ESPN Books is a publishing company operated by

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

. Started in 2004, ESPN Books has published almost 20 books. ESPN Books also is in charge of producing

's yearly sports encyclopedia. It also runs its own book club and ranks the top-selling sports books in ESPN Borders. Since 2008, it has co-published its books with

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. Authors that have written books for ESPN Books include

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, Peter Keating, and Ralph Wiley.

Books published by ESPN Books

*''2007 ESPN Sports Almanac'', Mike Morrison and Gerry Brown *''23 Ways To Get To First Base'', Gary Belsky and

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*''After Jackie'', Cal Fussman *''Ali Rap'', George Lois *''As Good As Gold,'' Kathryn Bertine *''The Best Hand I Ever Played'', Steve Rosenbloom *''Classic Wiley'', Ralph Wiley *''The Dale Earnhardt Story'', Introduction by Kenny Mayne *''Dingers!'', Peter Keating *''ESPN Baseball Sudoku'', no author hmm *''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'', Michael MacCambridge *''Man in the Middle'', John Amaechi *''Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Footb all Recruiting'', Bruce Feldman *''The New Gold Standard'', Tim Prister *''Now I Can Die In Peace'',

*''Online Ace'', Scott Fischman *''Parting Shots From The World of Sports'', Steve Wulf *''Rules of the Red Rubber Ball'', Kevin Carroll *''The Sixth Man'', Chris Palmer *''The Ultimate Highlight Reel'', no author

External links

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