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Raleigh-based web business was purchased by the San Francisco-based internet company
254:(with John Davidson). Each book contained pictures documenting the life of the subject, many of which came from their own personal collection. Books in this series bore the subtitle "A Life in Pictures."
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had been packaging books for other publishers since the late 1980s, most notably their baseball encyclopedia,
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They Said It: 200 Of the
Funniest Sports Quips & Quotes Collected from the Pages of Sports Illustrated
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TSP was best known for its massive sports encyclopedias, each generally more than 2000 pages, such as
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Coach K's Little Blue Book: Fire, Fact and
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No More Bad Shots: Shot by Shot, Round by Round - A Foolproof Guide to Better Golf
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Pitching for the Yankees: Spinning the News for Mickey, Billy and George
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TSP's editorial staff included most of the prominent sports reference
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Total
Stanley Cup: Official Publication of the National Hockey League
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Total Hockey: The
Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League
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187:'s autobiography as well as books by magazine staff writers such as
69:
This merger proved to be an ill-fated arrangement. The burst of the
1040:"Quokka's Purchase of Total Sports Moves Web Firm Into Big Leagues"
50:
to form Total Sports in 1998. The new company was headquartered in
1005:
600:
Total
Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball
90:
338:
East Side, West Side: Tales of New York
Sporting Life, 1910-1960
670:
Total Browns: The
Official Encyclopedia of the Cleveland Browns
1020:"Total Sports Sells Publishing Division to Group led by Thorn"
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The National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2002
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served as the division's publisher throughout its existence.
43:. Thorn and Gershman called their company "Baseball Ink."
940:
The World According to Dean: Four Decades of Basketball
1171:
Defunct book publishing companies of the United States
23:, that operated from 1998 to 2002. Prominent author
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The Commissioners: : Baseball's Midlife Crisis
264:Arenafootball 2 Official Record and Fact Book 2001
46:The pair joined forces with internet news company
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1076:"Quokka lays off staff, prepares for bankruptcy"
324:Coolest Game on the Road: A Travel Guide to NHL
1114:"The N.F.L., All of It, in Stats and Profiles"
19:refers to a book publishing company based in
538:Smoke: The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball
394:The Hidden Game of Football: The Next Edition
229:
1181:Publishing companies disestablished in 2002
814:The Total Sports Illustrated Book of Boxing
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934:The 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith
1191:American companies disestablished in 2002
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908:(all 30 MLB teams as individual titles) (
442:(USA Today Baseball Weekly the Insider) (
1176:Publishing companies established in 1998
1058:"Total Sports Publishing auctioned off"
282:Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia
183:, which published best sellers such as
179:created the "Total/Sports Illustrated"
1186:American companies established in 1998
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362:Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century
590:The Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball
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1112:Cavanaugh, Jack (4 January 1998).
269:The Babe: The Game That Ruth Built
257:
14:
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974:
566:Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures
950:Years of Glory: The Six Team Era
348:Gladiators: 40 Years of Football
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230:A Life in Pictures series
169:Total Sports Illustrated
159:National Football League
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1025:Sports Business Journal
906:Total Teams Series 2000
484:99: My Life in Pictures
52:Raleigh, North Carolina
17:Total Sports Publishing
981:Archive of TSP website
163:National Hockey League
552:The Spy: Baseball '98
372:Greatest Quarterbacks
155:Major League Baseball
1028:. September 6, 2000.
960:Zim: A Baseball Life
430:The Hot Stove League
1044:Wall Street Journal
780:Total Quarterbacks
517:North Dallas Forty
176:Sports Illustrated
21:Kingston, New York
896:Matthew Silverman
862:Matthew Silverman
804:Matthew Silverman
770:Matthew Silverman
726:Matthew Silverman
660:Matthew Silverman
628:, Lloyd Johnson,
546:Peter C. Bjarkman
286:Matthew Silverman
173:An alliance with
131:Matthew Silverman
56:George Schlukbier
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1133:"Total Baseball"
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1004:, archived from
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936:(David Chadwick)
928:George Tiedemann
892:Beau Riffenburgh
880:Michael Gershman
872:Total Super Bowl
858:Beau Riffenburgh
846:Michael Gershman
800:Beau Riffenburgh
788:Michael Gershman
766:Beau Riffenburgh
754:Michael Gershman
722:Beau Riffenburgh
710:Michael Gershman
688:Michael Gershman
656:Beau Riffenburgh
644:Michael Gershman
612:Michael Gershman
440:The Insider 2000
290:Michael Gershman
123:Beau Riffenburgh
37:Michael Gershman
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854:David Pietrusza
796:David Pietrusza
762:David Pietrusza
718:David Pietrusza
652:David Pietrusza
626:David Pietrusza
616:David Pietrusza
594:Leonard Koppett
574:David Pietrusza
410:David Pietrusza
368:, John Garrity)
356:Roy Blount, Jr.
342:Lawrence Ritter
318:Jerome Holtzman
304:Mike Krzyzewski
294:David Pietrusza
273:Lawrence Ritter
260:
258:Books published
248:David Pietrusza
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208:Lawrence Ritter
204:Leonard Koppett
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127:Kenneth Shouler
95:David Pietrusza
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1137:New York Times
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1118:New York Times
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212:Robert Creamer
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137:Encyclopedias
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119:Mike Meserole
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107:Gary Gillette
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944:Barry Jacobs
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933:
924:Mark Bechtel
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468:Robert Byrne
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388:Darryl Brock
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366:Tim Crothers
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352:Walter Iooss
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332:Mark Paddock
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308:Barry Jacobs
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244:Ted Williams
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200:Frank Deford
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954:Dan Diamond
914:Stuart Shea
876:Bob Carroll
842:Bob Carroll
832:Dan Diamond
822:Nathan Ward
818:W. C. Heinz
784:Bob Carroll
750:Bob Carroll
740:Dan Diamond
706:Bob Carroll
702:Total 49ers
684:Bob Carroll
674:Bob Carroll
640:Bob Carroll
630:Bob Carroll
608:Pete Palmer
560:Stuart Shea
542:Mark Rucker
520:(reprint) (
510:John Huggan
496:Dan Diamond
478:Dan Diamond
454:Rick Reilly
432:(reprint) (
424:Dick Schaap
402:Pete Palmer
398:Bob Carroll
386:: A Novel (
383:Havana Heat
277:Mark Rucker
240:Dick Schaap
236:Henry Aaron
216:W. C. Heinz
189:Rick Reilly
115:Dan Diamond
111:Sean Lahman
103:Bob Carroll
99:Pete Palmer
64:Park Avenue
1165:Categories
987:References
964:Don Zimmer
900:John Thorn
884:David Neft
866:John Thorn
850:David Neft
808:John Thorn
792:David Neft
774:John Thorn
758:David Neft
730:John Thorn
714:David Neft
696:John Thorn
692:David Neft
664:John Thorn
648:David Neft
604:John Thorn
522:Peter Gent
506:Hank Haney
420:Hank Aaron
406:John Thorn
376:Peter King
328:Mike Brehm
220:Peter Gent
193:Peter King
185:Don Zimmer
62:office on
35:Thorn and
25:John Thorn
1152:ABE Books
676:, et al.)
592:3rd Ed. (
446:, et al.)
434:Lee Allen
224:Lee Allen
161:, or the
60:Manhattan
48:KOZ, Inc.
1080:CNET.com
1001:About Us
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