider the Austin: A Review of Beyond Center Court by Tracy Austin
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September 3, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Very Smiley Football Robot: A Review of Game Changer by Kirk Cousins
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August 18, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: The World’s Most Private Memoirist: A Review of Character Driven by Derek Fisher
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June 25, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Take It Easy and Only Work a Hundred Hours This Week: A Review of How Good Do You Want to Be? by Nick Saban
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May 30, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Yakkin’ ’Round the Water Cooler: A Review of Game Time
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May 6, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Another B-Ballin’ Corporate Synergist: A Review of The One-Day Contract by Rick Pitino
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April 18, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Putting the Biscuit in the Basket: A Review of Go for the Goal by Mia Hamm.
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March 28, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Love Means Nothing: A Review of Serving From the Hip by Venus and Serena Williams
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March 6, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: The B-Ballin’ Corporate Synergist: A Review of The Winner Within by Pat Riley
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February 13, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Confetti Rains on the Hugging Coach: A Review of Win Forever by Pete Carroll
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January 21, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Punching the Clock in These Gyms: A Review of The Mental Handbook by Dre Baldwin
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December 12, 2013Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Olympian vs. Texas Department of Corrections: A Review of On the Right Track by Marion Jones
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