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Bayou Classic
LSU Press 2010; US$ 15.95The annual clash in New Orleans between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars represents the fiercest and most anticipated in-state football rivalry in Louisiana. The most significant national game to feature historically black colleges and universities is more than a contest; the Bayou Classic is a lavish event,... more...
Akermanis
Hardie Grant Books 2010; US$ 39.95Say what you like about Jason Akermanis footballer, showman, show-off, troublemaker theres no denying that hes made an impression in his 15 years as an AFL star player. Now, after more than 300 games, three Premierships and a Brownlow Medal, the curtain has come down on his extraordinary career. No longer restrained by contractual... more...
Fifth Quarter
Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 19.00George Allen was a top-ranked NFL coach throughout the sixties and seventies, coaching in turn the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Raised in a home dominated by her three football-obsessed older brothers and her father's relentless schedule, Jennifer Allen came of age in a cauldron of testosterone and win-at-all-costs... more...
What It Means to Be a Wolverine
Triumph Books 2005; US$ 27.99Taking a decade-by-decade approach to the University of Michigan football tradition, this collection brings together over 40 stories from the most outstanding voices of the program. The spirit of Wolverines football is not captured by just one phrase, one season, or one particular game; instead, the student-athletes and coaches who made the magic... more...
What It Means to Be a Red Wing
Triumph Books 2006; US$ 27.99Taking a decade-by-decade approach to the Detroit Red Wings hockey tradition, this collection brings together over 40 stories from the most outstanding voices of the team. The spirit of the Red Wings is not captured by just one phrase, one season, or one particular game; instead, the players and managers who made the magic happen over the decades... more...
Reliving the Dream
Mainstream Publishing 2011; US$ 10.67Manchester United are one of the biggest football clubs in the world. Their fame has spread to the most remote corners on earth. The legend grew out of one man's obsession with taking his club to the pinnacle of the European game. Matt Busby was a visionary as well as an exceptional manager, and he defied the Establishment by leading his young English... more...
Here We Go Gathering Cups In May
Canongate Books 2007; US$ 10.82Seven European Cup finals. Seven fans. Seven amazing adventures following the team they love. This book celebrates the achievements of Liverpool FC in Europe, and in particular a love affair with Old Big Ears - the European Cup. It's an ongoing affair that began with the legendary and, in those days, unprecedented exodus of 30,000 Liverpool fans to... more...
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Kansas City Chiefs
Triumph Books 2007; US$ 19.99Genuine fans take the best team moments with the less than great, and know that the games that are best forgotten make the good moments truly shine. This monumental book of the Kansas City Chiefs documents all the best moments and personalities in the history of the team, but also unmasks the regrettably awful and the unflinchingly ugly. In entertaining?and... more...
The All Americans
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 17.99On November 29, 1941, Army played Navy in front of 100,000 fans. Eight days later, the Japanese attacked and the young men who battled each other in that historic game were forced to fight a very different enemy. Author Lars Anderson follows four players-two from Annapolis and two from West Point-in this epic true story. Bill Busik. Growing up... more...
The First Star
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 26.00In The First Star , acclaimed sports writer Lars Anderson recounts the thrilling story of Harold "Red" Grange, the Galloping Ghost of the gridiron, and the wild barnstorming tour that earned professional football a place in the American sporting firmament. Red Grange's on-field exploits at the University of Illinois, so vividly depicted in print... more...









