Tales From Behind The Steel Curtain

Download Tales From Behind The Steel Curtain full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Tales From Behind The Steel Curtain ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Tales From Behind The Steel Curtain: The Best Stories of the '79 Steelers

Author : Jim Wexell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1613214936
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Tales From Behind The Steel Curtain: The Best Stories of the '79 Steelers by : Jim Wexell

Download or read book Tales From Behind The Steel Curtain: The Best Stories of the '79 Steelers written by Jim Wexell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Immaculate Reception" may have started it all, but the 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers put the stamp on the modern era’s greatest sports dynasty. It’s not even a debate. No other National Football League team in the modern sports era—as defined by Nielson—won so much in so little time. The tag is sure to stay with the Steelers for a long, long time. Fans in Pittsburgh can thank NFL free agency, but only in part. They should really thank the ’79 Steelers for winning a fourth title when, really, the team should not have done so. The 1979 Steelers were not supposed to win a championship. The Steel Curtain was in decline, and the Houston Oilers were pounding on the door of the AFC. By the end of the season, of course, the banged-up Oilers were not to be feared, not with the San Diego Chargers gathering steam. In the NFC, the Dallas Cowboys could taste revenge, particularly after Steelers coach Chuck Noll had mocked them unmercifully following the previous year’s Super Bowl. However, the Steelers persevered. "We probably won it more on desire, football intellect," said Steelers defensive superstar "Mean" Joe Greene. Greene admitted that the defense was in decline. He even admitted his great career was in decline, but he never thought the end of the dynasty was near. Star quarterback Terry Bradshaw, on the other hand, with his career just taking off, knew the end was at hand, and after his greatest season, after his second of back-to-back Super Bowl Most Valuable Player awards, Bradshaw hinted at retirement. "I probably should have," he admits 25 years later. The 1979 season had exhausted Bradshaw, a topic he talks about in Tales from Behind the Steel Curtain. Greene also has plenty to say. So do their teammates and their coaches, not to mention the scouts, front office and support personnel, media, and fans. They all have tales to tell about the key season of one of the greatest dynasties the sports world has ever seen. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Don Nehlen's Tales from the West Virginia Sideline

Author : Don Nehlen
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 159670022X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (967 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Don Nehlen's Tales from the West Virginia Sideline by : Don Nehlen

Download or read book Don Nehlen's Tales from the West Virginia Sideline written by Don Nehlen and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Don Nehlen's Tales from the West Virginia, the man that is considered to be the most successful coach in West Virginia history talks about his 21-year tenure in his own words.When Coach Nehlen arrived in Morgantown in December, 1979, he had a large task in front of him -- turn a losing team into a force to be reckoned with. In this book, he shares how he made it happen. Coach Nehlen discusses his theories about coaching, the staff that supported him, and the strategies that he employed to create a stronger team. He shares stories about some of his best players like Major Harris, Barret Green, Rich Braham, and Marc Bulger. He gives the play by play for some of his biggest wins and most disappointing losses. Coach Nehlen guides you through his 1988 and 1993 undefeated seasons. In addition, he shares his Hall of Fame experience with you, and muses about the future of college football.

Double Yoi!

Author : Myron Cope
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1596700696
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (967 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Double Yoi! by : Myron Cope

Download or read book Double Yoi! written by Myron Cope and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now lengthily updated to include Myron Cope's odyssey into retirement and the Steelers' breathtaking Super Bowl XL run, this entertaining, revealing memoir of the Pittsburgh writer-turned-broadcaster recounts memories and behind-the-scenes stories from a career that many call truly special. No broadcaster has come even close to matching his stretch of 35 years as radio color analyst for an NFL team's games -- in Cope's case, the five-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. He now returns to his earlier profession of writer-author and gives you even further insight into the performers who have inspired the Steelers Nation. Their path to the top is reflected in observ-ations he offers with admiration, amusement, and blunt criticism.Seasoned with laugh-out-loud anecdotes and touching vignettes, Double Yoi! shares Cope's most personal moments, from labor pains in birthing the "Terrible Towel" to the reason behind his charity work with the physically and mentally afflicted -- among them, his son Danny -- to his emotional dedication to his late wife, Mildred, who died after a long battle with cancer. The author's most embarrassing moments, including getting the hook during his Pro Football Hall of Fame acceptance remarks, are here as well.Famed for his raspy voice and incendiary style, Myron Cope transcended mere broadcasting to become part of the Pittsburgh Steelers mythos and a football legend. From firsthand experiences, Cope brings his takes on the famous, such as Terry Bradshaw, Muhammad Ali, the Dallas "Cryboys," and Bill Cowher. Cope also explains how he helped John F. Kennedy become America's first Catholic President and how Frank Sinatra nearly cost him his job. You'll alsolearn why he was kidnapped by Franco's Italian Army and how his birth name was deemed "too Jewish" to be his byline. Double Yoi! is the ultimate collector's item for the Pittsburgh-loyal and the standard for accomplished sportswriters

Pittsburgh Steelers

Author : Jim Wexell
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1582619964
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (826 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Pittsburgh Steelers by : Jim Wexell

Download or read book Pittsburgh Steelers written by Jim Wexell and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that one former star for the Pittsburgh Steelers went on to lower the driving age to 16 as a member of his state's legislature? Or that one former Steeler now leads the St. Patrick's Day Parade every year in Chicago? Or that another owned a casino in Reno? And that's just the players from the dark ages of the Steelers' organization.Where have guys like Ted Marchibroda, Roy Jefferson, Frenchy Fuqua, Jack Lambert, and Dermontti Dawson gone? What about Levon Kirkland, Kevin Greene, Carnell Lake, Bubby Brister, Bruce Van Dyke, and Frank Lewis? The answers are inside. Men of Steel profiles a Who's Who list of Steeler greats, catching up with the former players while taking each for a nostalgic walk down memory lane. Through interviews with the players themselves-including Joe Greene, Dick Hoak, Rod Woodson, Donnie Shell, and Tunch Ilkin-fans can relive the past as well as catch up to the present.From Elbie Nickel and the second-most famous play in team history to the group from the 1960s that legendary writer Myron Cope once blasted for abstaining from alcohol, Men of Steel chronicles 60 years of Steelers history dating back to the 1940s. Most Steeler fans will enjoy recalling each player's athletic accomplishments, but this book also delivers the rest of the story-both on and off the field. For fans of Pittsburgh football, it gets no better than Men of Steel.

Walking Together Forever

Author : Jim Jackson
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1582613893
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (826 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Walking Together Forever by : Jim Jackson

Download or read book Walking Together Forever written by Jim Jackson and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred Shero, the head coach of the teams forever remembered as the Broad Street Bullies, chose the hours before Game 4 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals to inscribe this on the locker room blackboard: Win together now and we walk together forever. Well, of course, that team went on to win not one, but two Stanley Cups. Shero could not have been more prophetic. Thirty years later, members of those Cup teams are still revered in the city of Philadelphia and throughout the hockey world, for that matter. In Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies Then and Now author Jim Jackson wants to bring people back to those glorious days of the 1974 and 1975 Stanley Cup championships through the telling of so many of the incredible anecdotes that emanated from the many memorable characters that created the glory: Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies Then and Now will follow the major principals of the Cup wins, taking readers through the remainder of those heroes' hockey careers, into retirement, and up to the present. Many of the stories of their personal trials, travails, and successes since hoisting Lord Stanley's Cup are as compelling as those from the championship years themselves. In the eyes of hockey fans, members of those teams have indeed walked together forever.

Tough as Steel

Author : Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1596700831
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (967 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Tough as Steel by : Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Download or read book Tough as Steel written by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Similar to other Sports Publishing "instant" books that celebrate the achievements and championship seasons of American sports teams, Tough As Steel, Pittsburgh Steelers: 2006 Super Bowl Champions is certain to be a cherished keepsake for fans of the National Football League's best team.Follows in the tradition of recent titles like Chicago White Sox: 2005 World Series Champions with the Chicago Sun-Times. The book is packed with color photos of the team and its many Pro Bowl players and fan favorites in action, along with columns, stories, stats, and profiles first found in the pages of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.Tough As Steel, Pittsburgh Steelers: 2006 Super Bowl Champions is certain to help fans remember a truly unbelievable season for years to come.

Their Life's Work

Author : Gary M. Pomerantz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451691629
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Their Life's Work by : Gary M. Pomerantz

Download or read book Their Life's Work written by Gary M. Pomerantz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from personal interviews with the players themselves, a chronicle of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, who won an unprecedented and unmatched four Super Bowls in six years, tells a story of victory, fortitude, and the brotherhood of players.

Tony Dungy (Revised Edition)

Author : Matt Doeden
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 1467704113
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Tony Dungy (Revised Edition) by : Matt Doeden

Download or read book Tony Dungy (Revised Edition) written by Matt Doeden and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Tony Dungy was passed over in the 1977 NFL draft, Coach Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers recognized his athleticism and understanding of the game and signed him as a free agent. Later, at the age of 25, Dungy began his NFL coaching career with the Steelers. He went on to coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and then considered retiring from football. Instead, he accepted a coaching job with the Indianapolis Colts and in 2007 became the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl. Find out how Dungy's intellect, strength of character, and leadership qualities have made him a champion on and off the field.

Game of My Life

Author : Jordan Hyman
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1596700548
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (967 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Game of My Life by : Jordan Hyman

Download or read book Game of My Life written by Jordan Hyman and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Joe Paterno, talking about his first victory as Penn State's head coach in 1966, to Lenny Moore to Heisman Trophy-winner John Cappelletti, this book is full of big names, big games, and 20 lifetimes worth of memories? memories sure to get any Nittany Lions football fan feeling nostalgic.

Their Life's Work

Author : Gary M. Pomerantz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451691645
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Their Life's Work by : Gary M. Pomerantz

Download or read book Their Life's Work written by Gary M. Pomerantz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The definitive book of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers” (Scott Brown, ESPN), Their Life’s Work is a triumphant yet intimate literary sports book that—through exquisite reportage, love, and honesty—tells the full story of the best team to ever play the game. The Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s won an unprecedented and unmatched four Super Bowls in six years. A dozen of those Steelers players, coaches, and executives have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, and three decades later their names echo in popular memory: “Mean” Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Mike Webster, Jack Lambert, Lynn Swann, and John Stallworth. In ways exhilarating and heartbreaking, they define not only the brotherhood of sports but those elements of the game that engage tens of millions of Americans: its artistry and its brutality. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, Their Life’s Work is a richly textured story of a team and a sport, what the game gave these men, and what the game took. It gave fame, wealth, and, above all, a brotherhood of players, twelve of whom died before turning sixty. To a man, they said they’d do it again, all of it. They bared the soul of the game to Gary Pomerantz, and he captured it wondrously. “Here is a book as hard-hitting and powerful as the ‘Steel Curtain’ dynasty that Pomerantz depicts so deftly. It’s the NFL’s version of The Boys of Summer, with equal parts triumph and melancholy. Pomerantz’s writing is strong, straightforward, funny, sentimental, and blunt. It’s as working class and gritty as the men he writes about” (The Tampa Tribune, Top 10 Sports Books of the Year).

False Glory

Author : Steve Courson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780681411876
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (118 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis False Glory by : Steve Courson

Download or read book False Glory written by Steve Courson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a former defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers, recounts his nine-year NFL career, and describes the impact steroids have had on his life and health

Jim Cornette Presents: Behind the Curtain—Real Pro Wrestling Stories

Author : Jim Cornette
Publisher : IDW Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1684067677
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Jim Cornette Presents: Behind the Curtain—Real Pro Wrestling Stories by : Jim Cornette

Download or read book Jim Cornette Presents: Behind the Curtain—Real Pro Wrestling Stories written by Jim Cornette and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pro-Wrestling's secrets and greatest moments are immortalized in this graphic novel from legendary wrestling personality Jim Cornette. A true-story style anthology, these insider tales will show the lengths that wrestlers went to uphold "kayfabe" (the old carny term for the presentation of legitimate conflict), as well as the noteworthy cultural, racial, and economic effects these events and characters had on society. This is the graphic novel that old school wrestling fans have been waiting their entire lives for: a no-holds-barred representation of the moments that wrestling insiders couldn't talk about for years.

Jameer

Author : Floyd Nelson
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781582619057
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Jameer by : Floyd Nelson

Download or read book Jameer written by Floyd Nelson and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book takes an inside look at the life of Jameer Nelson and his remarkable rise to become one of the top players in college basketball. The book also takes readers behind the scenes, covering St. Joe's remarkable 2003 season through the disappointing loss in the NCAA tournament to Oklahoma State. This is a must-have for any St. Joe's fan or Jameer Nelson fan!

Walking Miracle

Author : Ryan Shazier
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 153870627X
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Walking Miracle by : Ryan Shazier

Download or read book Walking Miracle written by Ryan Shazier and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly four years after an errant tackle left him paralyzed below the waist, the inspiring comeback story of how former Pittsburgh Steeler Ryan Shazier recovered to walk again. As an All-American at Ohio State and All-Pro linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ryan Shazier was living his best life while excelling at the game he loves, a game that has given him so much. But then Ryan was forced to redefine success. Suddenly, it was no longer measured by tackles or sacks, but by purpose and faith. WALKING MIRACLE is the story of this new definition of success, following the arc from December 4, 2017, when Shazier was injured playing the Cincinnati Bengals, to his retirement. For three years, Shazier doggedly pursued a return to professional football. He took small wins as “first downs” on the drive to return to the field: moving his toes, walking, dancing at his wedding, and ultimately running and returning to the team. What Shazier didn’t realize is that along the way, he was preparing himself for another purpose—that of father and husband, philanthropist, and football analyst. The journey was preparing him not for a renewed life as a middle linebacker, but a renewed life after the game. Here we see Shazier overcome childhood alopecia, which caused a great deal of emotional pain, and scoliosis, which nearly robbed him of his dreams of playing college and professional football. We gain insights into legendary coaches Urban Meyer and Mike Tomlin. And we see him star on the field. Shazier was one of the best defensive players in Steeler history—a history full of great defensive stars. WALKING MIRACLE—the message on a bracelet given to him by his godmother—is the story of Ryan’s comeback, but it’s also a book of life’s lessons, challenges, and a love letter to the power of positive thinking.

The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393089509
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports by : Kevin Cook

Download or read book The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports written by Kevin Cook and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of the most colorful decade in NFL history—pro football’s raging, hormonal, hairy, druggy, immortal adolescence. Between the Immaculate Reception in 1972 and The Catch in 1982, pro football grew up. In 1972, Steelers star Franco Harris hitchhiked to practice. NFL teams roomed in skanky motels. They played on guts, painkillers, legal steroids, fury, and camaraderie. A decade later, Joe Montana’s gleamingly efficient 49ers ushered in a new era: the corporate, scripted, multibillion-dollar NFL we watch today. Kevin Cook’s rollicking chronicle of this pivotal decade draws on interviews with legendary players—Harris, Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, Ken “Snake” Stabler—to re-create their heroics and off-field carousing. He shows coaches John Madden and Bill Walsh outsmarting rivals as Monday Night Football redefined sports’ place in American life. Celebrating the game while lamenting the physical toll it took on football’s greatest generation, Cook diagrams the NFL’s transformation from second-tier sport into national obsession.

On the Clock: Pittsburgh Steelers

Author : Jim Wexell
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1637270674
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (372 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis On the Clock: Pittsburgh Steelers by : Jim Wexell

Download or read book On the Clock: Pittsburgh Steelers written by Jim Wexell and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider history of the Pittsburgh Steelers at the NFL draft. A singular, transcendent talent can change the fortunes of a football team instantly. Each year, NFL teams approach the draft with this knowledge, hoping that luck will be on their side and that their extensive scouting and analysis will pay off. In On the Clock: Pittsburgh Steelers, Jim Wexell explores the fascinating, rollercoaster history of the Steelers at the draft, from Terry Bradshaw through Troy Polamalu and beyond. Readers will go behind the scenes with top decision-makers as they evaluate, deliberate, and ultimately make the picks they hope will tip the fate of their franchise toward success. From seemingly surefire first-rounders to surprising late selections, this is a must-read for Steelers faithful and NFL fans eager for a glimpse at how teams are built.

Paper Lion

Author : George Plimpton
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316284432
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Paper Lion by : George Plimpton

Download or read book Paper Lion written by George Plimpton and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives. George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit Lions, practicing with the team, and taking snaps behind center. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks that pervade when sixty high-strung guys live together in close quarters, and a host of football rites and rituals. One of the funniest and most insightful books ever written on football, Paper Lion is a classic look at the gridiron game and a book The Wall Street Journal calls "a continuous feast...The best book ever about football -- or anything!"