college sports

Gary Harkness, a running back at Logos College in West Texas, becomes obsessed with the topic of nuclear conflict, and finds his fascination and fear insinuating itself onto the playing field.

While the local high school basketball star is heavily recruited by major universities, reporter Bobby Kelleher learns that an assistant coach at Minnesota State University--also an old friend of his--has been murdered.

A guide to the top twenty schools in college basketball history as ranked by the editors and writers of Sports Illustrated Kids magazine.

The author reflects on his days at a South Carolina military college, recalling his love of basketball and its value to him as a means of self-expression, and shares experiences that shed new light on his novel "The Great Santini.".

Highlights the exciting moments of college football and gives records and rosters, statistics, cheers, etc.

An account of the author's year spent inside the "war room" of Ole Miss head coach Ed Orgeron offers a close-up view of events leading up to National Signing Day 2007, when Orgeron and his Ole Miss staff picked twenty-five players from a list of one thousand names.

Provides illustrated explanations and age categories of sports rules, using diagrams to show correct skills and plays, and including a history of each sport; covers track and field, swimming and diving, target games, team ball games, gymnastics, combat sports, court and table games, and team stick and ball games.

Explains how athletes can succeed in high school and college sports, find athletic scholarships, learn college eligibility rules, develop a personal value system, get the attention of recruiters, and other related topics.