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In a series that explores the logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns that shape a fan’s greatest memories of their beloved team, this book does not disappoint as the ultimate collector’s item for Bears fans. It chronicles...

Hawaiian Air explores the ongoing exploits of quarterback phenom Tua Tagovailoa from the tropical gridirons of Honolulu to the biggest stage of college football. Destin for greatness by his grandfather’s prophecy, Tua developed within a football-obsessed culture that revolutionized the game with...

A prison team in Argentina, a transvestite team in Colombia, a kidnapped team in Bolivia; Quechua women playing in bowler hats in the Andes, a Latino immigrant league in New York, Chilean hooligans on an away trip to Buenos Aires... A collection of creative non-fiction writing from Latin America takes football as its starting point, on a journey to the heart of Latin American society.

Michael Parkinson and George Best faced one another countless times in interviews. Their conversations were mutually respectful, even intimate, yet always brimming with searching questions and revealing answers. The great Manchester United and Northern Ireland attacker - one of the few sports...

A sensational account of Swansea City’s 2010/11 season covering 12 months in the life of a Welsh football club that in 2002 was just 40 minutes away from extinction and expulsion from the football league. In June 2010, under new management, the club pushed its way kicking and screaming in to the...

Wally Butts and Bear Bryant were two legendary coaching figures in the Southeastern Conference. An Atlanta insurance man claimed to have been connected to a telephone conversation between the two coaches while he was trying to call a friend on business in Atlanta. The Saturday Evening Post published...

It was the fall of 1940, and Americans turned to college football for relief from the turbulent world around them. The Depression still had its grip on the nation and, across the Atlantic, the Battle of Britain raged. As war crept closer every day, the nations first peacetime draft called Americans...

For the first time, Notre Dame football fans have a travel book to call their very own—one tailored to making the most out of the home football game experience. Author and Notre Dame graduate Todd Tucker presents chapters devoted to the ins and outs, do's and don'ts, of getting to Notre Dame, getting...

Today the Pittsburgh Steelers are one of pro football’s most successful and prestigious franchises, but that wasn’t always the case.  As America was emerging from the turbulent decade of the 1960s the Steelers’ front office had their sites squarely focused on the future. Relive the on...

The conclusions drawn by analyzing statistics from college and professional football often do not translate to the high school game because the games are so different. This book puts those powerful statistical techniques for maximizing a team's chance of winning into the hands of high school...

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, outdoor soccer was the second most popular organized sport for Australian children after swimming. It far outstripped the popularity of the three other football codes that are played in Australia – rugby league, rugby union and Australian Rules football. Yet...

In his easy, simple guide author Jim Whiteley reveals his betting strategy in 6 simple steps.  Follow it to the letter and obey the rules and you will create a small, steady profit stream every day.  This book is not a get rich quick scheme, it does not involve high odds betting - but...

The memoir behind the documentary One Night in Turin, the inside story of a World Cup that changed our footballing nation forever It was the World Cup semi-finals. On 4th July, 1990, in a stadium in Turin, Gazza cried, England lost and football changed forever. This is the inside story...

In this interactive book, you'll be able to test your friend's and family's knowledge of numerous NFL wide receivers. So next time your friend brags about how big of a sports fan he is, or how much he knows about NFL history, you'll be able to see if he can back it up, in a fun and brilliant battle of who knows the most about football trivia!