American football Books
Triumph Books 2022 Super Bowl Champions (NFC Higher Seed): The
Book SynopsisThe Rams are Super Bowl LVI champions! In Super Bowl LVI, the Los Angeles Rams finished off their incredible championship season by triumphing over Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, seizing their second Super Bowl win in franchise history and the first for the Rams in L.A.Our House takes fans through the remarkable journey that was the 2021-2022 campaign, from quarterback Matthew Stafford anchoring a star-studded squad, to Aaron Donald dominating on defense, to the exhilarating playoff wins against the division rival Cardinals, defending champ Buccaneers and nemesis 49ers that paved the way for a Super Bowl win against the Bengals. Featuring electrifying stories and photos from The Los Angeles Daily News, this commemorative edition takes fans from the impactful trade for Stafford to the first win in front of the SoFi Stadium crowd, all the way through a Super Bowl night on home turf that will live on forever in the minds of Rams fans. This keepsake also features in-depth stories on fan favorites Sean McVay, Stafford, Donald, Odell Beckham Jr. and more.
£13.25
Triumph Books The Athletic 2022 NFL Draft Preview
Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to the 2022 NFL draft from leading draft expert Dane Brugler and the staff of The Athletic. The NFL draft is one of the most anticipated events of the offseason, and 2022 looks to be one of the more unpredictable and intriguing years in recent memory. Up until April 30, fans everywhere will be closely examining college prospects and predicting how their talent will transfer to the next level.This comprehensive preview features unmatched insight and analysis from from industry leaders Dane Brugler, Bruce Feldman, Matt Fortuna, and the NFL staff at The Athletic. Highlights include Brugler's top 100 NFL draft board, a two-round mock draft, positional rankings from QB to DB, player profiles, and more.Featuring expert evaluations of hundreds of prospects, this is a must-have resource for NFL fans, fantasy players, and sports bettors.
£16.16
Triumph Books The Bishop Sycamore Story: The Bishop Sycamore
Book SynopsisThe riveting true story of a sham school run by longtime con men whose scheme crashed and burned live on television In August of 2021, a high school football team became the talk of the nation. A featured matchup on ESPN pitted national powerhouse IMG Academy against a school called Bishop Sycamore—a program with an unfamiliar name, a barely functional website, and a long list of baggage. The supposedly elite Bishop Sycamore lost 56-0, embarrassing broadcasters and setting social media alight. Within days, the program fired its coach, deleted its website, and prompted a string of official investigations. The story of the school, however, began three years earlier when an unknown program called COF Academy launched in Columbus, Ohio. Journalist Andrew King and whistleblower Ben Ferree pushed for years to expose this exploitation of high school football and education systems which left vulnerable students in the crossfire and culminated in a series of lawsuits and criminal charges.Readers will learn how a pair of old friends hatched a disastrous plan in this rigorously reported tale of ambition, greed and the allure of sports.
£22.46
Triumph Books The Story of Football in 100 Photographs
Book SynopsisThrough 100 evocative, often stunning photographs, as well as the stories that accompany them, Sports Illustrated visits the great arc of football, America’s most popular spectator sport. From the dawn of the professional era, through the days of Vince Lombardi and Johnny Unitas, the westward expansion and the thrilling Super Bowls of today, football’s rich and remarkable history is here. Unforgettable events such as the Greatest Game Ever Played, Joe Namath’s guarantee before Super Bowl III, and Nick Foles’s Philly Special live in a continuum with stirring photos of the game’s most beloved and largest personalities such as Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Bill Parcells, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, and many more. Sports Illustrated’s unmatched storytelling is in high form in a book that renders exquisite anecdotes, and explores football’s heritage and uniquely American character, all in unforgettable style.
£29.66
Triumph Books Force of Nature: How the Colorado Avalanche Built
Book SynopsisThe Colorado Avalanche entered the 2021-2022 NHL season with a sense of unfinished business. After years of strategic building under Joe Sakic that had produced a truly formidable core of talent, the Avs turned years of postseason heartbreak into fuel for one of the most dominant Stanley Cup playoff runs in recent memory. In Force of Nature, The Athletic's Peter Baugh expertly retraces the team's unforgettable championship season as well as the elements that made it all possible—the competitive drive of Nathan MacKinnon, the leadership of Gabriel Landeskog, Cale Makar's meteoric rise, and more. Featuring in-depth reporting and an unforgettable cast of characters both on the ice and in the front office, this is the story of how the Avalanche built the winningest team in the salary cap era, vanquished the reigning back-to-back champion Tampa Bay Lightning, and returned the Stanley Cup to Colorado.
£18.95
Triumph Books Kingdom: How Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and the
Book SynopsisAfter 50 years of waiting, Kansas City Chiefs fans were hungry for a return to Super Bowl glory. In 2020, their patience was rewarded in dramatic, exuberant fashion with a second-half comeback for the ages against the San Francisco 49ers. ESPN's Adam Teicher expertly retraces the team's unforgettable championship season as well as the moves and moments that made it all possible—the hiring of head coach Andy Reid in 2013, drafting future-MVP Patrick Mahomes, the heart-wrenching AFC Championship loss to the Patriots in 2019 that lingered in the mind of every player, and more. Teicher captures the mood of the team week by week, every step of the way, profiling numerous players, coaches, and key figures. This revised and updated paperback edition also features new writing on the Chiefs' victory in Super Bowl LVII and their status as a modern NFL dynasty.Featuring an unforgettable cast of characters both on the field and in the front office, this is the story of how the Lombardi trophy returned to Chiefs Kingdom
£16.10
Triumph Books (IL) Lamar Hunt
£18.09
Triumph Books Michigan vs. Everybody
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£24.26
Triumph Books (IL) The NFL Sharp Betting Playbook
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£17.70
Rockridge Press The Big Book of College Football Trivia: 700
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£12.34
Rockridge Press Football: A Beginner's Guide: Learn the Basics to
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£17.09
Rockridge Press The Big Book of Football Trivia: 700 Questions
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£12.34
Bold Type Books Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National
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£19.79
Amicus Ink Football
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£9.49
Creative Paperbacks El Washington Football Team
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£10.44
Authorhouse One Town, One Team
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£19.94
Tatra Press City of Champions: An American story of leather
Book SynopsisOn Christmas night, 1939, two vastly different teams from Garfield, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida collided in the historic Orange Bowl to decide the National Sports Foundation’s national championship. Garfield’s Boilermakers were children of immigrants drawn to the industrial city’s churning factories. Miami’s Stingarees were from families from all over the country settling in one of America’s most promising and thriving cities.In City of Champions, Hank Gola, a veteran and award-winning football writer, unveils this long-forgotten game. Gola mines stories of the towns and the lives of the players and coaches—detailing the grit (and wild strokes of fortune) that led up to a Garfield victory, stunning the football world. Gola also describes how this game mirrored America, revealing some of the most pressing cultural, economic and socio-political issues of the day.Trade Review"And like the finest works from the genre, including Friday Night Lights and The Junction Boys, Gola crafts a story that transcends sports, the powerful imagery making clear why that season, and one incredible game, was so important to an industrial mill town along the Passaic River during the Depression." - Asbury Park Press Sept 2018"On Christmas night in 1939, two high schools from widely different backgrounds met at the Orange Bowl in Miami to play in an improbable national championship game that had big-time connections running as deep as Franklin Roosevelt. Author Hank Gola's inspiration for the book came from growing up in Garfield, N.J., and hearing for decades about the local high school's famous team and game. Gola details the circumstances leading up to the showdown and how they were impacted by the nation's political climate on the eve of World War II. In fact, the game was conceived as a way to raise money to kick off Roosevelt's campaign to find a cure for polio, which was ravaging the country. Garfield, comprising sons of blue-collar immigrants, was selected by a group that included legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice to meet Miami High, made up of players from mostly thriving families in Florida's late '30 economic boom. This book has a "Friday Night Lights" element to it. With the NFL still in its infancy, Garfield played games attracting upward of 20,000 fans, as those teams filled the struggling town with an immense sense of pride. Garfield's best player, the wonderfully name Benny Babula, is a somewhat reluctant star who didn't enjoy the spotlight that came with his feats. Gola's book is a vivid read, showing how high school football brought together communities during a troubled time." Ed Sherman , Chicago Tribune"Veteran New York Daily News sportswriter Gola delves deeply into a fascinating forgotten story of a national champion high school football team from his hometown of Garfield, NJ. The book depicts life there during the Great Depression. Garfield was an industrial mill town, largely populated by Polish, Italian, and German immigrants, whose sons were brought together by a charismatic young coach to win consecutive state championships in 1938 and 1939. The team was then invited to Miami's Orange Bowl to face the powerful Miami High in a charity game for the national championship. Gola covers the backgrounds of both cities, teams, and coaches, as well as the trip South and the game itselfâwon on a field goal in the closing minutes by Garfield star Benny Babula. Many of the players would serve overseas just a couple years later, and some would not survive the war. Gola tells their story with respect and admiration. VERDICT Extremely well done. Impeccably researched, with writing that is warm and moving. This beautiful book deserves the broadest of audiences. " Library Journal"Like the finest works from the genre, including Friday Night Lights and The Junction Boys , Gola crafts a story that transcends sports, the powerful imagery making clear why that season, and one incredible game, was so important to an industrial mill town along the Passaic River during the Depression." Steve Edelson , Asbury Park Press"New York Daily News sportswriter Gola (Tiger Woods: A Pictorial Biography) recounts the story of the 1939 high school football national championship between two remarkably different teams. Gola writes how the working-class students of Garfield High School in New Jersey took on the more wealthy and renowned team from Miami, Fla. The narrative tracks each team's progress throughout three seasons, with game summaries and analyses drawn from old tapes and news reports, culminating in the championship game in Miami's newly built Orange Bowl. Gola also touches on life in America between the world wars, especially for the working-class immigrant families that made up and supported the Jersey team (including many Italians and Eastern Europeans), and the prejudiced Southern atmosphere around the segregated Miami Senior High. Throughout, Gola depicts a watershed period in American history as the country began climbing out from the Depression and war loomed. Football fans will relish this history of a bygone era in the sportcomplete with 45 photosand delight in the many anecdotes (the Garfield team's stay at the upscale Alcazar hotel is particularly endearing) and play-by-plays of Miami's Davey Eldredge muscling through Garfield's defense and Benny Babula's game-winning field goal." Publishers Weekly"In 1939, a team from Garfield, New Jersey, traveled to Miami for the high school football championship. The event drew wide attention. The upstart Garfield Boilermakers came from an immigrant-heavy northern city to face the perennial powerhouse Stingarees. The game remains legendary in Garfield, and veteran sportswriter Hank Gola tells the bigger story in City of Champions , a thoroughly researched and thoroughly engrossing work. In 1939, sports were wildly different, with years lost to the Great Depression and going for a field goal being regarded as a radical decision. Here, game-by-game accounts of Garfield's 1937, 1938, and 1939 seasons come alongside the backstories of key players and coaches. Though the Boilermakers are the stars of the book, Miami's team is covered in nearly the same depth. Gola deploys an impressive mix of interviews, news reports, and archival work to piece his story together. Game recaps retain an immediacy. Numerous photographs add extra details, as do useful appendices featuring rosters, box scores, and lists of player honors. Some of the book's best material has little to do with football: Gola tells other stories about the towns and era that provide important context. He tells the harrowing story of immigrants on their way to Garfield aboard the Athenia , a British liner sunk by a Nazi torpedo the year of the championship. Another chapter explains the level of racial segregation in 1930s Miami, detailing incidents of African American stars from northern teams being unable to join their teammates in high-profile games. Near the end, Gola follows the players into World War II, telling some powerful individual storiesmost notably, of a Jewish player's quick thinking saving him from a concentration camp.These details flesh out the story while truly grounding City of Champions in its time and place. This is an excellent piece of sports writing, made even stronger by how it treats its characters." Jeff Fleischer , Foreward Magazine"As one Jersey guy, I appreciate what another Jersey guy, Hank Gola, has done in City of Champions. It's a great look at the glory days of high school football in my home state from one of America's top football writers." Bill Parcells , NFL Hall of Fame coach"A spell-binding tale of a great American Cinderella stroy and a vivid portrait of how the nation lived, worked--and played--on the eve of WWII." Jim Nantz , CBS Sports"An absolute winner. Gola's storytelling is so rich and so detailed, that you'll feel like you grew up in Garfield, New Jersey after reading this." Rich Cimini , ESPN footbal writer
£22.75
Lexington Press Buckeye Reflections: Legendary Moments from Ohio
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£31.46
Gray & Company Publishers Browns Town 1964: Cleveland's Browns and the 1964
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£18.95
The University of Akron Press Our Boys in Blue and Gold: A Chronicle of Zips
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£20.99
Gray & Company Publishers False Start: How the New Browns Were Set Up to
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£15.15
Orange Frazer Press 1968: The Year That Saved Ohio State Football
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£20.90
Certa Publishing Adapt or Die: Advancements to Accelerate
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£26.99
Fayetteville Mafia Press The Massillon Tigers: 15 for 15
Book SynopsisAfter playing 4 quarters of hard-fought football games, the Massillon Tiger football team gathered in a circle at the center of every football field they played on in 2019 to do 15 pushups—a pushup for every game it would take to lead them to the State Championship game. The mantra for the season became: 15 for 15. Each pushup is represented as a chapter in this book and a different piece of the puzzle that explains the football town of Massillon, Ohio. In this dramatic and entertaining book, Author and Tiger running back coach, David Lee Morgan, Jr. shares stories that offer a unique and unequaled perspective into the 2019 season and the Tigers’ quest for that elusive state championship. The Massillon Tiger football program isn’t a typical high school football program. It’s a ministry of football with the first season dating back to 1894. The Massillon Tigers: 15 for 15 is the powerful tale of one of the most storied high school football programs anywhere in the country and their magical 2019 season, as told by an award-winning author and journalist who enjoyed unlimited access to the players, coaches, and families through his role as the running backs coach.
£20.85
Contra Momentos Estelares de la NFL: Volume 1
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£19.71
