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Author: Kevin Nelson
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780399516887
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author of Baseball's Greatest Insults referees the biting sarcasm and hilarious wisecracks from today's heroes and yesterday's legends of both college and pro football. Players, coaches, sportswriters, and even fans all have their say in this wickedly funny look at the game and its leading personalities. Black-and-white photographs.
Author: Kevin Nelson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-01-11
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1439145156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA grand slam of a book. The sequel to the bestselling Baseball’s Greatest Insults, with hilarious put-downs and outrageous wisecracks about America’s national pastime. There are no lyrical passages here, no fond reminiscences about childhood games, no tributes to "inspiring" players. Too much real stuff has happened since Kevin Nelson collected Baseball's Greatest Insults in 1984. This hilarious all-star review reveals how the players, managers, umpires, owners, and the sports media really feel about one another.
Author: Andy Piascik
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Published: 2010-10-16
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 1589796160
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor ten years the Cleveland Browns compiled a better record and won more championships than any team in pro football history. In their first game they set an all-time attendance record and consistently drew the largest crowds of the post-World War II era. They dominated an upstart league and then silenced their detractors by doing the same to the NFL. The Browns were led by Paul Brown, a football visionary who changed pro football. Most important among his innovations was the leading role the franchise played in the integration of pro sports. While much of their competition continued with the racial exclusion of the past, the Browns featured some of the greatest black players of all-time, men who were an integral part of the Cleveland dynasty. The Best Show in Football: The 1946-1955 Cleveland Browns, Pro Football's Greatest Dynasty tells the story of those players and that dynasty. Included in that story is the construction of the Browns as well as accounts of the team's many victories. Dozens of interviews bring to life the exploits of Otto Graham, Bill Willis, Marion Motley, Lou Groza, Mac Speedie, Len Ford, Dante Lavelli, Frank Gatski, and so many others. In rich detail, The Best Show in Football demonstrates why Cleveland's dynasty was the greatest ever, greater even than several teams that are usually accorded that honor. The conclusions may be surprising but the evidence is all here. And along the way author Andy Piascik provides a wonderful trip back to football's golden age.
Author: Michael L. LaBlanc
Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the evolution of four major U.S. spectator sports: baseball, basketball, football, and hockey.
Author: Martin Gitlin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-08-14
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1442229845
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollege football is one of the most popular sports in the United States. Fans follow their favorite team with unfailing loyalty, and nowhere do the colors come out more fervently than when rivals face off. These games bring out the passion, the rituals, and even the rage of football fans across the country. Whether based on history and tradition, or proximity and local pride, college rivalry games have an intensity unmatched by any other sporting event. The Greatest College Football Rivalries of All Time: The Civil War, the Iron Bowl, and Other Memorable Matchups showcases the best of these competitions. Martin Gitlin details game highlights, the history behind the rivalries, and how the fans, players, and coaches have impacted the matchups. The fourteen top rivalries are covered, including the always-intense battles between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines, the great in-state rivalry between the Auburn Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide, and the historic contests between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen. In addition to capturing the action of the games, this book also covers the personal stories that heighten the passion and intensity of the rivalries—including pranks pulled over the years by opposing fans. With stats and series highlights detailed in each entry, and featuring historical and contemporary photographs throughout its pages, The Greatest College Football Rivalries of All Time is a must-read for every fan of college football.
Author: David Bolchover
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2017-05-18
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1785902644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2017. Longlisted for the Coutts Football Writers Association Award 2018. Before Pep Guardiola and before José Mourinho, there was Béla Guttmann: the first superstar football coach, and the man who paved the way for the celebrated coaches of the modern age. More extraordinarily still, Guttmann was a Holocaust survivor. Having narrowly dodged death by hiding for months in an attic near Budapest as thousands of fellow Jews in the neighbourhood were dragged off to be murdered, Guttmann later escaped from a slave labour camp. He was one of the lucky ones. His father, sister and wider family perished at the hands of the Nazis. But by 1961, as coach of Benfica, he had lifted one of football's greatest prizes: the European Cup a feat he repeated the following year. Rising from the death pits of Europe to become its champion in just over sixteen years, Guttmann performed the single greatest comeback in football history. This remarkable story spans two visions of twentieth-century Europe: a continent ruptured by barbarism and genocide, yet lit up by exhilarating encounters in magnificent cities, where great players would strive to win football s holy grail. With dark forces rising once again, the story of Béla Guttmann s life asks the question: which vision of Europe will triumph in our times?
Author: Derek D. Williams
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-08-20
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9781500167844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains the most hilarious quotes in the history of college football, up through 2013 SEC Media Days. Includes the funniest quips, zingers and one-liners from coaching legends Steve Spurrier, Woody Hayes, Les Miles, John McKay, Bobby Bowden, Mike Leach, Darrell K Royal and many more legendary coaches, players and announcers from America's most beloved sport.
Author: Kevin Nelson
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780671479756
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollects sarcastic, witty, and satirical comments about baseball teams, players, umpires, managers, writers, and announcers
Author: Eric Michael Mazur
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780415925648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeeking to explore the blurred boundary between religion and pop culture, God in the Details offers a provocative look at the breadth, diversity, and persistence of religious themes in contemporary American consciousness. Representing a diverse range of disciplines, the contributors criticaly assess the ways in which American popular culture reappropriates traditional religious symbols to serve the purposes of particular communities.
