Outstanding. Unbelievable. Mindblowing. A three-time All-Star, three-time All-NBA team selection, two-time All-Defensive member, and the 2009 Defensive Player of the Year, Howard has been ranked consistently as one of the best in the league in field goal percentage and rebounds, and has set numerous[...]

Matt Christopher, the number one sports writer for kids, profiles basketball superstar Michael Jordan, covering his childhood, college career, rookie years, professional career highlights, and his short stint in minor league baseball. This reissue features an update, following Jordan from his re-ent[...]

Jeff Gordon entered his first car race when he was only five years old, an age when most children are learning to ride a bike. From that time onward, he's been a champion in his chosen sport. From the quarter midget cars of his childhood, he moved on to go-carts, then sprint cars, and finally midget[...]

The Summer Olympics are chock full of epic athletic achievements across hundreds of disciplines, especially Track and Field, Gymnastics, and Swimming. These are the sports that gave us Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, Wilma Rudolph and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olga Korbut and Mary Lou Retton -- tremendous a[...]

Mark Goldstein starts taking kung fu lessons to help with his coordination and learns a few things about Chinese culture. When his friends decide to use a Chinese dragon for their "team costume" in the Halloween parade, Mark feels it is disrespectful. Illustrations.[...]

In the aftermath of Fear Itself, the eight mystical hammers that fell from the sky and empowered the Worthy are scattered across the globe - and Sin intends to reclaim them. But Asgardian warrior Valkyrie opposes the Red Skull's nihilistic daughter, planning to return the weapons to Asgard. As Sin a[...]