Land O' Lakes Speakers Forum: Sports and sports agents

Land O' Lakes Speakers Forum: Sports and sports agents

Enjoy these selections featuring sports and sports agents.

Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners Or Get Left Behind by Doug MacLean

Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners Or Get Left Behind by Doug MacLean

Draft Day is for every hockey fan who wonders how their team develops that hard-to-define winning chemistry—or fails to, year after year.

 

Famous For A Time: Forgotten Giants Of Canadian Sport by Jason Wilson and Richard M. Reid

Famous For A Time: Forgotten Giants Of Canadian Sport by Jason Wilson and Richard M. Reid

Famous for a Time explores a number of important, if not well-remembered, Canadian athletes and the sports they played to help explain the nation's complicated history, sporting and otherwise. 

Inexact Science: The Six Most Compelling Draft Years In NHL History by Evan Dowbiggin and Bruce Dowbiggin

Inexact Science: The Six Most Compelling Draft Years In NHL History by Evan Dowbiggin and Bruce Dowbiggin

A fascinating in-depth analysis of six of the NHL's most interesting drafts.

Black Market: An Insider's Journey Into The High-Stakes World Of College Basketball by Merl Code

Black Market: An Insider's Journey Into The High-Stakes World Of College Basketball by Merl Code

From a former college basketball player and executive at Nike and Adidas, this explosive insider's account of the business of college basketball exposes the corrupt and racist systems that exploit young athletes and offers a new way forward.

The Lost Dream: The Story Of Mike Danton, David Frost, And A Broken Canadian Family by Steve Simmons

The Lost Dream: The Story Of Mike Danton, David Frost, And A Broken Canadian Family by Steve Simmons

How did this promising young man's hockey career turn into a harrowing crime story played out in sensational news reports?

Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back: Dilemmas Of The Modern Fan by Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson

Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back: Dilemmas Of The Modern Fan by Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson

Acclaimed sports writers Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson tackle the most pressing issues in sports, why they matter, and how we can do better.

Moneyball: The Art Of Winning An Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

Moneyball: The Art Of Winning An Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball.