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Eli Manning and the New York Giants Eli Manning and the New York Giants Michael Sandler New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning ran out on the field and looked up at the scoreboard. His team was losing, 14-10, to the mighty New England Patriots. With less than three minutes left in Supe… OL11804044W
Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers Michael Sandler Could the San Francisco 49ers become Super Bowl champions for the fourth time? That was the question on everyone’s mind when the team’s star quarterback, Joe Montana, took the field for Super Bowl XX… OL11804046W
Back-to-back Super Bowl champions Peyton and Eli Manning Back-to-back Super Bowl champions Peyton and Eli Manning Hugh Hudson Four pages of color photos inside. OL11921647W
Rough & tumble Rough & tumble Mark Bavaro Follows the story of football player Dominic Fucillo, a deeply religious athlete who struggles with rage, a complicated love life, and devastating injuries that give way to scandal when he is nearly … OL11952734W
Jim Brown Jim Brown Michael Freeman The complex story of a living legend: Jim Brown was an astonishing physical specimen with tremendous skills and intelligence. An athlete who played a number of sports at Syracuse University, he disco… OL12085928W
Inside the helmet Inside the helmet Michael Strahan,Jay Glazer,Michael Strahan Just in time for the 2007 season: One of the finest defensive players ever to wear an NFL uniform delivers the first truly authentic, hard-hitting, revelatory portrait of America's most popular sport… OL12409640W
Jim Brown Jim Brown Mike Freeman,Michael Freeman He intimidated people on and off the football field. He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet magnanimous, relentless yet unyielding. Most of all, he was the greatest football player of all time… OL127688W
Giants Among Men Giants Among Men Jack Cavanaugh From the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, when basketball's Boston Celtics were piecing together a run for the ages, when Montreal's Canadiens were in the midst of notching a record-setting five straigh… OL134191W
Standing tall Standing tall Sam Carchidi The story of Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett's comeback after being paralyzed while making a tackle against the Denver Broncos in the 2007 season opener. OL13696348W
Bogeymen Don't Play Football Bogeymen Don't Play Football Marcia Thornton Jones,Debbie Dadey "There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the new mysterious student teacher who is on the Bailey City football team really be out to get the students of Bailey Elementa… OL14912798W
The dark side of the game The dark side of the game Tim Green In this book, 8-year veteran of the NFL Tim Green reveals for the first time the scandals, the horrors, the abuses and also the wonders of playing football OL14912930W
The trouble with J.J. The trouble with J.J. Tami Hoag It took only one look for Genna Hastings to make up her mind about her new next-door neighbor, J. J. Hennessy. She knew his type all too well: Jared Jay Hennessy was tall and handsome, a man who thou… OL14919209W
This Heart of Mine This Heart of Mine Susan Elizabeth Phillips Molly Somerville loves her career as the creator of the Daphne the Bunny children's book series, but the rest of her life could use some improvement. She has a reputation for trouble that started eve… OL14923963W
Football kids Football kids George Sullivan Profiles seven high school boys who play football, revealing their likes and dislikes, favorite plays, and individual views of the game. OL15079303W
Football's breakaway backs Football's breakaway backs Nathan Aaseng Biographies of 10 professional football running backs: O. J. Simpson, Larry Csonka, John Riggins, Franco Harris, Greg Pruitt, Chuck Foreman, Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett, Wilbert Montgomery, and Earl … OL15216121W
Football's hard-hitting linebackers Football's hard-hitting linebackers Nathan Aaseng Presents the careers of eight middle-line defenders who perform an important function in stopping both pass and running plays. Included are Ted Hendricks, Jack Ham, Randy Gradishar, Matt Blair, Jack … OL15216130W
Football's toughest tight ends Football's toughest tight ends Nathan Aaseng Brief biographies of eight tight ends of professional football including Ron Kramer, John Mackey, Charlie Sanders, Raymond Chester, Dave Casper, Russ Francis, Riley Odoms, and Ozzie Newsome. OL15216139W
If I don't six If I don't six Elwood Reid The brutality of college football with its jock mentality and misogyny is described through the eyes of its hero, Elwood Riley. He is a philosophic type who obtained a football scholarship so he coul… OL15756496W
Alan Page Alan Page Larry Batson A biography stressing the "distinctive style" of the Vikings' defensive tackle, Alan Page. OL15865837W
The sportsman The sportsman Dhani Jones "Now in his 11th season in the NFL, Dhani Jones has had an unusually long career for a football player. Just a few years ago, however, Dhani thought his playing days were over. Cut by the Eagles and … OL15921624W
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