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The pro football season of 1963 was dominated by the unexpected. In April, months prior to the beginning of play, it was revealed that two All-Star players, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras, were gambling on the sport and would be suspended from play for at least a year. Even worse, in May, one of the...

Superkicks is a fun-filled, action-packed fiction series about a group of girls and boys who compete to join a very special football training programme —the Superkicks football programme. Organised by sports entrepreneur, Dr JJ Khan, the initiative aims to help young football geniuses achieve their dreams of becoming professional football players and coaches.

You don’t need instant replay to see how tasty these quick and easy football snacks will be. In just a few simple steps, you can make Touchdown Chili, Goal Post Guacamole, and much more. So grab your football helmet, and get in the kitchen! Snack time will never be the same.

Hot Shots FC is for children age 6-12 who want fun, fun, fun and football! It follows the adventures of Hat Trick Boy who wants nothing in more in life but to live, eat and sleep football. But trouble starts when Hat Trick Boy is selected to join the local side, Hammers FC, and his three best friends...

The greatness of a college football team is not measured only by win totals or championships won. It is not evaluated simply by the number of All-Americans that have graced its uniform. It is not judged merely by the passion of its fans. The finest programs in America boast all these attributes, and...

A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year NCAA football is big business. Every Saturday millions of people file into massive stadiums or tune in on television as "athlete-students" give everything they've got to make their team a success. Billions of dollars now flow into the game....

When Jon Gruden asks his Tampa Bay Bucs, "Do you love football?!" it's to remind them why they pull on their shoulder pads every Sunday morning. It's not about the money or the fame; it's about their passion for what they do. And passion is something that has fueled Gruden's entire...

It’s difficult to imagine today—when the Super Bowl has virtually become a national holiday and the National Football League is the country’s dominant sports entity—but pro football was once a ramshackle afterthought on the margins of the American sports landscape. In the span of a single...

The New York Times Bestseller Endzone tells the story of how college football's most successful, richest and respected program almost lost all three in less than a decade - and entirely of its own doing. It is a story of hubris, greed, and betrayal - a tale more suited to Wall Street than the...

Today's NFL fans have more viewing options than ever before. Each and every week, football addicts plant themselves in front of big-screen, high-definition TVs and watch the game they love unfold via slow-motion replays and multiple camera angles, pausing and fast-forwarding the action on their DVRs...

Fantasy Football for Smart People: Daily Fantasy Pros Reveal Their Money-Making Secrets is the first book to truly dig deep inside the minds of daily fantasy football's most lucrative players--the ones raking in full-time salaries playing the game you love. With interviews from headchopper, Al_Smizzle,...

There is no college ball more passionate and competitive than football in the Southeastern Conference, where seven of the twelve schools boast stadiums bigger than any in the NFL and 6.5 million fans hit the road every year to hoot and holler their teams to victory. In September 2006, popular...

From the Mighty Magyars to the Lisbon Lions, football's history is littered with teams that mattered. Here you can read the story of fifty of them, from Sheffield FC forming the first football club to Spain's World Cup winning side of 2010. Along the way there are trips to Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Scotland,...

A unique and powerful personal tale about the great joy and devastating price of playing professional football, by a legendary former NFL linebacker One of the greatest linebackers to ever play professional football, Harry Carson built a reputation during his 13 years in the NFL as a fearsome,...