American Football

There is no failure like televised failure. It is the most public failure. The most humbling failure. So it was odd when the two men who had assembled the biggest bomb in TV history began high-fiving on the sidelines of the XFL’s final game.

Never Ran, Never Will tells the story of the working-class, mostly black neighborhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn; its proud youth football team, the Mo Better Jaguars; and the young boys who are often at the center of both. Oomz, Gio, Hart, and their charismatic, vulnerable friends come together on a dusty football field. All around them, their community is threatened by violence, poverty, and the specter of losing their homes to gentrification. Their passionate, unpaid coaches teach hard lessons about surviving American life with little help from the outside world.

Over their long history, the New York Jets have provided their fans with countless unforgettable football memories. However, not all of them have been enjoyable. And now, every miscalculation and misstep has been compiled into one book–Butt Fumbles, Fake Spikes, Mud Bowls, & Heidi Games: The Top 100 Debacles of the New York Jets–which was updated/expanded in September 2023 for your (dis)pleasure.

For more than 50 years, Sports Illustrated has been the gold standard of sports writing, and during that time, football - once a popular college pastime, but only a rag-tag professional game - has moved to center stage, taking its unquestioned place as Americas most popular sport. This book brings together dozens of football classics from the pages of Sports Illustrated, featuring the work of such esteemed writers as John O'Hara and Jack Kerouac, Dan Jenkins and George Plimpton, and Don DeLillo.

Quarterback Dads love the attention. They love their son. They love football. But too often, they go overboard. In Quarterback Dads, you'll hear from a father who says his 14-year-old can become "the LeBron James" of football. Another who let his 13-year-old drive to the gym. Another who tweets so relentlessly, his son blocked him. And one who created a three-minute hype video of his kid for Facebook. When he was 6.

In un mondo che corre lasciando solo pochi secondi a ogni momento, Milanello è uno di quei posti che protegge il tempo e la sua figlia prediletta, la Storia, trasportandola negli anni. La leggenda della casa del Milan è fatta di racconti tramandati spontaneamente da una proprietà all'altra, da una squadra all'altra, da un allenatore all'altro, da una vita all'altra. Con il passare degli anni sono cambiate le persone, mai il luogo che le ospitava, mai i valori che riusciva a trasferire a chi passava di lì. Così Milanello è diventata una scuola di comportamento, un luogo di culto.

La rivalidad entre el Barcelona y el Real Madrid, la codicia del jugador y su entorno y las fortunas que mueven las grandes estrellas del fútbol han llevado al club catalán y a Neymar Jr, acompañado por su famoso padre, ante la justicia. Según la acusación particular y la Fiscalía de la Audiencia Nacional, el fichaje del astro brasileño por parte del club blaugrana esconde una larga historia de pactos bajo cuerda, pagos millonarios y presuntos engaños que empezó a mediados de 2011.

Un extraordinario relato para conmemorar los cien años de relación entre dos pasiones muy distintas pero cada día más inseparables; el fútbol y la literatura. En 1910, un lector escribió a Bohemia, una revista de arte solicitándoles que incluyesen el fútbol entre sus temas. Como respuesta, recibió una contundente negativa de sus editores: "La poesía y las patadas son incompatibles". Ocho años después, Horacio Quiroga publicó un cuento en otra revista, Atlántida.

This is the story of the greatest achievement in the history of international football. After decades of failure, Spain won the European Championship in 2008 and then the World Cup in 2010. At Euro 2012 they became the first team to win three consecutive tournament titles. Graham Hunter was inside the dressing room as the players celebrated after the finals of the World Cup and Euro 2012.

Fantasy Premier League has over 9 million players worldwide and the number is growing each year. With practically endless combinations of players for your squad, the decisions you make each week will determine your success globally and in your mini-leagues.

The purpose of this audiobook is to explain the procedure used in training a quarterback. Perhaps there are better ways and methods, but this is one way that we have found successful and we believe in it. No attempt is made to discuss the manual techniques or fundamentals of quarterback plays; that is an entirely separate topic. Only the mental aspects of training the prospective quarterback are elaborated in this audiobook.

On the final day of the 2019/20 season, only four clubs in the Championship, England’s second tier of soccer, had nothing to play for, everyone else was fighting for promotion or survival. It’s stats like this that give the league its well-deserved reputation as the most exciting league in football. Anything can happen, and often does. In The Hard Yards, Nige Tassell tells the Championship’s stories, uncovers its hidden gems and takes the listener on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the 2020/21 season.

Football talk often feels like a foreign language, the rules might seem too complicated, and the game itself might seem overwhelming. There's good news! You can effortlessly switch from feeling lost to enjoying the game, talking tactics, and understanding every play. Welcome to a guide that breaks down the game of football in a fun, engaging, and above all, effective way, specifically crafted for women and beginners but accessible to all football novices.

L'amore per una squadra è illogico: cambiano i giocatori, cambiano gli allenatori, cambiano i presidenti. Restano colori, ricordi intensi, serate sospese davanti al televisore, pomeriggi allo stadio, ritorni a casa silenziosi, gioie fulminanti. Beppe Severgnini racconta l'avventura della sua amata Inter in questo secolo. Vent'anni di Interismi, dal 2000 al 2020, passando per il meraviglioso Triplete del 2010. Con un aggiornamento e una nuova prefazione.

Don Perkins led a life as one of the most honored athletes in the history of the University of New Mexico and the Dallas Cowboys. But Perkins's life was far more complex and, at times, controversial. He experienced the traumas of racial discrimination, death, divorce, football-related injuries, and a never-ending search for his own identity. In his search, Perkins ventured into sportscasting, public speaking, community relations, big-rig trucking, government work, and even amateur theater, where he portrayed Frederick Douglass and other famous Black leaders.

100 yardas es la medida oficial de un campo de fútbol americano. Un rectángulo de césped dividido en secciones que señalan el camino a la gloria. En 100 yardas caben pasión y emoción, victoria y derrota, épica y tragedia... y 100 historias imprescindibles como las que reúne este libro.

Larry Csonka ran the football with audacity and authority. He lived his off-the-field life with equal abandon. As part of the NFL's 100th Anniversary, he and his undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins teammates were named the best team in NFL history. In Head On, Csonka shares how they achieved their legendary Perfect Season. From quitting football at a young age, to his often-combative relationship with Coach Don Shula, to brazen exploits with his NFL pals, Csonka narrates a life that is colorful, unbridled, and thrilling.

After playing four quarters of hard-fought football games, the Massillon Tiger football team gathered in a circle at the center of every football field they played on in 2019 to do 15 pushups - a pushup for every game it would take to lead them to the State Championship game. In this dramatic and entertaining book, author and Tiger running back coach, David Lee Morgan, Jr., shares stories that offer a unique and unequaled perspective into the 2019 season and the Tigers' quest for that elusive state championship.

That Season of Hope is the story of a city, a football team - and a dying girl and her last wish. It is a timeless human drama revealing everlasting truths about the power of purpose, the splendor in letting go - and the real impact of a wish. It is about NFL football and the men who play it.

Former collegiate star, sports agent, and NFL executive Michael Huyghue recounts his journey in professional sports and the challenges that remain for minorities to succeed as front office executives in the multibillion-dollar sports industry. The author's journey as an athlete and lawyer provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what goes on behind closed doors in the world of professional sports and collegiate athletic programs. It is also a chronicle not often told of growing up Black and male in white suburban America.