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  • Fight for Old DC

    George Preston Marshall, the Integration of the Washington Redskins, and the Rise of a New NFL

    by Andrew O'Toole ...
    In 1932 laundry-store tycoon George Preston Marshall became part owner of the Boston Braves franchise in the National Football League. To separate his franchise from the baseball team, he renamed it the Redskins in 1933 and then in 1937 moved his team to Washington DC, where the team won two NFL championships over the next decade. But it was off the field that Marshall made his lasting impact. An ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Sweet William

    The Life of Billy Conn

    by Andrew O'Toole ...
    Series series Sport and Society
    An Irish working-class hero of Pittsburgh, Billy Conn captured hearts through his ebullient personality, stellar boxing record, and good looks. A light heavyweight boxing champion best remembered for his sensational near-defeat of heavyweight champion Joe Louis in 1941, Conn is still regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time. Andrew O'Toole chronicles the boxing, Hollywood, and army ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Strangers in the Bronx

    DiMaggio, Mantle, and the Changing of the Yankee Guard

    by Andrew O'Toole ...
    Rare is the athlete who captures the imagination of a generation. In Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, sports culture had two such figures. Undoubtedly, DiMaggio and Mantle are two of the most revered names in baseball literature. However, there is one particular moment that has been overlooked by baseball historians and writers: the 1951 pennant-winning New York Yankees team—DiMaggio's last year ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Games That Changed the Game

    The Evolution of the NFL in Seven Sundays

    by Ron Jaworski, David Plaut, Greg Cosell ...
    Professional football in the last half century has been a sport marked by relentless innovation. For fans determined to keep up with the changes that have transformed the game, close examination of the coachingfootage is a must. In The Games That Changed the Game, Ron Jaworski—pro football’s #1 game-tape guru—breaks down the film from seven of the most momentous contests of the last fifty years, ... Read more

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  • The Catch

    One Play, Two Dynasties, and the Game That Changed the NFL

    by Gary Myers ...
    How many great catches have there been in the history of the NFL? Hundreds? Thousands? Mention "The Catch,"though, and fans will think of only one: Joe Montana to Dwight Clark, the NFC Championship game, the Dallas Cowboys vs. the San Francisco 49ers, January 10, 1982. It changed the game and The Game. This is the story of the pieces that fell into place to allow it to happen and what it meant to ... Read more

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  • When the Game Stands Tall

    The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak

    by Neil Hayes, John Madden ...
    De La Salle High School in Concord, California, is home to perhaps the greatest dynasty in sports history. At age 23, Coach Bob Ladouceur launched a legend, "The Streak," with no teaching or head-coaching experience, and with his teams amassed the highest winning percentage in all of football history with 138 consecutive victories. This book takes readers behind the scenes, closely following ... Read more

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  • Namath: A Biography

    by Mark Kriegel ...
    In between Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan there was Joe Namath, one of the few sports heroes to transcend the game he played. Novelist and former sports-columnist Mark Kriegel’s bestselling biography of the iconic quarterback details his journey from steel-town pool halls to the upper reaches of American celebrity—and beyond. The first of his kind, Namath enabled a nation to see sports as show biz. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The First America's Team

    The 1962 Green Bay Packers

    by Bob Berghaus ...
    The 1962 Green Bay Packers are still considered one of the most dominating teams in the history of the National Football League. In 2007, when the New England Patriots were trying to become the first team to go unbeaten during a 16-game season and win the Super Bowl, there were many stories written about their place in history, and the '62 Packers were always listed among the top three teams of ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • MIKE FREE Book on Clever Sports Comics

    by MIKE - aka Mike Raffone ...
    Series series MIKE's FREE Sports Comic Book Series
    Combine sports and laughter, and, boom! You’ve got a home run, a slam dunk, a hat trick, a perfect 10, a Gatorade victory bath and a touch down celebration all in one.This FREE sports comic book does just that.It’s designed to make you laugh about the funny, crazy and sometimes ridiculous ways we describe the athletes, coaches, plays, events and other elements we love about sports.The 25 comics in ... Read more

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  • The Yucks

    Two Years in Tampa with the Losingest Team in NFL History

    by Jason Vuic ...
    Friday Night Lights meets The Bad News Bears in “a brisk, warmhearted reminder of how professional sports can occasionally reach stunning unprofessional depths” (Publishers Weekly): the first two seasons with the worst team in NFL history, the hapless, hilarious, and hopelessly winless 1976–1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Long before their first Super Bowl victory in 2003, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Born to be a Baggie

    A West Bromwich Albion Supporter’s 50-Year Odyssey

    by Dean Walton ...
    ‘What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Bowled Over

    Big-Time College Football from the Sixties to the BCS Era

    by Michael Oriard ...
    In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard — who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame — explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete.Oriard considers such issues as the politicization of football in the 1960s and the implications of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD