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"With roots that go back to 1953, the Indianapolis Colts are one of the most storied franchises in the NFL. But the modern legacy of achievement began in 1984 when the Colts arrived in Indianapolis after a midnight escape from Baltimore. More than thirty years later, the Colts have forged an identity as one of the most dynamic, power-driven teams in football today.Now diehard Colts fans can relive all the struggles, all the passion, and all the glory...
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What do Al Campana, Frank Dempsey, Stan Wallace, Don Mullins, Gale Sayers, and Steve Trimble all have in common? They all wore number 40 for the Chicago Bears, even though more than four decades passed between the last time Campana last pulled on his jersey and the number was retired for Sayers in 1994 (along with 51 for Dick Butkus).
Since the Chicago Bears first adopted uniform numbers in 1932, the team has handed out only 99 numbers to more than...
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"For those players who remain, the scars still run deep when it comes to the infamous "Ice Bowl," played December 31, 1967, between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys. There are players even today who suffer the ravages of frostbite and lung damage from a game many of the players never thought should have been played. As one player said, "It was just too damn cold. Who plays football in that weather?" But play they did in the minus 45 degree...
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The 2008 football season was one of transition for the Green Bay Packers and their legion of loyal fans. For the first time in seventeen years, the Packers were entering the season without three-time league MVP Brett Favre under center. After a whirlwind summer of rumor and controversy, Packers' management decided traded the thirty-eight-year-old gunslinger to the New York Jets, leaving "Packer Backers" worldwide to cope with life after Favre.
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In 1966, as the champions of the AFL and NFL prepared to play each other for the first time, Kansas City Chiefs–owner Lamar Hunt wrote the following to Commissioner Pete Rozelle: I have kiddingly called [the championship game] the Super Bowl, which obviously can be improved upon."
How wrong Hunt was. After the AFL merged with the NFL, Super Bowl" became the official title of the NFL championship game in the years to come. In celebration...
How wrong Hunt was. After the AFL merged with the NFL, Super Bowl" became the official title of the NFL championship game in the years to come. In celebration...
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Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry could not have had two more divergent personalities. Yet, while working for the New York Giants in the mid-1950s under head coach Jim Lee Howell, the pair formed what still stands as the greatest set of coordinators on one team. Given their personalities, one might have likened Howell's job to that of Dwight Eisenhower's as the general struggled to control the egos and politics of his allied subordinates during WWII....
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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 streaight Stanley Cups, and when the New York Yankees were the once-and-future kings of the diamond, one team boosted the NFL to national prominence as none other: the New York Giants.
In Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, the acclaimed author of Tunney, transports...
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Win one for The Gipper. Has there ever been a better-known and widely-used exhortative phrase in sports? Not likely. But who was the "Gipper," this mythical-like sports figure whose nickname has aroused, in turn, awe, wonderment, curiosity, and amusement since the second decade of the twentieth century, and why is his story important? Answering those questions is the formidable task taken on here by veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh, whose Pulitzer...
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"The Heisman Trophy covers the full history of the Heisman Trophy, from its first winner, Jay Berwanger, to Notre Dame’s dominating run, and everything in between, up through the 2015 selection of Derrick Henry. It details the rise of the Heisman Hype, Archie Griffin's continued place as its only two-time winner, and much more." -- Amazon.com.
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Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the National Football League for over seven decades, documenting its heroes, villains, great characters, and iconic moments. A wide-ranging portrait of America's game, this anthology features the best pro football writing from the SI archives by nationally renowned journalists including George Plimpton, Frank Deford, Rick Reilly, and Paul Zimmerman.
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Crónicas publicadas en el diario Levante.
Las columnas de Barraca y Tangana (publicadas en el diario Levante) se han convertido en una contraseña de culto entre los ojeadores más exigentes. Ballester escribe, aparentemente, de fútbol. Pero no te fíes: utiliza el regate de la ironía para despistar al lector. En verdad, escribe sobre lo que de verdad importa.
Descubre un libro que habla de fútbol. O cualquie otra cosa...
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Treinta y seis años después, milagro: la selección peruana regresa a un mundial de fútbol.
"Me levanté de la cama y corrí por toda la casa como un pollo desquiciado. No paré hasta la cocina, donde aproveché para servirme una copita de pisco. La última de la noche, me dije, y regresé improvisando una especie de vals abrazado a mi vaso. La nueva selección peruana que competía para ir a Rusia era, por fin, un equipo que respondía. Un Perú...
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La meritoria historia del Deportivo de La Coruña.
El libro cuenta la meritoria historia del Deportivo de La Coruña, el equipo de fútbol que en los años noventa se ganó el cariño de los aficionados españoles por sus heroicas gestas en la Liga y en la Copa del Rey. El equipo, gracias a la ambiciosa gestión de su presidente, incluso llegó a codearse con la realeza del fútbol europeo. Sin embargo, aquellos años gloriosos escondían una gestión...
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In this reissue of Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, fans can relive the most profound memories from more than 100 years of athletics at the University of Maryland in College Park. Authored by David Ungrady, a former two-sport athlete at the school, the book includes a series of first-person anecdotes that reflect the joys and challenges of his athletic career as well as the rich history of collegiate athletics at the school.
While it was still...
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El Rayo, representante del espíritu revolucionario de Vallecas.
El Rayo Vallecano, de unos años a esta parte, representa (de manera muy simbólica, no querría yo exagerar) el espíritu revolucionario en algo tan poco revolucionario como el fútbol. En concreto, desde que los Bukaneros se han hecho fuertes en el fondo y han contagiado a las otras gradas. Es un hecho, y rebatirlo sería mentir. El estadio (casi) entero aplaude muchas de las pancartas...
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In 1979, San Francisco was in turmoil attempting to recover from the assassination of two of its leaders: Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. The troubled city was in need of an emotional boost to restore their pride. But as the year drew to a sad close, the city's professional football team, the 49ers, endured its second straight 2–14 season and it, too, was in deep despair. Critics jumped on Eddie DeBartolo Jr., the new owner, along...
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« Pendant des années, je me suis senti défié par le sujet, la mémoire et la réalité du football, et j'ai eu l'intention d'écrire quelque chose qui fût digne de cette grande messe païenne, qui est capable de parler tant de langages différents et qui peut déchaîner tant de passions universelles. C'est de ce défi et de ce besoin d'expiation qu'est né ce livre. Hommage au football, célébration de ses lumières, dénonciation de ses ombres....
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Ohio coaching legend Paul Brown said he wanted to create "the New York Yankees of pro football" when he assembled the Cleveland Browns from scratch in 1946. Despite his ambition, not even the future Hall of Fame coach could have foreseen ten league championship appearances and seven titles in the team's first ten years. Since their first game, the Cleveland Browns have come to symbolize power, excellence, and gridiron dominance. Now fans of one of...
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