American football Books

The full-throttle autobiography of renowned bad-boy linebacker, Bill "Romo" Romanowski. Bill Romanowski is a caring, articulate, intelligent father of two. But when he walks onto the gridiron he becomes a wild man, the most hated and dirtiest player in...

The vivid historical rage and modern day bloodlust of one of the most enduring rivalries in all of American sports--the University of Texas Longhorns versus the Oklahoma Sooners. Runnin' with the Big Dogs is the ultimate story of one of America's...

Being an NFL coach is the ultimate high-pressure job. Every Sunday a coach makes split-second decisions that will not only decide the fate of a game, but also his team's season and, ultimately, his own job.Meet Mike Holmgren, Jon Gruden, John Fox, Andy...

Close your eyes and picture the Heisman Trophy. The form is easyto conjure, a graceful, fluid posethat is football past and football present in one dignified figure ...The story of the Heisman Trophyis an american epic.-- from the PrefaceNo sport in...

As the first edited collection dedicated specifically to race, ethnicity and British football, this book brings together a range of academics, comprising both established commentators and up-and-coming voices. Combining theoretical and empirical...

This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics. It draws on original research in countries including England, Scotland, Ireland,...

Brian Kinchen was a thirty-eight-year-old father of four and seventh-grade Bible teacher whose professional football career had been over for three years when he received the call of a lifetime. The New England Patriots needed him to fill in for their...

Seasoned motivators Ken Blanchard and Don Shula share five proven secrets to helping others excel.

Experience the Journey Cyclone superfan Kyle Oppenhuizen wrote about his journey as an Iowa State football fan told through the lens of attending every game during the highly anticipated, always entertaining 2021 season. What he hoped was going to...

This book focuses on the advent of professional football in Liverpool and, in particular, the formation of Everton and Liverpool football clubs and their development prior to World War I. This book details the factors that led to the early...

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...

Popular football blogger Michael Tunison of KissingSuzyKolber.com offers the no-hold-barred rules and bylaws that every football fan should know in The Football Fan's Manifesto. With humor and tough love, The Football Fan's Manifesto takes readers...

I Dream in Blue is television producer Roger Director's up close and personal chronicle of the 2006-2007 seasons spent with Eli Manning, Plaxico Burress, and the rest of the New York Giants, from the first snap of summer camp to the final touchdown of a...

In this fourth installment of his acclaimed Rants series, bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning talk-show host, and wisecracking analyst for ABC's Monday Night Football Dennis Miller makes hamburger meat out of society's most sacred cows as only he can,...

A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most...

An in-depth and surprising look at the game, Sunday Morning Quarterback will dramatically change the way you watch football.You've heard all the football clichés: "Their offense is too predictable," or "They've got to win the turnover battle," or "They...

Lays Of The Hertfordshire Hunt And Other Sporting Verses (1912) is a collection of poems written by George Robins. The book is dedicated to the sport of fox hunting and contains various hunting stories and verses. The poems describe the thrill of the...

Soccer is undeniably the most popular sport in the world. While we know much about its high-profile players and their increasing wealth and global influence, we know little about referees and the ways in which refereeing has changed throughout the...

A lack of 'sustainability thinking' is evident at the heart of many of the problems that football faces today; from the huge amounts of money that clubs seem compelled to spend on what are often short-term gains - and the speculation, debt and...

Football Days: Memories Of The Game And Of The Men Behind The Ball is a book written by William H. Edwards and published in 1916. The book is a collection of memories and stories about the game of football and the men who played it. Edwards, a former...

The first, definitive biography of one of the most important, controversial, and outspoken athletes of the 20th century. He intimidated people on and off the football field. He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet magnanimous, relentless yet...

You used to turn on a television set and you'd see Reggie White in a green uniform and you'd say, "Oh, the Eagles are playing." Or you'd see Joe Montana in a red uniform under the center and you'd say, "Oh, the 49ers are playing." But now you have to...

Street's Guides are the result of his forty-four years of Caribbean experience- his first guide to the Virgin Islands (1964) has been expanded over the years to cover the entire eastern Caribbean. These guides give the mariner all the information needed...