Football category: 4223 books
Beyond Xs and Os
What I Learned About Friendship and Success from a College Football Legend
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Tom Berthel first met Hall of Fame football coach Hayden Fry when, in the mid-1980s, his investment firm, Berthel Fisher & Co., became a corporate sponsor of the University of Iowa Athletic Department. This business partnership not only helped Berthel Fisher establish a winning public image, but it...
Born Under a Union Flag
Rangers, the Union & Scottish Independence
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Born Under a Union Flag is a collection of contributions by a range of people from the worlds of football, politics, academia and literature. The book addresses a variety of tensions involved in Rangers Football Club and the Scottish independence debate. Harry Reid, for instance, offers an overview...
The 100-Yard War
Inside the 100-Year-Old Michigan-Ohio State Football Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
“A rough-and-tumble pop-culture look at the history of this storied game.”
--National Review Online
The 100-Yard War showcases two great football teams who want nothing more than to beat each other, celebrating their storied history and going behind the scenes with the players and the fans...
Glory Days
Memorable Games in Alabama Football History
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Providing detailed tales and anecdotes from the players and coaches responsible for some of the school’s greatest victories, Glory Days focuses on pivotal moments in Crimson Tide history. From the 1969 game against Ole Miss to the 1979 Sugar Bowl victory over Penn State during the team’s perfect...
Competitive Leadership
Twelve Principles for Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Brian Billick, who guided the Baltimore Ravens to victory in Super Bowl XXXV in only his second year as head coach, quickly earned a reputation as one of the best leaders and motivators in the ranks of the NFL. Creating what many football observers consider the all-time best defense, he led his team...
by Evan Woodbery
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Drawing insight from many former players, coaches, and others directly tied to the storied and revered football program of Auburn University, this resource for fans places firsthand accounts alongside essential team history for a one-of-a-kind guide to Tigers football. With more than a century of...
We Are Penn State
The Remarkable Journey of the 2012 Nittany Lions
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
No college football program has ever had to deal with the obstacles, hostility, and challenges encountered by the players and coaches of the 2012 Penn State Nittany Lions, and this book is an account of that unforgettable season in which the team rebounded from a disillusioning 0-2 start to surprise...
Echoes of Oklahoma Sooners Football
The Greatest Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Highlighting feature articles, profiles, and game stories of Oklahoma Sooners football—one of the most elite programs in collegiate sports—this nostalgic compilation details the history of the team. Remarkable coaches, great players, national championships, devoted fans, and memorable moments...
Buffalo Bills
The Complete Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Buffalo Bills: The Complete Illustrated History is the ultimate celebration of a beloved team, complete with photos, stats, and stories from a half century of Bills football. From its origins in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League to the latest season on the gridiron, the team...
by Jim Baker
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Think you know Buffalo Bills Football? Think again. It's time to find out how smart you really are about the Bills.
Anybody can tailgate, but can you make it through the whole game, playing in frozen Ralph Wilson Stadium, grinding it out in the chill of the Buffalo winter? Will you earn that...
Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Browns Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Ohio coaching legend Paul Brown said he wanted to create "the New York Yankees of pro football" when he assembled the Cleveland Browns from scratch in 1946. Despite his ambition, not even the future Hall of Fame coach could have foreseen ten league championship appearances and seven titles in the...
How to Win
Lessons from the Premier League
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
"I saw men under pressure. I saw men succeed and more men fail. I always wondered where the difference lay."
What separates the good from the truly great players? How do football managers get the best out of their team? How do you come back from a crushing defeat to win?
In...
Luton Town
The Non-League Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
LUTON TOWN, a top-flight club throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, suffered a catastrophic slide out of the Football League, helped on their way by stringent and controversial penalties imposed by the football authorities. After eighty-nine years among the elite, this well supported club found itself,...
Michigan Man
Jim Harbaugh and the Rebirth of Wolverines Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
All eyes and ears turned toward Ann Arbor in late 2014 when it was announced that Jim Harbaugh would be returning to the Big House as the new head coach of Michigan football. Now, Angelique Chengelis, longtime chronicler of the Wolverines for the Detroit News, gives the inside story on how exactly...