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America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation by Michael Maccambridge Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever by Frank Gifford Publisher Comments In 1958 Frank Gifford was the golden boy on the glamour team in the most celebrated city in the NFL. When his New York Giants played the Baltimore Colts for the league championship that year, it became the single most memorable contest in the history of... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blind Side (06 Edition) by Michael Lewis Publisher Comments "Lewis has such a gift for storytelling...he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons."—Janet Maslin, New York Times One day Michael Oher will be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The President's Team: The 1963 Army-Navy Game and the Assassination of JFK by Michael Connelly Publisher Comments President John F. Kennedy, a former naval hero and a passionate football fan, was looking forward to watching the Midshipmen take on the Cadets at the annual Army-Navy game on November 30, 1963. I hope to be on the winning side when the game ends, he... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Game-Day Goddess: Learning Football's Lingo by Suzy Beamer Bohnert Publisher Comments Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a football game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport-or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love your job, and you want to impress your supervisor and... (read more) Your price: $17.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Ultimate Super Bowl Book: A Complete Reference to the STATS, Stars, and Stories Behind Football's Biggest Game-And Why the Best Team Won by Bob Mcginn Publisher Comments The The ultimate reference for the ultimate sports event, this book puts you on the sidelines at football's annual big game, with year-by-year game summaries, play-by-play accounts, detailed stats, and insightful quotes from the players and coaches who... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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More Than a Game: A Vehicle for Child Development by James Brown Synopsis Jim Brown coached youth sports for 40 years. Working with 1,000 players, Coach Brown won more than 75% of his 400 games, relying solely on positive reinforcement to achieve his dramatic results. On the field, in the locker room, and away from the... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Official Treasures of the National Football League by Jim Gigliotti Publisher Comments Whether you follow the NFL through its players, its teams, or through the spectacle that is the Super Bowl, this book will be your excellent guide. Each decade of the NFL is covered in detail, along with important milestones throughout its history. Learn... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Bowled Over: Big-Time College Football from the Sixties to the BCS Era by Michael Oriard Publisher Comments In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard--who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame--explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $23.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture by Edward J. Rielly Publisher Comments Football. Far more than a game, America's favorite spectator sport is an intrinsic part of the nation's popular culture--a proving ground for high school athletes, a springboard for stars, a multimillion-dollar business, and a vast entertainment... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis Staff Pick The reclusive son of a drug-addled single mom suddenly becomes one of the most valued football prospects in America. How? A year before the scouts came calling, Michael Oher had virtually no formal education, no social skills, and no athletic experience.... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory by John Eisenberg Publisher Comments In the late 1950s the once vaunted Green Bay Packers were a laughing stock. They hadn't fielded a winning team in more than a decade and were very nearly in jeopardy of losing their franchise to another city. The ultimate low came in ... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis Publisher Comments Opening in theaters November 20, 2009, The Blind Side is a feature movie based on Michael's Lewis's New York Times bestseller, produced by Alcon Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The Blind Side tells the inspirational story of... (read more) Your price: $13.95 New - Trade Paper
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Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting by Bruce Feldman Publisher Comments "One of the most insightful books ever written about college football." - The New York Times "Easily among the best sports books of the new millennium." - Paul Finebaum, columnist and radio host In this unprecedented look at college... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life by Tony Dungy Publisher Comments In this inspiring and reflective memoir, Dungy, the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl title, tells the story of a life lived for God and family--and challenges readers to redefine their ideas of what it means to succeed.... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The 50 Greatest Plays in Iowa Hawkeyes Football History (50 Greatest Plays) by Michael Maxwell Synopsis From its inception in 1900 (when Iowa went undefeated in its first year) to the Hawkeyes two-time Rose Bowl Championship teams from the late fifties right up to the current team (which has already claimed two Big Ten titles in the 21st century), the... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen by Joe Drape Publisher Comments An inspiring portrait of the extraordinary high-school football team whose quest for perfection sustains its hometown in the heartland The football team in Smith Center, Kansas, has won sixty-seven games in a row, the nations longest high-school winning... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ocho Cinco: What Football and Life Have Thrown My Way by Chad Ochocinco Publisher Comments The moment I walked out of that tunnel that first time I was in the NFL and saw that 70,000 people, I said, This is me, this is mine, this is what I was meant to do. Some people get scared that first time. Me? Scared my ass. I was loving it. NFL... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Education of a Coach (05 Edition) by Halberstam Publisher Comments Bill Belichick's 31 years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success - first in Cleveland, then with the Giants, and most recently, his two out of the last three Super Bowl wins with the New England Patriots have made him second to only Vince... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger Publisher Comments The classic, best-selling story of life in the football-driven town of Odessa, Texas, with a new afterword that looks at the players and the town ten years later. Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa — the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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