Category: Football

100 Things Vikings Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resources guide for true fans of the Minnesota Vikings. Whether you're a die-hard booster from the days of Fran Tarkenton or a new supporter of Teddy Bridgewater, these are the 100 things all fans need to know and do in their lifetime. It contains every essential piece of Minnesota knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom.
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For the Glory: College Football Dreams and Realities Inside Paterno's Program

By: Denligher, Ken

Price: $8.99

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin : July 1995

Seller ID: 5311

ISBN-13: 9780312134969

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Here is the college football experience as seen through the eyes of the young men who play the game. Sportswriter Ken Denlinger takes the reader on a fiver-year odyssey into the lives of one scholarship class and reveals their experiences at Penn State and in Coach Paterno's program. Ken was given extraordinary access to the Penn State programs--starting with the recruiting process and then onto the field and in the locker room. He became friend and confidant to the players and found every plater had the same dream: to bring glory to himself and his school and then ascend to the NFL. In this g...
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The Undefeated: The Oklahoma Sooners and the Greatest Winning Streak in College Football

By: Dent, Jim

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books : September 2001

Seller ID: 136979

ISBN-13: 9780312266561

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

For three perfect seasons (1954-1956), the Oklahoma Sooners won every football game they played - home or away - and over the course of five years they won 47 straight games. This awesome record was the product of a genius and masterful coach named Bud Wilkinson and the spirited young men he led. "The Undefeated" will detail all the thrilling action on the field during this record winning streak, but it will also reveal all the behind-the-scenes tumult and pressure swirling around it. Dent presents an absorbing character study of the brilliant, complex coach who engineered it all - Bud Wilkins...
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Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football

By: Dent, Jim

Price: $8.00

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin : August 2008

Seller ID: 66959

ISBN-13: 9780312384876

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Jim Dent, author of the New York Times bestselling The Junction Boys, returns with his most powerful story of human courage and determination. More than a century ago, a school was constructed in Fort Worth, Texas, for the purpose of housing and educating the orphans of Texas Freemasons. It was a humble project that for years existed quietly on a hillside east of town. Life at the Masonic Home was about to change, though, with the arrival of a lean, bespectacled coach by the name of Rusty Russell. Here was a man who could bring rain in the midst of a drought. Here was a man who, in virtually ...
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Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life

By: Dungy, Tony, Whitaker, Nathan

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Tyndale : July 2007

Seller ID: 120412

ISBN-13: 9781414318011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

2008 Retailer's Choice Award winner Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach--especially a football coach--to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without compromising faith and family? In this inspiring and reflective memoir, Coach Dungy tells the story of a life lived ...
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Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

By: Dungy, Tony,Whitaker, Nathan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Tyndale Momentum : January 2009

Seller ID: 181338

ISBN-13: 9781414326818

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

2009 Retailer's Choice Award winner Super Bowl-winning coach and #1 New York Times best selling author Tony Dungy has had an unusual opportunity to reflect on what it takes to achieve significance. He is looked to by many as the epitome of the success and significance that is highly valued in our culture. He also works every day with young men who are trying to achieve significance through football and all that goes with a professional athletic career--such as money, power, and celebrity. Coach Dungy has had all that, but he passionately believes that there is a different path to significance,...
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Tales from the Carolina Panthers Sideline

By: Fowler, Scott

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC : August 2004

Seller ID: 151761

ISBN-13: 9781582618357

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Carolina Panthers shocked the NFL in 2003. Only two seasons removed from a disastrous 1-15 season, they won three straight playoff games and roared all the way to their first-ever Super Bowl appearance before losing in the final seconds in one of the best Super Bowls ever played. Tales from the Carolina Panther's Sideline is the behind-the-scenes story not only of that extraordinary Panthers team, but also of the men who have shaped Carolina's past and will determine its future. Jake Delhomme, Steve Smith, Sam Mills, John Fox, Mike Rucker, Kevin Donnalley, Bill Rosinski, and many others sa...
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The First Hundred Years: A History of South Carolina Football

By: Griffin, John Chandler

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Longstreet Pr : April 1992

Seller ID: 153412

ISBN-13: 9781563520327

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile

By: Jackson, Nate

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Harper : September 2013

Seller ID: 48742

ISBN-13: 9780062108029

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Nate Jackson's Slow Getting Up is an unvarnished and uncensored memoir of everyday life in the most popular sports league in America--and the most damaging to its players--the National Football League.After playing college ball at a tiny Division III school, Jackson, a receiver, signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers, before moving to the Denver Broncos. For six seasons in the NFL as a Bronco, he alternated between the practice squad and the active roster, eventually winning a starting spot--a short, tenuous career emblematic of the average pro player.Drawing from his own experien...
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Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies: On Myths, Morons, Free Speech, Football, and Assorted Absurdities

By: Kluwe, Chris

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company : June 2013

Seller ID: 36089

ISBN-13: 9780316236775

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Hi. In your hands, right now, you hold the culmination of thousands of years of human intelligence, ingenuity, and brilliance. Now put your goddamn phone down and pay attention to my book. What is in my book, you ask? (I'm really glad you asked, by the way, because now I get to tell you.) Time travel. Gay marriage. Sportsballing. Futuristic goggles that DO NOTHING. Tiny brags from my publisher, stuff like: "This is an uproarious, uncensored take on empathy, personal responsibility, and what it means to be human." Excessive brags about myself: "An extraordinarily clever, punishingly funny, ...
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The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition)

By: Lewis, Michael

Price: $6.98

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : October 2009

Seller ID: 119362

ISBN-13: 9780393338386

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability, his blind side.

Walk On: From Pee Wee Dropout to the NFL Sidelines--My Unlikely Story of Football, Purpose, and Following an Amazing God

By: Malcolmson, Ben,McCord, Patti

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Multnomah : July 2018

Seller ID: 183537

ISBN-13: 9780735291270

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In this true, compelling account of perseverance and hope from Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll's assistant, a young journalist walks on to a top-ranked USC football team and, guided by his faith, shares God's love, launching him on an unexpected journey with an amazing outcome. Had anyone told Ben Malcolmson that he'd someday be a wide receiver on the national champion USC football team--after not playing football since an unfortunate fifth-grade Pop Warner experience--he would have called them crazy. As a reporter for The Daily Trojan, in the spirit of George Plimpton, he participated in walk-on ...
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The Marshall Story: College Football's Greatest Comeback

By: Nolte, Rick,Wellman, Dave,Stephens, Tim,Johnson, Mickey

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Sphinx Publishing : November 2006

Seller ID: 190621

ISBN-13: 9780977671199

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Between the Hedges

By: Outlar, Jesse

Price: $19.99

Publisher: : 0001-01-01 00:00:00

Seller ID: 19846

ISBN: 048887

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

Paper Lion

By: Plimpton, George

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Pocket : January 1967

Seller ID: 72937

ISBN: B000H2EJPI

Binding: Mass

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The Paolantonio Report: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players, Teams, Coaches, and Moments in NFL History

By: Reuben, Sal Paolantonio; Frank

Price: $12.49

Publisher: Triumph Books : September 2007

Seller ID: 8413

ISBN-13: 9781600780257

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Examining the legends, the myths, and the overhyped moments of America's most popular game, Sal Paolantonio goes behind the highlights, the drama, and the numbers to set some things straight--once and for all--about the game played on Sundays. The Paolantonio Report includes chapters analyzing the most underrated and overrated quarterbacks, receivers, running backs, defensive backs, defensive linemen, offensive linemen, linebackers and specialists. For example: The Catch--Joe Montana to Dwight Clark--overrated. Not even in the top ten moments in NFL history. And Chuck Bednarik, the Eagles line...
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I Am Third (TV tie-in): The Inspiration for Brian's Song

By: Sayers, Gale, Silverman, Al

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Penguin Books : November 2001

Seller ID: 53022

ISBN-13: 9780142000755

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Gale Sayers' book I Am Third, with Al Silverman, is a stirring, painfully honest account of his struggle to become the greatest running back in history and that agonizing moment between immortality and becoming a cripple. --The New York Times Book Review
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Category: Football