The Making of the Super Bowl


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The former director of the NFL offers a firsthand look at the history and growth of the single-day sporting event that is watched by more than 800 million viewers.




The Ultimate Super Bowl Book


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"A thorough history and reference book on the National Football League's annual Super Bowl"--Provided by publisher.




Superstars of the Super Bowl


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From Tom Brady to Russell Wilson, Superstars of the Super Bowl introduces readers to some of the greatest sports players in the Super Bowl. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.




What Is the Super Bowl?


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An illustrated history of the Super Bowl, explaining what it is and the rules of the game, and including highlights of the Super Bowl's most memorable moments.




Beyond Broadway Joe


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A celebration of the Jets’ 1968 historic Super Bowl team, filled with exclusive insights and stories from the surviving players, coaches, and management In 1968, Joe Namath, the quarterback of the New York Jets, dominated the headlines as a national celebrity and counterculture figure. The Jets were a vastly talented but underappreciated team that drew constant attention due to Namath, but were not taken seriously by fans. When the Jets earned their way to Super Bowl III to face an eighteen-point favorite Baltimore Colts squad, Namath put all the pressure on himself by shockingly “guaranteeing” a Jets victory. He fulfilled his promise, but knew he didn’t do it alone. As Broadway Joe said in the postgame locker room: “We’ve got the team, brother.” In Beyond Broadway Joe: The Super Bowl TEAM That Changed Football, thirty-six surviving members of that legendary 1968 team share for the first time their funny, poignant, and insightful personal stories about their Super Bowl teammates and coaches, and the historic win that changed football forever. Readers will learn what Namath’s teammates thought about his “guarantee,” find out what Jets coaches discovered on the field early during Super Bowl III that Namath and the defense used to frustrate the Colts, and delight in how the thirty-nine Jets who took the field each week with Namath enabled him to live up to his Super Bowl vow. Author Bob Lederer reviews head coach Weeb Ewbank’s never-before-seen player evaluations—that they didn’t know existed—and provides a rich history of the Jets franchise, from how these thirty-nine forgotten players became Jets, and the road ten of them took to become AFL all-stars in 1968. This definitive review of the entire Jets’ Super Bowl team is a must for every Jets diehard, for fans of the old American Football League, and for all who love the game.




Super Bowl Fireworks!


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Super Bowl fireworks come in all differentstyles: Game-altering tosses. Break-away runs.Bone-jarring sacks. Any or all of these canchange the course of the game and createfireworks on the field.




Caponomics


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By showing how Super Bowl winning teams construct their rosters, CAPONOMICS provides insight into how data and analytics are used to create sustainable, competitive teams that compete for championships. Moore proposes theories and a blueprint for how teams should consider spending their cap dollars based on analysis of 23 cap-era Super Bowl champion teams (1994 through 2016). A comprehensive compendium of historical data illustrating successful construction of cap-era championships teams supports discussion. "Moneyball" for the NFL, CAPONOMICS... * Offers greater understanding of salary cap principles behind free agency and draft moves a team makes-or should make. * Provides insight into equating cap value with on-field production to properly assess a player's production value. * Shows how to evaluate quarterback value to avoid overspending and, instead, elevate talent level on the rest of the roster. * Discusses how to combine analytics with traditional stats, strategy, coaching philosophy, and more to provide better understanding of how teams can more effectively spend cap dollars. * Examines how Belichick's focus on the objective of the sport and value across his roster makes the Patriots a consistent force and offers insight into how other teams can replicate his roster construction strategy to use the salary cap as a strategic tool. Annotated Table of Contents: From the front office and head coach to the draft and free agency, Moore suggests strategies for making roster and salary cap decisions... 1. Percentages, Process, Quality 2. The NFL Hiring Process 3. NFL Draft Process 4. How to Acquire Veterans Analyzes how to break down each position, how to spend at each position, and how to maximize return on investment from a salary cap perspective... 5. Quarterback Spending 6. Offensive Skill Spending: Understanding Objectives and Finding Value 7. Spending on the Offensive Line 8. Defensive Spending 9. Special Teams Spending and the Battle for Field Position Discusses how current rookie structure is paying many players far below their value through analysis of Jason Fitzgerald's work in quantifying a draft pick's value over the course of their rookie contract... 10. Projecting the Salary Cap, Big Cap Hits and the Need for a Wage Increase in Rookie Contracts Under the Next CBA APPENDICES: Data supporting Chapters 3, 5, 6, and 10. Super Bowl Top 30 Cap Hits. Super Bowl Top Positional Cap Hits. Stats for Super Bowl Winners.




The Billion Dollar Game


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A fascinating portrait of the National Football League, the Super Bowl, and all the position players who come together to create the biggest cultural phenomenon in American sports. Think the Super Bowl is only about two teams of titans clashing on the field? Think again. The Super Bowl is about fans, hundreds of millions of fans. It’s about money, more money than the GDP of twenty-five sovereign nations. It’s about precision, the timing of everything from the notorious commercials to the epic halftime show. And it’s about the vision and skill of designing a state-of-the-art stadium to house the great show. Here, Allen St. John reveals how America’s biggest sporting event is more than just a couple hours on a Sunday: it’s a high stakes, real-life dramatic story, with millions of participants all hoping for the same thing—the greatest game ever.




The Super Bowl


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In 1966, as the champions of the AFL and NFL prepared to play each other for the first time, Kansas City Chiefs–owner Lamar Hunt wrote the following to Commissioner Pete Rozelle: “I have kiddingly called [the championship game] the Super Bowl, which obviously can be improved upon.” How wrong Hunt was. After the AFL merged with the NFL, “Super Bowl” became the official title of the NFL championship game in the years to come. In celebration of the first fifty Super Bowls, David Fischer traces its evolution from a game that didn’t sell out in 1967 to a worldwide phenomenon with a viewership in the hundreds of millions. Packed with dozens of arresting full-color illustrations—highlighting game action, memorabilia, and players and coaches—The Super Bowl includes sections on the greatest games, individual performances, and game-changing plays. Fischer explores unique Super Bowl angles as well, including a ranking of “The Best Who Never Won” and “The Best Who Never Lost,” along with perspectives from players and fans. He covers the action, the heroes, the strategy, and the records from half a century of championship football. This celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of America’s premier sporting event is an essential addition to any football fan’s collection. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.




The Super Bowl


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A game-by-game account of the thirty-five Super Bowls that have been played from its first competition in 1967 through the game played in January 2001.