When superstar athlete Jim Thorpe and football legend Pop Warner met in 1904 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that...
Football
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Author:Hutchins, HazelSummary:TJ Barnes is back, playing with his crazy cats, T-Rex and Alaska, helping out in his parents' hardware store and goofing around with his best friend, Seymour. When Seymour announces that he has signed them both up for a football team,...
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Author:Wertheim, L. Jon, Moskowitz, Tobias J.Summary:Using the tips, truths, and stats, two dads pack super sports savvy and important math and financial concepts into a fun and heartwarming first novel for kids.
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Author:Arians, BruceSummary:A two-time Coach of the Year, Brian Arians has had a hand in developing more Pro Bowl quarterback than any coach in NFL history--from Peyton Manning to Ben Roethlisberger to Andrew Luck to Carson Palmer. If NFL quarterbacks are the...
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Author:Coleman, K. R.Summary:With talk of their high school shutting down for good, Busby and his best friend Anton know that it might be up to their football team to save the school. With such high stakes, is it worth it to ignore injuries and push through' Will a...
- Author:Lewis, MichaelSummary:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "Moneyball" and "Liar's poker" comes the story of a young man's rise to football stardom. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story...
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Author:Herbach, GeoffSummary:Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on boy with the nickname of "Squirrel Nut" to a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, his first love, and the...
- Author:Hautman, PeteSummary:
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence...
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Author:Deuker, CarlSummary:Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand...
- Author:Plimpton, GeorgeSummary:
George Plimpton was perhaps best known for PAPER LION, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit...
- Author:Day, ZuriSummary:
Curvaceous and wildly successful Dominique Clark is finally feeling in charge of her life--until she meets Jake McDonald, her son's gorgeous football coach. Their first encounter leads to several passionate nights, but out of the...
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Author:Cohen, JoshuaSummary:In a school where the football team rules, footballer Kurt and gymnast Danny form an unlikely friendship. When one of the gym team is viciously assaulted by the quarterback and his cronies, Kurt defends him, challenging the stereotypes...
- Author:Fainaru-Wada, MarkSummary:
Reveals how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, sought to cover up and deny mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage.Comprehensively, and for the first time, award-winning ESPN investigative...
- Author:Aberkan, NaïlaSummary:
Avec ses anecdotes, ses comparaisons, ses jeux et bien plus encore, ce volume de la collection Je sais tout t'apprendra tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur les origines du football, sur l'équipement nécessaire pour pratiquer...
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Author:Deuker, CarlSummary:Running back Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking into the open, and running free with nothing but green grass ahead. He has dreams of winning and of being the best. But football is a cruel sport....
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Author:Long, Howie, Czarnecki, JohnSummary:Tackle football basics in a day? Easy. If you've ever wanted to know the difference between a touchdown and a touchback, or how a running back's role differs from a linebacker's, this handy guide gets you up-to-speed in no time....
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Author:Haywood, CarolynSummary:Betsy and her fourth-grade friends discover football.
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Author:Almond, SteveSummary:In Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions:...
- Author:Williams, Mary J.Summary:
Welcome to the NFL.The Seattle Knights have the hottest players in the game. On and off the field.SECOND CHANCESLogan Price is getting a second chance.Claire Thornton is going to make sure it counts.Logan Price was living his dream....
- Author:Meyer, UrbanSummary:
Remarkable lessons in leadership and teambuilding from one of the greatest college football coaches of our timeIn only thirteen years as a head football coach, first at Bowling Green and then at Utah, Florida, and Ohio State, Urban...
