Reisler, Jim

"The story of the fourteen men - largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book - who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London"--.

The author chronicles Babe Ruth's role in saving baseball in the 1920s after the Black Sox scandal nearly destroyed the credibility of the game, illuminating the combination of skill, bravado, and charm that made him the most famous and beloved player of his generation.