The Cleveland Barons should never have existed. Born when the National Hockey League's California Golden Seals-another team that should never have existed-were transplanted to Cleveland in 1976 and greeted with apathy by the dwindling number of hockey fans in northeastern Ohio, the Barons were an embarrassment to the city and to the NHL. The only thing the team had going for them was the state-of-the-art arena they played in, which was all but empty for nearly every game they played. This book chronicles the Barons' two regrettable seasons-a case study in what happens when an ill-conceived professional sports team created in an expansion splurge is moved, in an effort to save it, to a city that doesn't really want it.

The book chronicles almost 300 in-season changes of managers in the major leagues since 1900. It elaborates on the circumstances that led to the change, whether it was a firing or a resignation and includes, in many cases, remarks of the dismissed manager, the manager who replaced him, and the executive (owner or general manager) who orchestrated the change in managers. It then examines how the team fared after the change. The purpose of the book is to study the effects of the changes. How many had a positive impact, how many had a negative impact, and how many had little if any impact on the team's won-lost record.

The book is the day by day story of the 1954 Indians, whose .721 winning percentage is still the highest in American League history. It tells how down the city of Cleveland was on the team following three straight second place finishes, how little was expected of it by its fans, and even some of its players, and how it exceeded all expectations by winning a league-record 111 games and a pennant, before flopping in the World Series.

During the Cleveland Indians' checkered 110-year history, only two of its teams have brought home baseball's ultimate prize. While the 1948 team continues to be revered by Clevelanders, little has been written about the 1920 team that won the city's first pennant and World Series. Few, if any, World Series championship teams faced as much adversity as did the 1920 Cleveland Indians. Among the obstacles they faced during the season were the death of their star pitcher's wife in May; the shadow of the Chicago ""Black Sox"" scandal; and the tragic deadly beaning of shortstop Ray Chapman, the only fatal injury ever sustained by a major league player on the field of play. This chronicle of that incredible season highlights an overlooked chapter in history of one of baseball's most beloved underdogs.

According to the National Football League, the 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only undefeated, untied Super Bowl champions. But pro football's first undefeated championship team was crowned in 1948, when the Cleveland Browns won their third straight All-America Football Conference title with a record of 15 victories, no losses and no ties. They were led by Hall of Fame head coach Paul Brown, whose methods revolutionized the game and influenced every coach who followed. On the field, the '48 Browns' roster featured six future Hall of Famers, including Marion Motley and Bill Willis, who broke pro football's color barrier with the first snap of the 1946 season.

This book tells the story of the All-America Football Conference, which was the only challenger to the NFL (except for the American Football League of the 1960s) to survive more than two seasons in competition with the established league. It takes a brief look at all of the NFL's challengers (and would-be challengers) from 1926-1945, and then explains how the All-America Conference overcame obstacles that proved too difficult for others and opened the season of 1946 with teams on the east coast, in the Midwest, on the west coast, and in the deep South, making it a truly "All-American" enterprise. The story of each season, and off-season, is told in detail. The AAFC ultimately failed to achieve its goal of a peaceful co-existence with the NFL, and to this day the establishment prefers to ignore its memory. But two of the AAFC's teams, the Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers, which we absorbed by the NFL in 1950, are still in business. The AAFC left behind four exciting seasons of football, some memorable games, and many great players, whose legacies shouldn't be buried beneath the sands of time.

This is the Full UK version of the popular young readers novel Pasha and the Lost Mountain. Have you ever imagined while looking at your pet, what if they had a secret life fighting evil magicians in a mystical world. For Tiffany and Peter no imagination was necessary. When they adopted Pasha and Harold they had no idea their lovable hounds had an inherited destiny to fulfill. A Destiny that would see them become warriors for a magical group of inter dimensional overseers looking out for the human race. When their pre-teen masters discover their secret life and magical powers things really get interesting. One things for sure. This globe-trotting high stakes adventure has plenty of bite. Filled with mystical characters and spells a plenty. Follow the warrior group as they battle to maintain the balance of good and evil in this imaginative first entry in the Pasha series.

A report on the seasons of excavation at the site of Duos Nuraghes in the Borore region of Sardinia. Chosen because it represented a non-elite, typical village settlement, rather than one of the large, impressive elite nuraghi that normally steal the limelight, Webster presents the evidence from the site. The structures uncovered represented a growth in the architectural complexity of Borore settlements through time and Webster speculates on the possible functions of the different building types.