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“john lombardo”

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  • A Fire to Win

    The Life and Times of Woody Hayes

    by John Lombardo ...
    A Fire to Win is an honest and revealing biography of Woody Hayes, a man who ranks in the pantheon of football coaches.Woody Hayes is one of the greatest football coaches in history—and one of the most fascinating. More than a brilliant coach, he was a complicated, contradictory man. The former history teacher would tout the ideals of democracy yet run his football empire as an absolute monarchy. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • The Junction Boys

    How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team

    by Jim Dent ...
    The true story of Paul "Bear" Bryant's 1954 Texas A&M football training camp, and the courage, determination and sheer guts it brought out of one team.Now a television movie produced by ESPN, starring Tom Berenger."I heard the story of the Junction Boys from gene Stallings when he was on my staff with the Cowboys. Those guys were some of the toughest to ever play the game. Jim Dent has really ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Never Give Up

    My Stroke, My Recovery, and My Return to the NFL

    by Tedy Bruschi ...
    "Tedy gives you something to believe in. Whether we're winning or losing, he holds his head high, and he knows himself and handles himself so well, others can't help but follow him. The way he practices and plays forces you to become a better teammate; the way he demands hustle and toughness forces you to become a better leader; and the way he carries himself inspires you to become a better person ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Courage Beyond the Game

    The Freddie Steinmark Story

    by Jim Dent, Mack Brown ...
    Jim Dent, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Junction Boys, returns with a powerful Texas story which transcends college football, displaying the courage and determination of one of the game's most valiant players.Freddie Steinmark was a small but scrappy young man when he arrived at the University of Texas in 1967. A tenacious competitor, Freddie became UT's star safety ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tracking the Hooligans

    The History of Football Violence on the UK Rail Network

    by Michael Layton, Alan Pacey ...
    ‘On an average Saturday, some thirty trains carried police escorts of between two and eight officers. Officers sometimes reached the destination with their uniforms soiled with spittle, and other filth, burnt with cigarette ends, or slashed.’ Charting the history of violent acts committed by football hooligans on the British rail network and London Underground, numerous retired police officers ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Junior Seau

    The Life and Death of a Football Icon

    by Jim Trotter ...
    This intimate biography of the NFL icon by a veteran sports reporter sheds light on his singular life and the controversy surrounding his tragic death.Tiaina Baul "Junior" Seau is widely considered to be among the best linebackers in NFL history, a ten-time All-Pro, a twelve-time Pro Bowl selection, and a first-ballot entrant into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But in 2012, just two years after ... Read more

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  • The Rookie Handbook

    How to Survive the First Season in the NFL

    by Ryan Kalil, Jordan Gross, Geoff Hangartner, Matt Stevens ...
    Congratulations, you just got drafted into the NFL. Now what?Here’s what’s ahead of you: rigorous training, complicated playbooks, financial conundrums, intense pressure to perform—and temptation. Welcome to the big leagues.Informative, smart, funny, and beautifully illustrated, The Rookie Handbook has everything NFL rookies need to know to survive their first season of pro football, straight from ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Game of My Life Washington Redskins

    Memorable Stories of Redskins Football

    by Tom Mackie ...
    Series series Game of My Life
    Several prominent players who have worn the legendary Redskins’ helmet share their fondest single-game experience and memories. Sam Huff, Billy Kilmer, Larry Brown, Pat Fischer, Len Hauss, Mike Bass, Roy Jefferson, Ron McDole, Ken Houston, Diron Talbert, Don Bosseler, “Bullet” Bill Dudley, Joe Jacoby, Rick Walker, Joe Washington, Jeff Bostic, Joe Theismann, Ken Harvey, Mike Nelms, Doug Williams, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Football and Literature in South America

    by David Wood ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sports History
    South America is a region that enjoys an unusually high profile as the origin of some of the world’s greatest writers and most celebrated footballers. This is the first book to undertake a systematic study of the relationship between football and literature across South America. Beginning with the first football poem published in 1899, it surveys a range of texts that address key issues in the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Cheating Is Encouraged

    A Hard-Nosed History of the 1970s Raiders

    by Mike Siani, Kristine Setting Clark ...
    Straight from the mouths of the legends of the Silver and Black, Cheating Is Encouraged recapitulates the many as infamous stories from the last team to play outlaw” football.Regardless of whether you loved or hated them, the Oakland Raiders of the 1970s were an amusing cast of outlaws, misfits, and anomalies that made up one of the greatest pro football teams of their era. The Raiders’ roster ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Tales from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline

    A Collection of the Greatest Ravens Stories Ever Told

    by Tom Matte ...
    Series series Tales from the Team
    Tales from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline examines the history of the Baltimore football franchise since their move from Cleveland to Baltimore in 1996. The book chronicles how the team built itself into the champions of Super Bowl XXXV with what many believe to have been the National Football League's best defense of all time. Former Baltimore football great Tom Matte also details how Ray Lewis ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Game-Day Gangsters

    Crime and Deviance in Canadian Football

    by Curtis Fogel ...
    In the complicated interaction between sport and law, much is revealed about the perception and understanding of consent and tolerable deviance. When a football player steps onto the field, what deviations from the rules of the game are considered acceptable? And what risks has the player already accepted by voluntarily participating in the sport? In the case of Canadian football, acts of on-field ... Read more

    $17.99 USD