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Twenty Football Towns

Author : Steve Leach
Publisher : Saraband
ISBN 13 : 1912235927
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Twenty Football Towns written by Steve Leach and published by Saraband. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our world of global superstar footballers, it’s easy to forget the grassroots of a sport where loyalty to a hometown club is often rock solid – and counts for everything. Even as local communities come under threat, football fandom still pulls us together. But why is this? What is the special magic that connects towns and teams? For many of us, the local club offers it all: passion, hope, heartache, drama. And a sense of belonging. The town where we grew up and all the places we’ve lived are the bedrock of our lives, and memories of seeing the local team play are inextricably intertwined with our sense of place and identity. Steve Leach spends a year visiting the twenty towns and clubs that are special to him. He celebrates the distinctiveness of these places, the fascinating differences between Lincoln and Leyton, Barrow and Birmingham, Macclesfield and Morecambe – towns and teams that may not be glamorous, but they are unique and, more importantly, they are home.

Football Town

Author : Jesse Randall Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615472614
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Football Town written by Jesse Randall Hale and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Football Town" is the story about a small, rural community and its high school football team. The trials and tribulations, as well as victories large and small are examined through the eyes of the people who reside in the small mountain town called Bainesville. The story of Bainesville provides lessons for aspiring and experienced school leaders. It's a true reflection of Americana.

Muck City

Author : Bryan Mealer
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307888630
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Muck City written by Bryan Mealer and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a town deep in the Florida Everglades, where high school football is the only escape, a haunted quarterback, a returning hero, and a scholar struggle against terrible odds. The loamy black “muck” that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables, often on the backs of roving, destitute migrants. Many of these were children who honed their skills along the field rows and started one of the most legendary football programs in America. Belle Glade’s high school team, the Glades Central Raiders, has sent an extraordinary number of players to the National Football League – 27 since 1985, with five of those drafted in the first round. The industry that gave rise to the town and its team also spawned the chronic poverty, teeming migrant ghettos, and violence that cripples futures before they can ever begin. Muck City tells the story of quarterback Mario Rowley, whose dream is to win a championship for his deceased parents and quiet the ghosts that haunt him; head coach Jessie Hester, the town’s first NFL star, who returns home to “win kids, not championships”; and Jonteria Willliams, who must build her dream of becoming a doctor in one of the poorest high schools in the nation. For boys like Mario, being a Raider is a one-shot window for escape and a college education. Without football, Jonteria and the rest must make it on brains and fortitude alone. For the coach, good intentions must battle a town’s obsession to win above all else. Beyond the Friday night lights, this book is an engrossing portrait of a community mired in a shameful past and uncertain future, but with the fierce will to survive, win, and escape to a better life.

Towns of Two Halves

Author : David Guest
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995678729
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Towns of Two Halves written by David Guest and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Every Town Is a Sports Town

Author : George Bodenheimer
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455586102
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Every Town Is a Sports Town written by George Bodenheimer and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ESPN's rise is one of the most remarkable stories about business and sports in our time, and nobody can tell it better than George Bodenheimer. It may be hard to believe, but not long ago, getting sports updates was difficult and frustrating. ESPN changed everything. George Bodenheimer knows. Initially hired to work in the mailroom, one of Bodenheimer's first jobs was to pick up sportscaster Dick Vitale at the Hartford airport and drive him to ESPN's main campus--a couple of trailers in a dirt parking lot. But as ESPN grew, so did George's status in the company. In fact, Bodenheimer played a major part in making ESPN a daily presence not just here, but all over the world. In this business leadership memoir--written with bestselling author Donald T. Phillips--Bodenheimer lays out ESPN's meteoric rise. This is a book for business readers and sports fans alike. A Best Business Book of 2015, Strategy Business

Twenty Years of Football

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Twenty Years of Football written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Eighty-Yard Run

Author : Theron J. Hopkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976520801
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Eighty-Yard Run written by Theron J. Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eighty-Yard Run is the story of a high school football season in America. Over the course of twenty weeks and twenty towns, this book travels from summer practice through the regular season and onto a whole row of state championships that culminate in the Texas 5A state title game in San Antonio's Alamodome. And it discovers a world wreathed with those Friday night lights that offers up a miraculous spectacle of renewed hope and high drama in such far-flung locales as Hillsborough, North Carolina and Valentine, Nebraska and Sutter, California. But it also finds that the almost blinding halogen glare is only part--and maybe not even the best part--of what makes this game so irresistible and so important to all those people who watch it, coach it, and play it, and who can't seem to get quite enough of the rectangular field, the oblong ball, and the young men who offer up their time, their energy, and at least a little bit of their hearts to make magic happen.

Twenty Five Football Stories

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Twenty Five Football Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Conference Season

Author : Steve Leach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909125544
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Conference Season written by Steve Leach and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disillusioned with the corporate ownership, mega-bucks culture, and overpaid prima donnas, of the Premiership, Steve Leach embarked on a journey to rediscover the soul of professional football. His journey, over the 2012/13 season, took him to twenty-four different Football Conference towns and fixtures, visiting venues as diverse as the Impact Arena in Alfreton, Stonebridge Road in Ebbsfleet, and Luton's Kenilworth Road. Encountering dancing bears at Nuneaton, demented screamers at Barrow, and 'badger pasties' at rural Forest Green - Steve unearthed the stories behind the places and people - it was a journey that showed just how football and communities intertwine, and mean something. As the season progressed Steve relished how unfancied teams of part-timers, such as Braintree Town and Dartford, could defeat higher status opponents, and watched 'big name' clubs such as Luton Town and Lincoln City struggle to make an impact. Throughout all this, his anguish grew at the prospect of his beloved Stockport County getting relegated. Conference Season is a warm and discerning celebration of the diversity of towns and clubs which feature in the Conference, and of the supporters who turn up week-after-week to cheer their teams on.

Taste of the Town

Author : Todd Blackledge
Publisher : Center Street
ISBN 13 : 1455547271
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Taste of the Town written by Todd Blackledge and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College football culture is captured through the food, small town characters, and college life that makes Saturdays in autumn something fans look forward to every year. In TASTE OF THE TOWN, Todd Blackledge, host of the enormously popular ESPN segment "Taste of the Town," focuses on popular college towns by telling you where to eat, what to eat, and great stories about college football traditions across America. With over 100 recipes from the chefs of the featured restaurants and the coach (or wife) of the hometown team you will be left hungry and excited to try out the popular football food for yourselves! Behind-the-scenes photos, shot on location, enhance the energy of the fun and food featured in each town. This book about football, food, and college culture showcases the coaches, players, chefs, and rabid fans who regularly join together to talk about their common passion.

Fourth and Long

Author : John U. Bacon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476706441
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Fourth and Long written by John U. Bacon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author and Michigan football expert John Back, an analysis of the state of college football: Why we love the game, what is at risk, and the fight to save it. In search of the sport’s old ideals amid the roaring flood of hypocrisy and greed, bestselling author John U. Bacon embedded himself in four college football programs—Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, and Northwestern—and captured the oldest, biggest, most storied league, the Big Ten, at its tipping point. He sat in as coaches dissected game film, he ate dinner at training tables, and he listened in locker rooms. He talked with tailgating fans and college presidents, and he spent months in the company of the gifted young athletes who play the game. Fourth and Long reveals intimate scenes behind closed doors, from a team’s angry face-off with their athletic director to a defensive lineman acing his master’s exams in theoretical math. It captures the private moment when coach Urban Meyer earned the devotion of Ohio State’s Buckeyes on their way to a perfect season. It shows Michigan’s athletic department endangering the very traditions that distinguish the college game from all others. And it re-creates the euphoria of the Northwestern Wildcats winning their first bowl game in decades. Most unforgettably, Fourth and Long finds what the national media missed in the ugly aftermath of Penn State’s tragic scandal: the unheralded story of players who joined forces with Coach Bill O’Brien to save the university’s treasured program—and with it, a piece of the game’s soul. This is the work of a writer in love with an old game—a game he sees at the precipice. Bacon’s deep knowledge of sports history and his sensitivity to the tribal subcultures of the college game power this elegy to a beloved and endangered American institution.

The Fields of Fall

Author : Todd Weber
Publisher : Booklocker.Com Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781614345213
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book The Fields of Fall written by Todd Weber and published by Booklocker.Com Incorporated. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fields of Fall follows several high school football dynasties in Iowa for a year. The book is an enlightening and entertaining ride through the 2010 season; dissecting the teams' philosophies and telling the stories of the people and the communities that make the game so special. Fields of Fall captures the emotional power of the game, detailing the teams' journeys through a season of highs and lows - and describes the fun that everyone was having.

Our Towns

Author : James Fallows
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101871857
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Our Towns written by James Fallows and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BEST SELLER • The basis for the HBO documentary now streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.

Unwilling Prisoner of Intriguing Love

Author : Blue Flame
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Unwilling Prisoner of Intriguing Love written by Blue Flame and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book After being kidnapped by a famous tennis player, one woman finds herself trapped in a nightmare. Terrified and confused as to what her fate will hold, she must fight to save her life and her sanity. About the Author Blue Flame is a native of Cuba.

The Infrastructure of Play

Author : Dennis R. Judd
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317456297
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Infrastructure of Play written by Dennis R. Judd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using in-depth case studies, this volume shows how the infrastructure of tourism has transformed cities throughout North America. It makes clear that the modern urban environment is being thoroughly altered to emphasize the growing tourism sector in such areas as renovated waterfronts.

Understanding American Sports

Author : Gerald R. Gems
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134067593
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Understanding American Sports written by Gerald R. Gems and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-authored by two of the world’s foremost experts on sports culture, one American and one European, this book draws on both the outsider’s perspective and that of the insider to explain American sports culture. With extensive use of examples and illustrations, the development of American sport from the nineteenth century until the present day is explained with reference to political, social, gender and economic issues.

Slingin' Sam

Author : Joe Holley
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292745699
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Slingin' Sam written by Joe Holley and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Jenkins calls him “the greatest quarterback who ever lived, college or pro.” Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, who played for TCU and the Washington Redskins, single-handedly revolutionized the game of football. While the pros still wore leather helmets and played the game more like rugby, Baugh’s ability to throw the ball with rifle-like accuracy made the forward pass a strategic weapon, not a desperation heave. Like Babe Ruth, who changed the very perception of how baseball is played, Slingin’ Sam transformed the notion of offense in football and how much yardage can be gained through the air. As the first modern quarterback, Baugh led the Redskins to five title games and two NFL championships, while leading the league in passing six times—a record that endures to this day—and in punting four times. In 1943, the triple-threat Baugh also scored a triple crown when he led the league in passing, punting, and interceptions. Slingin’ Sam is the first major biography of this legendary quarterback, one of the first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Joe Holley traces the whole arc of Baugh’s life (1914–2008), from his small-town Texas roots to his college ball success as an All-American at TCU, his brief flirtation with professional baseball, and his stellar career with the Washington Redskins (1937–1952), as well as his later career coaching the New York Titans and Houston Oilers and ranching in West Texas. Through Holley’s vivid descriptions of close-fought games, Baugh comes alive both as the consummate all-around athlete who could play every minute of every game, on both offense and defense, and as an all-around good guy.