Football Nation: Four Hundred Years of America’s Game
Product DescriptionFootball Nation: Four Hundred Years of America’s Game from the Library of Congress is an unprecedented look at football from its early days in colonial America to the professional...
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Product DescriptionChris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about base¬ball when he risked his life’s savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer...
View ArticleBasketball: Great Writing About America’s Game
Product DescriptionFrom the street game to March Madness to Jordan and LeBron, the greatest writing about the grit, grace, and glory of basketball Made in America, basketball is a sport that stirs a...
View ArticlePresent at the Creation: My Life in the NFL and the Rise of America’s Game
Product DescriptionTo understand how the NFL became the sports phenomenon it is today, you can study its history or you can live its history as an active participant. Upton Bell grew up at the knee of...
View ArticleNewton’s Football: The Science Behind America’s Game
Product DescriptionIn the bestselling tradition of Freakonomics and Scorecasting comes a clever and accessible look at the big ideas underlying the science of football. Did you hear the one about...
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