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Parcells: A Football Life
Nunyo Demasio · Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover |
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Bill Parcells may be the most iconic football coach of our time. During his decades-long tenure as an NFL coach, he turned failing franchises into contenders. He led the ailing New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories, turned the New England Patriots into an NFL powerhouse, reinvigorated... |
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Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre
Jeff Pearlman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Print book |
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From a New York Times best-selling author, the full, definitive biography of Brett Favre A towering figure on the field for two decades who breezed into the Hall of Fame, Brett Favre was one of the game's last cowboys, a fastball-throwing, tobacco-chewing gunslinger who refused to give... |
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The Comeback: LeBron, the Cavs & Cleveland
Terry Pluto · Gray & Company
Pages: 234
Format: Print book |
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This epic homecoming tale recounts one of the greatest Cleveland sports stories ever - how LeBron James and the Cavaliers took fans on a roller coaster ride from despair to hope and, finally, to glory as the 2016 NBA champions. Fans felt gut-punched in 2010 when local hero and MVP LeBron... |
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Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play
Thomas P. Oates · Indiana University Press
Format: Book |
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In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas P. Oates trace this development... |
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Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL
Richard S. Jones · NYU Press
Format: Hardcover |
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In January 2014, President Barack Obama made headlines when he confided to New Yorker reporter Davis Remnick that, if he had a son, he would discourage him from playing in the NFL. "I would not let my son play pro football," he told the writer. Obama's words came on the heels... |
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Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering
Maurice Isserman · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover |
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This magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself.In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally... |
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Tiger Legacy: Stories of Massillon Football
Gary Harwood · Daylight Community Arts F
Pages: 200
Format: Print book |
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Tiger Legacy: Stories of Massillon Football is a community storytelling project that includes images and first-person narratives of all those who contribute to the Massillon, Ohio, high school football experience: the players, the coaches and staff, the principal, members of the Tiger Swing... |
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Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl
Jase Robertson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 241
Format: Hardcover |
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The closer we look at the Robertson family, the more we discover the substance and authenticity below the surface of these well-known TV characters. In this enlightening book, Jase Robertson gives us a deep look behind his funnyman exterior. In addition to stories of life in the Robertson... |
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Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion
Missy Franklin · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making... |
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Concussion Inc.: The End of Football As We Know It
Irvin Muchnick · ECW Press
Format: Paperback |
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Inside the controversial and newsworthy issue of concussions in American football — Muchnick’s trademark no-holds-barred investigation reveals the corruption and scandals in real timeTraumatic brain injury in football is not incidental, but an inevitable and central aspect of the sport.... |
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Gun Digest Shooter's Guide To Shotgun Games
Nick Sisley · Gun Digest Books, an imprint of F W Media, Inc.
Pages: 251
Format: Print book |
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IN THIS INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE GAMES AND THE GUNS, YOU'LL FIND:Expert instruction and clay breaking how-toThe truth about shooting a moving targetExtensive coverage of the best shotguns for the gamesReloading tips for serious shootersWhether you want to improve your skills, find... |
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