sports & recreation / football

"This book explains how to create a holistic, system-based performance conditioning plan that helps football athletes reach their physical potential and avoid injury by training optimally, not maximally. It presents effective research-based training exercises, methods, protocols, and programs for achieving gains in speed, agility, change of direction, strength, muscle hypertrophy, power, and aerobic and anaerobic conditioning, and describes optimal sleep, nutrition, and hydration practices that promote recovery so athletes can perform their best throughout the year"--.

"Bills announcer John Murphy provides insider stories about the Buffalo Bills"--.

Recounts the story of the life and career of Walter Camp, who made the development of football his lifelong mission, and was the leader in the move away from rugby and the formation of American football we recognize today.

"New York Times bestselling, award-winning historian S.C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how Hal Mumme and Mike Leach--two unknown coaches who revolutionized American football in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s--changed the way the game is played at every level, from high school to the NFL"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of true stories about famous athletes and the fuel that fires their ambition, including Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and more.

A Fox Sports personality and former NFL player describes his life, including growing up in Compton, attending Columbia University, and making it to the NFL, and discusses controversial issues within the game of football.

"A biography of Hall of Fame Baltimore Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas as told by his son, John Unitas Jr"--.

"The autobiography of Pro Football Hall of Fame member and Green Bay Packers legend Willie Davis"--.

"In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Duke University out of fear of further Japanese attacks on the West Coast. Shortly after this unforgettable game, many of the players and coaches left their respective colleges, entered the military, and went on to serve around the world in famous battlegrounds, from Iwo Jima and Okinawa to Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, where fate and destiny would bring them back together on faraway battlefields, fighting on the same team. Fields of Battle is a powerful story that sheds light on a little-known slice of American history where World War II and football intersect. Author Brian Curtis captures in gripping detail an intimate account of the teamwork, grit, and determination that took place on both the football and battle fields"--.

"Both dispatch and dissertation, NPR contributor Diane Roberts, an English professor at Florida State University, gives a insider's account of a big time college football program in the midst of controversy, while examining the impact and legacy of the sport's popularity in America today"--.