Winner: North American Society for Sport History AwardNotable Title in American Intellectual History, Society for United States Intellectual HistoryAward of Superior Achievement, Illinois Historical SocietyThe quarterback sends his wide receiver deep.
In this lively history of Southern California football, Steven Travers makes the case that under coach Pete Carroll (54-10), the Trojans have overtaken Notre Dame as the greatest ever collegiate tradition.
Owner of one of the most successful semi-pro football teams in the country, Leo Lyons attended the National Football League's organizational meeting in Canton, Ohio, along with George Halas, Jim Thorpe, Carl Storck, Ralph Hay and a handful of other visionaries, and is recognized as a founding father of the league.
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative criteria.
In The Boys from Old Florida, Buddy Martin takes the reader beneath the surface of Florida football as, without bias or sugar coating, he skillfully excavates the truths behind The Gator Nation.
Out of the hundreds of players that have toiled at Metropolitan Stadium and the Metrodome, this collection celebrates only the 50 greatest-the Minnesota Vikings who stood head and shoulders above their peers.
In this gripping memoir, perfect for true crime fans, former San Francisco 49er Kermit Alexander recounts his thirty-year-journey to redemption after the brutal and senseless murder of his family in South Central Los Angeles.
Joe Drape's Our Boys tells an inspiring portrait of the extraordinary high-school football team whose quest for perfection sustains its hometown in the heartlandThe football team in Smith Center, Kansas, has won sixty-seven games in a row, the nation's longest high-school winning streak.
One fall night in TK, Steve Sabol of NFL Films answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim "e;Rosso"e; Rossovich, standing there literally on fire.
Chris Spielman, an Ohio State football legend and a four-time NFL Pro Bowl linebacker, didn't tackle his toughest opponent until his playing career was almost over.
How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread will set bettors on a confidence-building path lined with high-priority realities which for decades have flown under the typical football bettor's radar.
Having played his entire career for the Green Bay Packers for the better part of a decade, Paul Hornung's collection of memorabilia and photographs span a large and important section of Packers history.
Winner: North American Society for Sport History AwardNotable Title in American Intellectual History, Society for United States Intellectual HistoryAward of Superior Achievement, Illinois Historical SocietyThe quarterback sends his wide receiver deep.
Big television contracts in the 1960s created the Super Bowl, as well as the 1970 merger of the National Football League with the pass-oriented American Football League.
Am Anfang war The Catch: Mit dem wohl berühmtesten Pass der NFL-Geschichte auf Dwight Clark veränderte Joe Montana im Januar 1982 das Schicksal der San Francisco 49ers.
To most NFL fans, Dick LeBeau is known as a football lifer, Pro Football Hall of Fame member, and mastermind behind the revolutionary zone blitz defense.
This thorough examination of the 1963 NFL Championship chronicles the trials and triumphs of Chicago's historically most neglected champions against the economic, social, legal and human-interest backdrop of professional football in the 1960s.
The 50 Greatest Players in Denver Broncos History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the National Football League's most successful franchises.
An essential story of understated courage, the lasting power of a name, and the battle to honor a pioneering legacy On the eve of his second varsity football game for the Iowa State Cyclones, Jack Trice wrote in a letter, "e;The honor of my race, family and self are at stake.
