Start with high-confidence sports photography books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Times Olympic Moments: 100 Epic Highlights From the History of the Summer Olympics
John Goodbody, The Times
Who Shot Sports
Gail Buckland
Stone Nudes
Dean Fidelman
I Heard There Were No Waves in New Jersey
Danny Dimauro, Johan Kugelberg
Courtside
Nathaniel Butler, Dave McMenamin
Threads of Triumph
McKenzie Mitchell
Surf Tribe
Stephan Vanfleteren