african american football players

Examines the history of racial segregation and integration in professional football, looking at how NFL owners tried to ban African-Americans from the league in the 1930s and 1940s, and the discussing the breakdown of racial barriers and the legacy of Jim Crow laws.

Bringing to life the historic battle for the 1967 black-college championship between Grambling College and Florida A&M, this exciting book tells the story of two legendary coaches and two talented quarterbacks, who, together, broke the color line, revolutionizing college sports and transforming the NFL.

Examines the allegations that University of Southern California 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, Reggie Bush, violated NCAA rules and accepted large sums of money and gifts before he accepted the award.

Examines the life and career of Indianapolis Colts runningback Marshall Faulk.

Today, many of the best quarterbacks in the United States are African-American. Fifty years ago, the NFL didn't black quarterbacks a chance to play. Talented players headed north, and became stars on Canadian teams. John Danakas looks at the pioneering players who wore new team colours and helped change their sport.

Dramatizes the life of All-American football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother, adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and a first-round NFL draft pick.

Perry Skky Jr. struggles to stay true to his faith as he deals with the stress of playing college football, his girlfriend's demands, his friend's accident, and his grandmother's failing health.

Perry Skky, Jr., a freshman at Georgia Tech and star college football player, feels pressures from family, friends, school, and his girlfriend, and starts to lose sight of what God expects, possibly endangering his football career and his close relationships, but eventually starts to learn some lessons about staying faithful to God.

Sports agent Eugene Napoleon offers teenagers practical advice on how they can make it in the professional sports level and shares his own challenges trying to overcome his childhood in one of America's toughest projects and become a professional athlete.

"When a famously volatile and suspended NFL superstar linebacker and his entourage decide to spend his season in exile in bucolic Dorset, much to the dismay of his early-to-bed, ultra-white neighbors, Des Mitry is put on the spot. When his 17-year-old sister-in-law washes up on Mitch Berger's beach, bloodied and barely alive, Des is on the case"--Provided by publisher.