One Knee Equals Two Feet

One Knee Equals Two Feet
Author: John Madden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1986
Genre: Football
ISBN: 9780394553283

A collection of anecdotes, strategies, tips, criticisms, and insights into the game of football and its various positions.

Hey, Wait a Minute (I Wrote a Book!)

Hey, Wait a Minute (I Wrote a Book!)
Author: John Madden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780345325075

They are memoirs like you've never read before. As broadcaster and pitchman, John Madden has been inside the locker rooms, broadcasts booths, and in front of the camera doing what he does best--being himself. He's seen an awful lot and he wrote a book to prove it. Hey, wait a minute, you'll love it!

One Knee Equals Two Feet

One Knee Equals Two Feet
Author: John Madden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 225
Release: 1986-09-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780394553283

A former coach and a sportswriter assess the strengths and weaknesses of a number of football players.

Top Prospect

Top Prospect
Author: Paul Volponi
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512418757

Travis Gardner lives to play quarterback. He's a standout QB by middle school, and he's prepared to put everything he has into the game. Then Gainesville University's head coach makes Travis a promise: Travis will have a place on the team, and a scholarship to go with it. He just has to get through high school first. As Travis starts ninth grade, he'll have to earn his teammates' trust and dodge opponents aiming to sack the star quarterback. But his biggest challenge might be staying focused in the face of sudden fame. Because now the pressure is on, and Travis has to prove himself with every pass. "Travis' love for the game . . . seems absolutely authentic. This engaging read will resonate with middle schoolers, especially aspiring athletes."—Booklist

First Book of Football

First Book of Football
Author: John Madden
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1991-08
Genre: Football
ISBN: 9780517585931

The former football coach offers his expertise to young players.

What It Takes

What It Takes
Author: Mark Herzlich
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0451468805

In 2011, he became starting linebacker for the New York Giants and triumphed in the Super Bowl—after being told his cancer diagnosis meant he would never play football again.... As a child, Herzlich found true meaning in football, eventually turning his passion into a first-team All-American spot at Boston College. But the budding star was sidelined by persistent, debilitating pain in his left leg. The shocking diagnosis: He had Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. Doctors put his odds of survival as low as ten percent—and no one thought he would be able to run, much less play football, again. Then Herzlich learned of a radical treatment that would give him the best chance to regain his strength and maybe even play football again, but it could cost him his life. Relying on family, friends, faith, and deep wells of determination to help him through treatment, his plan worked. Not only could he run, but he was physically stronger than ever, and mentally ready to battle his way into the NFL. When he was passed over by all thirty-two teams in the draft, he dug deeper and continued his training, winning a spot in the Giants’ training camp and, eventually, on the team. Mark Herzlich fought a battle against cancer, against statistics, and some days against himself. Told with candor and raw emotion, What It Takes is a story for anyone who has ever fought to beat the odds, for anyone who has ever been told that what they are about to attempt is next to impossible. INCLUDES PHOTOS With a foreword by New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin

All Madden

All Madden
Author: John Madden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1997
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780061012242

America's most famous television announcer and three-time bestselling author John Madden once again provides football insights galore in this look at the NFL's greatest players and plays--plus find out where to get the best tamales, what's wrong with free agency and the salary cap, and what John Madden would like to see happen to improve football.

One Size Doesn't Fit All

One Size Doesn't Fit All
Author: John Madden
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1989
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The CBS commentator on the Sunday NFL games tells his views on a variety of subjects.

In Defense of Uncle Tom

In Defense of Uncle Tom
Author: Brando Simeo Starkey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2015-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 110707004X

This book shadows the usage of 'Uncle Tom' to understand how social norms associated with the phrase were constructed and enforced.

America's Game

America's Game
Author: Michael MacCambridge
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2008-11-26
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0307481433

It’s difficult to imagine today—when the Super Bowl has virtually become a national holiday and the National Football League is the country’s dominant sports entity—but pro football was once a ramshackle afterthought on the margins of the American sports landscape. In the span of a single generation in postwar America, the game charted an extraordinary rise in popularity, becoming a smartly managed, keenly marketed sports entertainment colossus whose action is ideally suited to television and whose sensibilities perfectly fit the modern age. America’s Game traces pro football’s grand transformation, from the World War II years, when the NFL was fighting for its very existence, to the turbulent 1980s and 1990s, when labor disputes and off-field scandals shook the game to its core, and up to the sport’s present-day preeminence. A thoroughly entertaining account of the entire universe of professional football, from locker room to boardroom, from playing field to press box, this is an essential book for any fan of America’s favorite sport.