Résultats pour "Slam" dans Biographies et mémoires

Bethanie Mattek-Sands burst onto the professional tennis scene at fourteen and rose to fame in singles and doubles by mixing her rock-star style with grit, guts, and moxie. But behind her bold personality and charismatic play was a life in constant upheaval and a career shaped by inner battles as well as titles and trophies.

For many of us, it’s playing softball with friends, under the lights, a cooler of beer in the dugout. In the late 1980s, author Rich Cohen, then a senior in high school, assembled a team of ne’er-do-wells - gear heads, burnouts, goof balls, and the possibly gifted - to compete in what Cohen considered the best 12-Inch softball league in the Lower 48. Think Field of Dreams, but, instead of a cornfield in Iowa, these games were played behind a grade school in Glencoe, Illinois, on Chicago’s North Shore.

Burke Masters had the perfect game plan for his life: he was going to become a Major League Baseball player. As a star infielder for Mississippi State with a game-winning grand slam to help his team reach the College World Series, he was well on his way to the career of his dreams. But little did he know that his life-changing call would not be from a recruiter to join the Major Leagues—it would be from God to become a priest.

WINNER OF THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARD GOLF BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 “A captivating tale.” —Kirkus Reviews “Masterful.” —Mark Frost “The rare must-read.” —Alan Shipnuck “This book is truly as grand as it gets.” —Jim Nantz Twenty-five years ago, Tiger...

SLAM THE SCAM is an information podcast teaching people about scammers and hackers and how to avoid falling for one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dublin Story Slam Podcast is a collection of short personal and true stories recorded at our monthly open mic competitive storytelling night in Dublin. Each month ordinary Dubliners get up and share extraordinary stories inspired by a different theme each night and battle it out for a place in our Grand Slam final. Big & small, funny & sad, inspiring and compelling, we choose the best stories for our Podcast that will lift your heart and hopefully bring a smile to your day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Die Zeit ist reif für einen Podcast zum Tagebuch Slam: “Mein Tagebuch, ich + …” Was ist eigentlich ein Tagebuch Slam? 
Bei einem Tagebuch Slam lesen mutige Teilnehmer*innen vor Publikum aus ihren original Jugendtagebüchern vor und begeistern damit das Publikum. Dieses Format wurde erstmals am 05. April 2013 von Diana Köhle in Wien ins Leben gerufen. Bisher hat sie in ganz Österreich 208 Tagebuch Slams veranstaltet. Mit 471 unterschiedlichen Kandidat*innen, ja auch Männer haben Tagebuch geschrieben, sie geben es nur seltener zu. Der Podcast mit denen, die Tagebuch geschrieben haben...