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Line of scrimmage Line of scrimmage Marie Sullivan Force She’s given up on him and moved on...Susannah finally has a peaceful, calm life and a no-surprises man. Marriage to football superstar Ryan Sanderson was a whirlwind of passion, heat, energy, and exc… OL11904056W
Snow in August Snow in August Pete Hamill In Brooklyn in the late 1940s, adolescent Michael Devlin is a dutiful son to his widowed mother and a conscientious altar boy at the parish church. One day, he meets Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a chance enco… OL15845208W
Bump & run Bump & run Mike Lupica Jack Molloy finds himself adrift in a sea of adversity after he inherits half of the New York Hawks and gets a crash course in the workings of professional football. OL17736955W
Hometown legend Hometown legend Jerry B. Jenkins Former football coach Buster Schuler has returned to Athens City, Alabama, for one last chance to lead the Crusaders to glory. OL17739927W
Two rings Two rings Dorothy E. McIntyre Sarah, a high school senior, receives an assignment to find a female ancestor whose life left a legacy for her. Sarah finds her Great-Grandmother Ruby's diary in which she writes about playing on a h… OL17884880W
Slider Slider Patrick Robinson Each summer, on the fields of glorious Cape Marlin, off the New England coast, the nation's best college players gather to play the most important baseball of their lives.Jack Faber is a young hotsho… OL1973606W
Home, away Home, away Jeff Gillenkirk "How much is a father's love worth? Jason Thibodeaux has a $42 million contract to pitch for the Colorado Rockies and a romantic bachelor lifestyle when the son he lost in a searching custody battle … OL19947411W
The gringo champion The gringo champion Aura Xilonen Liborio calls upon his highly-honed survival skills to escape Mexico, sharing his journey and speaking of migrants' social problems via love letters to his girl. OL20049168W
Dead Ball Dead Ball Michael Balkind Golfing great Reid Clark and his inner circle try to catch a killer. OL21739072W
The Invisible Mile The Invisible Mile David Coventry 1 volume ; 20 cm OL21823004W
Dream breakers Dream breakers Elizabeth Gill A northern lad's struggle to make his dream of football stardom come true ... whatever the cost - 1967. Jenna Duncan's only ambition is to marry the boy she loves and have a little terraced house awa… OL24261770W
The Entitled The Entitled Frank Deford 'In men like Traveler and Alcazar we find the beating heart and struggling soul of baseball...'—Jeff MacGregor, Sports Illustrated; author of Sunday MoneyHowie Traveler never made it as a player—his … OL2691882W
The green The green Troon McAllister The Ryder Cup.A biennial tournament considered the premier event in the golfing world, pitting the twelve best players in the United States against the twelve best of Europe in a contest so pressure-… OL495533W
The Cuban prospect The Cuban prospect Brian Shawver "Brian Shawver tells the story of Dennis Birch, a washed-up thirty-four-year-old ballplayer turned minor league scout. At the request of his organization, he embarks on a plan to smuggle the hot left… OL5847687W