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The Republic of Football

Author : Chad S. Conine
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477303715
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book The Republic of Football written by Chad S. Conine and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anywhere football is played, Texas is the force to reckon with. Its powerhouse programs produce the best football players in America. In The Republic of Football, Chad S. Conine vividly captures Texas’s impact on the game with action-filled stories about legendary high school players, coaches, and teams from around the state and across seven decades. Drawing on dozens of interviews, Conine offers rare glimpses of the early days of some of football’s biggest stars. He reveals that some players took time to achieve greatness—LaDainian Tomlinson wasn’t even the featured running back on his high school team until a breakthrough game in his senior season vaulted him to the highest level of the sport—while others, like Colt McCoy, showed their first flashes of brilliance in middle school. In telling these and many other stories of players and coaches, including Hayden Fry, Spike Dykes, Bob McQueen, Lovie Smith, Art Briles, Lawrence Elkins, Warren McVea, Ray Rhodes, Dat Nguyen, Zach Thomas, Drew Brees, and Adrian Peterson, Conine spotlights the decisive moments when players caught fire and teams such as Celina, Southlake Carroll, and Converse Judson turned into Texas dynasties. Packed with never-before-told anecdotes, as well as fresh takes on the games everyone remembers, The Republic of Football is a must-read for all fans of Friday night lights.

The Republic of Football

Author : Samuel Conine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781477310489
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Republic of Football written by Samuel Conine and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bamboo Goalposts

Author : Rowan Simons
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0330539035
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Bamboo Goalposts written by Rowan Simons and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rowan Simons has lived (and played football) in China for over twenty years and Bamboo Goalposts is his amusing and insightful account of what it’s like to live, work and play there. He presents and works with Beijing TV and runs his own media company, but his real passion is getting China to embrace the social and health benefits of amateur football. Which isn’t easy in a country where for decades it was illegal for more than ten people to congregate for the purposes of a recreational sporting activity. Rowan built a football pitch and clubhouse and now heads Club Football - http://www.clubfootball.com.cn – whose growing membership has given him genuine hope that by the time the Beijing Olympics begin in 2008 he might be getting somewhere. No other book communicates more clearly, more humourously and more affectionately what contemporary China is like when viewed through Western eyes. Rowan speaks fluent Chinese and his love of the country and its people shines off every page. He has lived there for so long that he understands what it takes to get ahead, but at the same time he is still very much a down-to-earth English football fan who just wants to share his passion for the beautiful game. Bamboo Goalposts is a personal odyssey inspired by the selfless pioneers of amateur football who took the game around the world in centuries past, but somehow missed China.

Political Football

Author : Wyn Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781788213516
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Political Football written by Wyn Grant and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state's presence in professional football has been ad hoc and inconsistent. Football has been largely exempt from the development of the regulatory state and has been left to govern itself. However, new media have raised the profile of the game and globalization has created new pressures as clubs become pawns in the ambitions of states and wealthy individuals. Clubs offer an important sense of identity for fans, but the impersonality and distance of ownership can set up new tensions. Corruption in the international governing body has been a significant problem and the sport's symbiotic relationship with gambling is a concern. There are no off-the-shelf solutions for regulation, but clearly, the complexities of the beautiful game and its economic size require more attention from government.

Football

Author : Mark F. Bernstein
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812236279
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Football written by Mark F. Bernstein and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2001-09-19 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Bernstein shows that much of the culture that surrounds American football, both good and bad, has its roots in the Ivy League. With their long winning streaks, distinctive traditions, and impressive victories, Ivy teams started a national obsession with football in the first decades of the twentieth century that remains alive today. In so doing they have helped develop our ideals about the role of athletics in college life.

The Perfect Pass

Author : S. C. Gwynne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501116207
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Perfect Pass written by S. C. Gwynne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New York Times bestselling, award-winning historian S.C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how Hal Mumme and Mike Leach--two unknown coaches who revolutionized American football in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s--changed the way the game is played at every level, from high school to the NFL"--

Thursday Night Lights

Author : Michael Hurd
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477318305
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Thursday Night Lights written by Michael Hurd and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling an inspiring, largely unknown story, Thursday Night Lights recounts how African American high school football programs produced championship teams and outstanding players during the Jim Crow era.

Football, Politics and Identity

Author : James Carr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000394700
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Football, Politics and Identity written by James Carr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics. It draws on original research in countries including England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Mexico, Algeria and Argentina and includes both historical and contemporary perspectives. It explores some of the most important themes in the study of sport, including sectarianism, migration, fan activism and national identity, and shows how football continues to be tied to political events, symbols and movements. This is fascinating reading for any student or researcher working in sport studies, political science, sociology or contemporary history.

The Junior Republic Citizen

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Junior Republic Citizen written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Junior Republic Citizen

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junior Republic Citizen written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940

Author : William Fortescue
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351540009
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940 written by William Fortescue and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940.It provides original sources, detailed commentary and helpful chronologies and bibliographies on topics including:* the emergence of the regime and the Paris Commune of 1871* Franco-German relations* anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair* the role of women and the importance of the national birth-rate* the character of the French Right and of French fascism.

Outside the Lines

Author : Charles K. Ross
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814776833
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Outside the Lines written by Charles K. Ross and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outside the Lines traces how sports laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating sports teams to include white and black athletes alike, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows, the trials and triumphs, of racial integration. Watching a football game on a Sunday evening, most sports fans do not realize the profound impact the National Football League had on the civil rights movement. Similarly, in a sport where seven out of ten players are black, few are fully aware of the history and contributions of their athletic forebears. Among the touchdowns and tackles lies a rich history of African American life and the struggle to achieve equal rights. Although the Supreme Court did not reverse their 1896 decision of "separate but equal" in the Plessy v Ferguson case until more than fifty years later, sports laid a foundation for social change long before our judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating sports teams to include white and black athletes alike, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows, the trials and triumphs, of racial integration. In this chronicle of black NFL athletes, Charles K. Ross has given us the story of the Jackie Robinsons of American football.

A Level Playing Field

Author : Gerald L. Early
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674050983
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A Level Playing Field written by Gerald L. Early and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?

Junior Republic

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Junior Republic written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Game's Not Over

Author : Gregg Easterbrook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610397452
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Game's Not Over written by Gregg Easterbrook and published by . This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there anything more universally American than NFL football? Love of the NFL runs deep and broad. It is a primetime TV event on multiple national networks, subsidized by public funds and popular from Mount Rainier to Miami Beach. The 2015 Super Bowl, a thriller between the Patriots and Seahawks, was the most-watched program in the history of television, with more than a third of the country watching. Yet football is in trouble. Public anxiety over football spiked in 2014 during the heat of the Ray Rice domestic violence scandal, the ongoing concussion crisis and the league's appropriations of tax money for its own ends. The mounting problems have led some to question the ethics of watching America's beloved game. In this sharply argued, witty, observant book, Gregg Easterbrook makes a spirited case in defense of the NFL. As he shows, the league brings together Americans of all stripes, providing a rare space to talk about what matters. Indeed, the various issues we see in the league are often microcosms of the ones we see elsewhere, whether it's suspicion of the rich, or gender politics or even concern over bullying. The NFL's social, economic and legal problems are real, but they also produce some of our best and most valuable discussions of those issues. Football is a magnificent incarnation of our national character. It has many flaws, and they need fixing--but the game's not over.

Home Field

Author : Jeff Wilson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292721994
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Home Field written by Jeff Wilson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 83 numbered photos of high school football stadiums, most on two-page spreads.

Sports Law in Croatia

Author : Vanja Smokvina
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041190295
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Sports Law in Croatia written by Vanja Smokvina and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of sports law in Croatia deals with the regulation of sports activity by both public authorities and private sports organizations. The growing internationalization of sports inevitably increases the weight of global regulation, yet each country maintains its own distinct regime of sports law and its own national and local sports organizations. Sports law at a national or organizational level thus gains a growing relevance in comparative law. The book describes and discusses both state-created rules and autonomous self-regulation regarding the variety of economic, social, commercial, cultural, and political aspects of sports activities. Self- regulation manifests itself in the form of by-laws, and encompasses organizational provisions, disciplinary rules, and rules of play. However, the trend towards more professionalism in sports and the growing economic, social and cultural relevance of sports have prompted an increasing reliance on legal rules adopted by public authorities. This form of regulation appears in a variety of legal areas, including criminal law, labour law, commercial law, tax law, competition law, and tort law, and may vary following a particular type or sector of sport. It is in this dual and overlapping context that such much-publicized aspects as doping, sponsoring and media, and responsibility for injuries are legally measured. This monograph fills a gap in the legal literature by giving academics, practitioners, sports organizations, and policymakers access to sports law at this specific level. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Croatia will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative sports law.