Farewell to Football
Author: Jerry Kramer
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 250
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Author: Jerry Kramer
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 250
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wally Carew
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2012-09
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1479702501
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt began in November 1896 when football was still in its infancy. About 500 people turned out on a soggy field in Worcester, Massachusetts to watch Holy Cross battler Boston College. That game initiated one of the great rivalries in football history. Itinvolved some of the most famous players and coaches to ever step on a football field. In its 91 years, the rivalry spawned controversy, contention, fierce competitiveness, elation, gloom, and great moments. It was also linked to heart-breaking tragedy. In the end, the rivalry of the two Jesuit colleges, Boston college and Holy Cross, would prove to be a microcosm of intercollegiate sports.
Author: Ann Herrick
Publisher:
Published: 2011-06-12
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781614130192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA story of how love endures and love heals. Eric and Glynnie go from butting heads to grudging friendship to something more... Eric used to think he'd live forever, but not any more. As football season starts, he hopes he can live normally again after the death of his father, but his refusal to face his grief results in anger at his coach, fights with his sister, resenting added responsibilities, and disillusionment with football. It takes a special relationship with Glynnie, who is dealing with the divorce of her parents, to open his heart to love again and see he is angry with his father for dying and the way to get through grief is by grieving.
Author: Steven Liparulo
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-06-08
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781530855810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFarewell to Football? is a contemplative memoir that also brims with energetic storytelling surrounding a devoted fan's relationship to football. Framed around author Steven Liparulo's personal connections with more than a dozen noteworthy games over five decades, this very personal book details major events in his life and spiritual direction while exploring the question: "Why is football such a big deal-such a quintessentially American big deal-and how important should the game really be?" Based on years of research and more than a year of writing, with contributions from over fifty sources, Liparulo undertakes an examination of conscience. He draws on the insights of parents young and old, coaches from all across the country, fans of the game from youth football to the pros, and players past and present to offer wide-ranging scholarship and critique of the game and its place in American culture. In the vein of Frederick Exley's A Fan's Notes, Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain, and Michael MacCambridge's America's Game, this captivating work is for football players, coaches, and fans whose personal faith journeys have led them to ask hard questions about their deep attachment to and love for the game.
Author: Dan Jenkins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-03-31
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1501122045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the last quarter century, Dan Jenkins has been fixing his cold-eyed stare and wisecracking style on the real-life Billy Clyde and Kenny Lee Pucketts of the sports world. You Call It Sports, But I Say It’s a Jungle Out There is a collection of his best work from Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Golf Digest, and his nationally syndicated column, and includes a stack of new pieces written especially for this book. Jenkins spares no one in his search for the culprits who have taken the fun out of sports: NFL owners and refs, PGA Tour administrators, basketball players who can’t read, tennis players who can’t speak English (or say anything worth hearing when they do). He also finds things worth celebrating: the electric charge given off by Arnold Palmer at his best, the excitement of a truly great college football game, or a real heavyweight champion, like Joe Louis. Overflowing with good ol’ boys, great one-liners, famous sporting events, and barroom tales, this is the best of Dan Jenkins—which is to say, it’s as good as sportswriting gets anywhere.
Author: Paul Gallico
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2015-04-07
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1504009487
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 Sports Books of All Time: A classic collection by one of the twentieth century’s most influential sportswriters From 1923 to 1937, New York Daily News columnist Paul Gallico’s dispatches from ringside, rink-side, the sidelines, and the grandstand were a must-read for every American sports fan. Where else could one discover what it was really like to box heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey? To tee off against golfing legend Bobby Jones? To strap on a glove and try to catch Dizzy Dean’s ferocious fastball? Gallico went where no other reporter dared, and for that he earned a permanent place in the pantheon of great American sportswriters alongside Ring Lardner, Red Smith, and Roger Kahn. Then, like a pitcher hanging up his cleats after throwing a perfect game, Gallico walked away to pursue other authorial interests, including the fiction that earned him his greatest renown. His parting gift to his devoted readers was Farewell to Sport, a collection of twenty-six of his finest pieces. In these bulletins from the golden age of sports, Gallico profiles icons such as Babe Ruth, Bill Tilden, and Gene Tunney. He exposes the scripted drama of professional wrestling and the hypocrisy of big-time college football. And in feats of daring that went on to inspire a whole new school of journalism, he sacrifices his pride to meet the greatest athletes of the day on their own turf. A brilliant snapshot of a fascinating era in sports history and a masterwork remarkably ahead of its time, Farewell to Sport is a fitting testament to the legacy of Paul Gallico.
Author: Wally Carew
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2012-09-26
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 147970251X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt began in November 1896 when football was still in its infancy. About 500 people turned out on a soggy field in Worcester, Massachusetts to watch Holy Cross battler Boston College. That game initiated one of the great rivalries in football history. Itinvolved some of the most famous players and coaches to ever step on a football field. In its 91 years, the rivalry spawned controversy, contention, fierce competitiveness, elation, gloom, and great moments. It was also linked to heart-breaking tragedy. In the end, the rivalry of the two Jesuit colleges, Boston college and Holy Cross, would prove to be a microcosm of intercollegiate sports.