Professor Ethan Scheiner's book Freedom to Win has been nominated and shortlisted for the 43rd Annual Northern California Book Award (NCBA) in General Nonfiction, as one of the best works by a northern California author published in 2023. Professor Scheiner is one of just 5 finalists, along with bestselling author Michael Lewis. Freedom to Win tells the captivating story of how, during the height of the Cold War, politics played out in the hockey rink between the underdog team from Czechoslovakia and the juggernaut team from the Soviet Union.