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Former NFL Great Merril Hoge Releasing Inspirational Book ‘Find A Way’

Former NFL player and ESPN analyst Merril Hoge has a book coming out on September 15th called Find A Way. The book is a collection of inspirational stories that “demonstrates the capacity of human strength to overcome challenges through the cultivation of mind and spirit” according to the press release for the book.  Hoge recalls hardships he faced in his life, including the unexpected death of his mother, and being diagnosed with cancer.

Hoge played eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears, and is currently an sportscaster and football analyst for ESPN.

Usain Bolt Book Signing In London

Three-time Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt was in London earlier this week promoting his book. “Usain Bolt My Story 9.58″.

Usain is striking his signature “To Di World” pose in the above picture. Usain signed copies of the new book for fans at Waterstone’s Piccadilly.

The biography chronicles the story of the eight days in August 2008 during which Usain won three gold medals, set three world records, and came to the attention of millions of people around the world.

While in London, Usain will be making the rounds of radio and TV sections of the BBC and will pay a visit to the Olympic Stadium where the London 2012 Summer Olympics will be held. Usain co-authored the book with British journalist Shaun Custis.

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Former NY Giants Player Leonard Marshall Promoting His New Book

Former NY Giants defensive player Leonard Marshall, who spent 12 years in the NFL and won two Super Bowl rings with the Giants, recently released a book that looks at what happens after a player’s career ends and he begins his life outside of football. When the Cheering Stops: Bill Parcells, the 1990 New York Giants, and the Price of Greatness includes a foreward by Bill Parcells who led the team to their Super Bowl victories.

Leonard Marshall has been doing book signings in the New York and New Jersey area where fans recall with excitement the New York Giants of the 90′s.

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Pete Carroll Book Signing In Torrance

Former USC football coach and current coach of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, Pete Carroll was back in California promoting his new book, Win Forever.

Over 600 fans came out to the Borders in Torrance on Sunday to get the coach’s autograph and new book.

Click here for Pete’s remaining book tour stops.

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Drew Brees Book On Best Seller’s List!

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees penned a memoir titled “Coming Back Stronger” which was released this past week.

According to Nielsen Bookscan, it will make it’s debut at No. 3 on the New York Times’ best seller list on Sunday, July 25th! The book made the USA Today list as well.

Brees has been since on various media outlets including Good Morning America and On the Record with Greta VanSusteren, promoting the memoir.

Congrats Drew!

How Kendra Wilkinson Slid Into Home

Hank Baskett’s wife Kendra Wilkinson penned a memoir of sorts of her life leading up to her marriage and the birth of her son. She dishes about everything from her drug use at the age of 13, her relationship with Hugh Hefner and her co-stars on The Girls Next Door, to how she secretly built a relationship with Hank while still publicly Hefner’s girlfriend.

Kendra said this on her website about the book, “My book is dedicated to my son Hank IV, of course it had to be to him… he’s my boo, he’s my home base, he’s my EVERYTHING! I would relive this whole book again just for him. There’s not one second of this book I would take back because if it wasn’t for this story, I wouldn’t have my beautiful son.”

She kicked off her book tour today in New York.

Photo: KendraWilkinson.com

Athlete Sighting: Drew Brees

Drew Brees was in Times Square today promoting EA Sport’s Madden NFL 11, the football game for Playstation whose cover he appears on. EA Sports was giving away free copies of the game to anyone who came out to support him. Today is also the official release date of his book “Coming Back Stronger” and he’s kicking off his book tour in New York.

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Athlete Sighting: Venus Williams

Tennis player Venus Williams was spotted arriving at Miami International Airport after being ousted from Wimbledon earlier this week.

Venus has a busy schedule planned for the next couple weeks as she goes on a cross-country book tour to promote Come to Win.

We are loving the purse she’s carrying!

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Venus Williams Going On A Book Tour

Tennis champ Venus Williams will be promoting her new book, Come To Win on a book tour scheduled for next week.

Venus will be hitting New York City, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas and Los Angeles on the tour.

The book explores how to turn a competitive spirit and athletic background into success off the playing field. She interviewed successful business people all who played competitive sports including eBay’s former CEO Meg Whitman, Nike’s co-founder Philip Knight, stateswoman Condoleezza Rice, entrepreneur and former NBA player Earvin “Magic” Johnson, and designer Vera Wang.

Click here for Venus’s complete tour schedule. To purchase the book, check out this link.

Pete Carroll Preps For Book Tour

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll will be spending the next couple weeks on the road promoting his new book Win Forever.

In the book, Coach Carroll shows readers how to:

• Develop a vision that others can internalize and take a stake in
• Embrace competition, not competitiveness
• Practice so that game day is the easiest day of the week
• Learn to play in the absence of fear
• Make the conflicting pulls of “what you want” and “who you think you are” one and the same

“Winning forever is realizing your potential and making yourself as good as you possibly can be,” said Carroll. “Realizing that is a tremendous accomplishment, whether it’s in football or in life.”

Click here for the tour dates and locations.