Rick Telander: 4 books
Like a Rose
Life Lessons from a Training Camp with Hank Stram and the Kansas City Chiefs
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
More than thirty years ago, acclaimed author and Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Rick Telander was drafted out of Northwestern University by a Kansas City Chiefs team filled with future Pro Football Hall of Famers and coached by the legendary Hank Stram. In 2004, Telander found the tattered, spiral-bound...
Heaven Is a Playground
4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Heaven Is a Playground was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball. Rick Telander, a photojournalist and former high school basketball player, spent part of the summer of 1973 and all of the summer of 1974 in Brooklyn living the playground life with his subjects at Foster...
The '85 Bears
We Were the Greatest
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The ’85 Bears: We Were the Greatest is Coach Mike Ditka’s memoir of a season Chicago will never forget and opponents would rather erase from their minds. Packed with unforgettable behind-the-scenes stories and exhilarating moments including the dominating win over the Patriots in Super Bowl XX,...
The '85 Bears
We Were the Greatest
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The ultimate record of a great franchise’s greatest season as told by none other than Da Coach himself
In Ditka’s own words, this 30th anniversary volume of The ’85 Bears is packed with special features that make it the ultimate must-have treasure for every Bears fan. This updated edition...