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The Glory Game - How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever (Paperback): Frank Gifford, Peter Richmond The Glory Game - How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever (Paperback)
Frank Gifford, Peter Richmond
R345 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

In 1958 Frank Gifford was the golden boy on the glamour team in the most celebrated city in the NFL. When his New York Giants played the Baltimore Colts for the league championship that year, it became the single most memorable contest in the history of professional football. Its drama, excitement, and controversy riveted the nation and helped propel football to the forefront of the American sports landscape. Now Hall of Famer and longtime television analyst Frank Gifford provides an inside-the-helmet account that will take its place in the annals of sports literature.

Soccer Drills - A 100 Soccer Drills to Improve Your Skills, Strategies and Secrets (Hardcover): Chest Dugger Soccer Drills - A 100 Soccer Drills to Improve Your Skills, Strategies and Secrets (Hardcover)
Chest Dugger
R833 Discovery Miles 8 330 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Football - Football Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Football Player (Hardcover): Ace McCloud Football - Football Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Football Player (Hardcover)
Ace McCloud
R529 R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Abide With Me (Hardcover): Ian Ayris Abide With Me (Hardcover)
Ian Ayris
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Holy Smokes! - Golden Guidance from Notre Dame's Championship Chaplain (Hardcover): Paul Dykewicz Holy Smokes! - Golden Guidance from Notre Dame's Championship Chaplain (Hardcover)
Paul Dykewicz
R680 Discovery Miles 6 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Football in American Society - Fandom and the Dallas Cowboys (Hardcover): Jose Martinez Football in American Society - Fandom and the Dallas Cowboys (Hardcover)
Jose Martinez
R2,527 Discovery Miles 25 270 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Football effects the lives of many in substantial ways. This book first addresses the notion that this is "merely entertainment." The significance of why football emerged atypically in Texas is discussed as well as what this portends for American society. Unsurprisingly, Texan disparities in income and racial segregation dissolved in the mirage that all people are equal at game time as spectators. Major institutions such as the military additionally mesh with the ethos of pro football in various ways. The marked regional rivalries of the Dallas Cowboys are emblematic in a society of other polarizations, including political, racial, and gender conflicts. What is needed are substantive and constructive approaches to societal problems instead of ongoing destructive palliatives.

Fame - Russell Wilson (Hardcover): Angel Bernuy Fame - Russell Wilson (Hardcover)
Angel Bernuy; Michael Frizell; Edited by Darren Davis
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Rising Tide - Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter (Paperback): Randy Roberts, Ed Krzemienski Rising Tide - Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter (Paperback)
Randy Roberts, Ed Krzemienski
R408 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R21 (5%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

"The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime."
During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear Bryant and Joe Namath-two of the most iconic and controversial figures in American sports-changed the game of college football forever. Brilliantly and urgently drawn, this is the gripping account of how these two very different men-Bryant a legendary coach in the South who was facing a pair of ethics scandals that threatened his career, and Namath a cocky Northerner from a steel mill town in Pennsylvania-led the Crimson Tide to a national championship.
To Bryant and Namath, the game was everything. But no one could ignore the changes sweeping the nation between 1961 and 1965-from the Freedom Rides to the integration of colleges across the South and the assassination of President Kennedy. Against this explosive backdrop, Bryant and Namath changed the meaning of football. Their final contest together, the 1965 Orange Bowl, was the first football game broadcast nationally, in color, during prime time, signaling a new era for the sport and the nation.
Award-winning biographer Randy Roberts and sports historian Ed Krzemienski showcase the moment when two thoroughly American traditions-football and Dixie-collided. A compelling story of race and politics, honor and the will to win, RISING TIDE captures a singular time in America. More than a history of college football, this is the story of the struggle and triumph of a nation in transition and the legacy of two of the greatest heroes the sport has ever seen.

The Blind Side - Evolution of a Game (Paperback): Michael Lewis The Blind Side - Evolution of a Game (Paperback)
Michael Lewis
R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 In Stock

When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability, his blind side.

My Winning Seasons - Discovering the Champion Within (Hardcover): Joe Crochet My Winning Seasons - Discovering the Champion Within (Hardcover)
Joe Crochet
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Cleveland Browns History (Paperback): Frank M Henkel Cleveland Browns History (Paperback)
Frank M Henkel
R557 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

There was little fanfare when Art "Mickey" McBride flew into Chicago in 1945 to purchase a professional football team for Cleveland. But that act set in motion a tradition that has brought the city of Cleveland together on Sunday afternoons for (most of) the sixty years to follow. Cleveland Browns History is the story of championship seasons, legendary coaches, and Hall of Fame players. Coach Paul Brown led his teams to seven league title games in their first 17 seasons. Running backs Marion Motley, Jim Brown, and Leroy Kelley each rushed over opposing defenses and
straight into Canton, Ohio, along with fellow Browns like Otto Graham, Ozzie Newsome, and Len Ford. The "Kardiac Kids" in 1980 had too many nail-biters for some fans, but won the AFC Central in typical fashion -- by three points in the final game of the season. All these stories, plus those of the many unsung heroes to don the NFL's only logo-less helmet, fill the pages of this book, sure to delight any Cleveland Browns fan.

Go Blue Devils! - A History of Plattsmouth High School Football, 1893-1979 (Hardcover): Jim Elworth Go Blue Devils! - A History of Plattsmouth High School Football, 1893-1979 (Hardcover)
Jim Elworth
R1,152 R995 Discovery Miles 9 950 Save R157 (14%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Plattsmouth, Nebraska lies at the confluence of the Platte and Missouri rivers. The people of Plattsmouth are proud of their small town's rich history, of their strength and determination as a community. They also share something that larger towns cannot, something that for generations has helped unite them and shape their very lives. What they share is a community-wide excitement on fall Friday nights, the rush of a close game, the heartbreaking losses, the exhilaration of a big win - what they share is the Plattsmouth Blue Devils.

" Go Blue Devils : A History of Plattsmouth High School Football, 1893 -1979," by former Plattsmouth resident Jim Elworth, presents a one-of-a-kind account of a high school football team and the town that has rallied around it for more than one hundred years. Elworth's comfortable and at times humorous prose brings us season after season of game-day excitement, rendered in detail from years of researching and writing.

But "Go Blue Devils " is more than a story of game scores. It is a history of accomplished, hard working, down-to-earth townspeople. It is a history of the town itself, told through the exploits of local boys giving their all on the fields of sport. It is a story of those local boys inspiring their community and going on to live rich, positive and valuable lives.

Tainted Glory - Marshall University, the NCAA, and One Man's Fight for Justice (Hardcover): B. David Ridpath Tainted Glory - Marshall University, the NCAA, and One Man's Fight for Justice (Hardcover)
B. David Ridpath
R728 R652 Discovery Miles 6 520 Save R76 (10%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

In 1997, Dave Ridpath walked onto the campus of Marshall University as a sports-loving athletic administrator with a career on the rise. Less than five years later, Ridpath's quest to reform one of the most corrupt athletic departments in college sports, while simultaneously standing up to the behemoth governing body that is the NCAA, had all but destroyed that career. While serving as assistant athletic director for compliance and student services at Marshall University from 1997 through 2001, Ridpath unearthed violations of several NCAA rules. These violations included overt academic fraud and impermissible, booster-devised employment for members of the Marshall University football team-a team had taken the nation by storm because of its incredible success on the field. Ridpath now chronicles his experiences through this trying time in Tainted Glory: Marshall University, the NCAA, and One Man's Fight for Justice. Instead of being hailed as a conquering hero determined to clean up an outlaw program, Ridpath had the tables turned on him. He found himself out of a job when Marshall University and the NCAA determined that the path of least resistance would be to remove him rather than address the issues head-on. With this action, they hoped to avoid damaging the university, the athletic department, and the NCAA overall. This story is about more than the NCAA or Marshall University. It is about the state of the business of intercollegiate athletics told by someone on the inside who lived it-the good and the bad.

The Apache Gift - An Incredible Experience (Hardcover): Ed Sowash, Dale Flowers The Apache Gift - An Incredible Experience (Hardcover)
Ed Sowash, Dale Flowers
R492 R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Trojans 1962 - John McKay's First National Championship (Hardcover): Bill Block Trojans 1962 - John McKay's First National Championship (Hardcover)
Bill Block
R910 R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Save R111 (12%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

In 1962, following two losing seasons, Coach John McKay was fighting for his job. The 1962 team was undersized but smart quick and tough. Although underdogs in four games, including the Rose Bowl, the Trojans finished with an 11-0 record and defeated Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and become national champions. Although the 1962 Trojans were the least talented of Coach McKay's four national championship teams, their success enabled USC to once again become a football power. You'll meet the players from this team and learn about their joys and sorrows as well their successes and failures.

The team included tempestuous end "Prince" Hal Bedsole, who still holds USC's season and career records for most yards per reception. Fleet Willie Brown, whose clutch plays on offense and defense preserved an undefeated season. Fiery Trojan captain Marv Marinovich, whose athletic techniques have become legendary, and Fred Hill, whose daughter, Kim, became the inspiration for the Ronald McDonald House.

Metro Detroit's High School Football Rivalries (Hardcover): T. C. Cameron Metro Detroit's High School Football Rivalries (Hardcover)
T. C. Cameron
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Metro Detroit's High School Basketball Rivalries (Hardcover): T. C. Cameron Metro Detroit's High School Basketball Rivalries (Hardcover)
T. C. Cameron
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
My Motion Offense at 16 (Hardcover): Warren W Erdmann My Motion Offense at 16 (Hardcover)
Warren W Erdmann
R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An innovative and diverse football playbook can be the difference between winning and losing. In today's game, fresh and unpredictable plays are crucial, so it's vital to pick your plays from a wide and creative arsenal. Sixteen-year-old Warren Erdmann provides just that for coaches everywhere.

In "My Motion Offense at 16," Erdmann has compiled an original array of offensive plays based on a philosophy of spreading out the defense, using the entire field, keeping the play-calling simple, making the defense adjust to the offense, and using the team's strengths to exploit the opponents' weaknesses.

In explaining and diagramming each play, Erdmann clearly illustrates how to maximize the talent on the field and breaks down how a play capitalizes on the strengths of the offense and the weaknesses of the defense. In most of his plays, Erdmann emphasizes that seconds count, communication matters, and carefully orchestrating the eleven players on offense is critical to maximizing their talent and ultimately putting points on the scoreboard.

This ambitious book constructively uses terminology and diagrams to describe each play and its execution for coaches, players, and devoted fans. You will be impressed that a high school junior has devised so many interesting plays and has organized them so well to make your team successful on the football field.

Fan's View of the Super Bowl (R) (Hardcover): James E Britton Fan's View of the Super Bowl (R) (Hardcover)
James E Britton
R575 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

This story of Super Bowl 39 through the eyes of a loyal Patriots Fan is a narrative that details one devoted rooters quest to seek the ultimate Super Bowl encounter. This book fully describes what would be an exhilarating experience for anyone that wonders what it's like to go to the Super Bowl, regardless of which team they support. Even for those fans who were fortunate enough to get into the game, this book will surely help them encapsulize a fond and vivid memory. This book is dedicated to answering the question that any football devotee would truly like to know: "What's it like to be there?" This narrative provides that answer with a vicarious excursion, if you will, into one fans brush with glory following his favorite team to the contest that transcends all others in the world of sports: The Super Bowl

Tupande Kileleni - Let'S Climb to the Summit Together (Hardcover): Patrick Steenberge Tupande Kileleni - Let'S Climb to the Summit Together (Hardcover)
Patrick Steenberge
R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Road Warriors - From Worst to First (Hardcover): Terrieic Robbins Road Warriors - From Worst to First (Hardcover)
Terrieic Robbins; As told to Teneeka Robbins
R945 R848 Discovery Miles 8 480 Save R97 (10%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Yale's Ironmen - A Story of Football & Lives in the Decade of the Depression & Beyond (Hardcover): William N. Wallace Yale's Ironmen - A Story of Football & Lives in the Decade of the Depression & Beyond (Hardcover)
William N. Wallace
R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Princeton and Rutgers played the first game, in 1869. But it was at Yale where football evolved and no institution has a more meaty history of the sport. Yale was the first college to record 800 victories, that milestone reached in the year 2000. Sixty-six years before, a more significant triumph came unexpectedly to the Bulldogs on Princeton's field and from that contest emerged "Yale's Ironmen."

They were supposed to lose by at least three touchdowns to an undefeated opponent being touted as a Rose Bowl candidate. The eleven Yale starters played all 60 minutes, an uncommon feat never duplicated thereafter in major college football.

The game was played against the background of the Depression. Yet Princeton's Palmer Stadium was full that warm November afternoon for the first time in six years. 'I guess people wanted to get their minds off their troubles," said the Yale quarterback, Jerry Roscoe, who threw the winning touchdown pass to Larry Kelley, the latter the first winner of the Heisman Trophy.

How did this game, this success, affect the lives of those eleven men of iron? Who were they? What happened, as World War II descended and snared them?

Awaken the Baller Within - If You Want to Win, Start Within (Hardcover): Ahmard Moore Vital Awaken the Baller Within - If You Want to Win, Start Within (Hardcover)
Ahmard Moore Vital
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Fourth Down and Long - Everything Is Possible When You Believe (Hardcover): Tony Lotti Fourth Down and Long - Everything Is Possible When You Believe (Hardcover)
Tony Lotti
R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As children, we all believe that one day we can reach that impossible dream. Most people don't fulfill their childhood dreams because they stop believing in themselves. "Fourth Down and Long" is an inspirational look at one man's desire to reach his goals--despite life's adversity.

From the time he was a small boy, author Tony Lotti dreamed of being a collegiate All-American football player and one day playing in the rough-and-tumble world of the National Football League. Despite a serious car accident, followed by emergency appendectomy surgery, nothing could compete with Lotti's desire to achieve those dreams.

Inspired by his faith and family, Lotti remains steadfast through the ups and downs of life. No matter what your profession or status in life, "Fourth Down and Long" will encourage you to never give up on your dreams or the search for happiness--no matter how impossible it seems.

Syracuse University Football (Hardcover): Scott Pitoniak Syracuse University Football (Hardcover)
Scott Pitoniak
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
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