college sports

Presents a comprehensive overview of the game of college football, providing a history of the game, alphabetically arranged profiles of all 119 Division 1-A schools, year by year schedules, statistics, essays, and more.

An inside look at basketball's practice sessions and the tough life of teams and players going nowhere, to a view of the winners and their glory.

Details the life of University of Mississippi football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother and adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and explores the rising importance and salary of the offensive left tackle in the game of football.

Describes the backgrounds and accomplishments of coach Phil Woolpert--a former prison guard--and players Bill Russell and K. C. Jones--unrecruited African-American players for the University of San Francisco's basketball team in the 1950s--and discusses the influence they had on 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.