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Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL
Richard S. Jones · NYU Press Format: Hardcover |
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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Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
Peter Guralnick · Little Brown and Company Pages: 784 Format: Hardcover |
The author of the critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biography Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records. |
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unPHILtered: The Way I See It
Phil Robertson · Howard Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
The beloved patriarch of AEs Duck Dynasty series, Phil Robertson, shares his thoughtful—and opinionated—philosophy on life. In Phil Robertsons 1 New York Times bestseller, Happy, Happy, Happy, we learned about Phils colorful past and the wild road to becoming the beloved patriarch of AEs smash... |
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Pete Rose: An American Dilemma
Kostya Kennedy · Little Brown & Co Pages: 341 Format: Hardcover |
"Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about sport--Liebling, Angell--it qualifies as stirring literature. I'd read Kennedy no matter what he writes about." --Richard FordPete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst... |
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Facing Mariano Rivera: Players Recall the Greatest Relief Pitcher Who Ever Lived
David Fischer · Perseus Distribution Services Pages: 275 Format: Print book |
The all-time career leader in saves, with 652, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Since taking over the closer's role for the New York Yankees in 1997, until his retirement in 2013, Rivera saved 30 or more games in every season but one. In addition,... |
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Turning the Black Sox White: The Misunderstood Legacy of Charles A. Comiskey
Tim Hornbaker · Sports Publishing; 1st edition Format: Hardcover |
Charles Albert The Old Roman” Comiskey was a larger-than-life figurea man who had precision in his speech and who could work a room with handshakes and smiles. While he has been vilified in film as a rotund cheapskate and the driving force, albeit unknowingly, behind the actions... |
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Rozelle: A Biography
Jerry Izenberg · University of Nebraska Press Format: Hardcover |
Rozelle chronicles the life and times of the architect of the modern National Football League, Pete Rozelle, who transformed football into arguably the most successful sports league in the world. While he was never considered a serious candidate for the job of NFL commissioner early on, the position... |
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