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  Sideline C.E.O.   Leadership Principles from Championship Coaches.   Marty Smith. Author, ESPN Reporter, and Television personality Marty Smith has put together a book taking on the topic of leadership and all that goes into it and with it.     Smith uses his vast and numerous contacts of championship caliber coaches to capture what it takes and means to be a leader particularly from a coaching perspective. At least 20 well known coaching luminaries contribute to the essence of this book including Nick Saban, Tom Izzo, Kirby Smart, Roy Williams, Urban Meyer and John Calipari among others.    Smith breaks it down into several fascinating chapters such as leadership defined in the first section.    In addition, readers will gain insight from other sections addressing topics such as trust, self-evaluation, culture, crisis management and evolution.     The prose consists of quotes from selected coaches for each...

Religion of Sports.   Gothram Chopra and Joe Levin. Navigating the Trials of Life Through the Games We Love.   Can a person claim to be spiritual by proxy of their favorite sports team or by rabidly following a sports team game in and game out year after year?      Maybe, and that is what esteemed filmmaker and noted Boston sports fan Gotham Chopra argues in his book, Religion of Sports.   Chopra is known for creating and producing some influential documentaries throughout his career.    The concept of religion and sports is not new to him.    His social media account contains a link with the same title, and he admits throughout the book of attempts to collaborate about this topic with several key contributors.     However, he has recently put together a manuscript with plenty of persuasive anecdotes to help support his claim. The book likely takes stories and experiences from some of his documentaries and nea...