The switch to Aussie rules by the Irish Gaelic football player. How he left his country and his move to the Melbourne Football Club and also his Brownlow Medal win.
Sports Stories
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Auteur:STYNES, JimSommaire: -
Auteur:John GrishamSommaire:Cut from the Cleveland Browns after the worst performance in the history of the NFL, Rick Dockery, desperate to play football, is hired by the Panthers of Parma, Italy, and finds himself confronted by the confusing diversity of Italian...
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Auteur:ADAMS, TimSommaire:Full of smart observation and observed digression.
- Auteur:STOCKS, GarySommaire:
Chris Lewis played more than 200 games in his football career and will be remembered as one of the most outstanding footballers of the 1990s. He is one of the best players to emerge from Western Australia and a role model for...
- Auteur:COMETTI, DennisSommaire:
Recognised by his velvet voice, and highly respected for his informed, unbiased and entertaining commentary on Australian Rules Football, Dennis Cometti has become an accidental cult figure after thirty-odd years in sportscasting.
- Auteur:Battle, CraigSommaire:
It's a new summer at Camp Avalon--which Mack and his friends still affectionately call Camp Average. After last season's big baseball victory, camp director Winston wants to continue the winning streak. So he's launched a competitive...
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Auteur:Battle, CraigSommaire:"Camp Average is a middle-grade novel that tells the story of a group of 11-year-old boys sharing Cabin 10 at a six-week summer sports camp for boys. The actual name of the place is Camp Avalon, but the kids call it Camp Average,...
- Auteur:Grisham, JohnSommaire:
The careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths.
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Auteur:Peirce, LincolnSommaire:Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.
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Auteur:Mochizuki, KenSommaire:A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
- Auteur:BARASSI, RonSommaire:
Ron Barassi is one of the gladiators of Australian sport. He is revered for his passion for Australia's great football code, his fierce tenacity, grit, loyalty and absolute determination to win.
