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The Quarterback (The Rookies 1)

Author : Zoë Lane

Publisher : Zoë Lane

Page : 255 pages

File Size : 22,81 MB

Release : 2023-01-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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I'm the best collegiate quarterback to ever play the game. Now, I'm the highest-paid rookie quarterback in NFL's history. I can do whatever I want. Have whomever I want. Except her. Rose. Sweet, innocent, and beautiful like the flower. She's been hired by management to fix me. Apparently, I'm reckless. A crisis. In need of serious reform. No one understands the pressure it takes to perform. And the release I need to stay at the top of my game. Being number one means facing a past I've tried to forget. That's a crisis I didn't see coming. If I lose, I'm back where I started. But this time, without Rose. Because if she gets with me, she'll throw away her one shot at the job of her dreams. I know a thing about dreams. I make them happen. But I won't lose her. Because all I do is win.



The Rookie

Author : Scott Sigler

Publisher : Galactic Football League

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 32,22 MB

Release : 2013-11

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781939366900

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In a distant future where aliens and humans alike play a deadly version of professional football, quarterback prodigy Quentin Barnes learns to overcome his prejudices and band both alien and human teammates together in order to survive a season.



Ebony

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Page : 120 pages

File Size : 30,42 MB

Release : 1979-01

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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.



RG3

Author : Dave Sheinin

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 283 pages

File Size : 10,74 MB

Release : 2013-08-06

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1101623977

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He’s been called many things—Heisman Trophy winner, MVP, the savior of the Washington Redskins—but to his millions of fans, Robert Griffin III is known simply as RG3. Robert Griffin III was a preternaturally gifted athlete from a young age, but in those early days he played nearly every sport except football. He seemed pointed toward stardom, but would it be in basketball or maybe in track, where he qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials as a hurdler? As for playing football, Griffin first had to overcome his mother’s objections to the violence and danger by making a “Pinkie Promise” with her that no one would catch him. Eventually, he began to realize that all of his remarkable talents—unrivaled speed, pinpoint accuracy, exceptional intelligence, single-minded drive—combined into a potent force that few quarterbacks could rival. What followed seemed almost destined: a football scholarship to Baylor University, three exceptional seasons capped by winning the Heisman Trophy, and the 2012 draft—where Griffin, as the second overall pick, became the franchise quarterback for one of the oldest and most storied football teams in the country. In RG3: The Promise, award-winning Washington Post reporter Dave Sheinin provides an in-depth, behind-the-scenes account of Griffin’s phenomenal rookie year—and offers a unique and intimate look inside the transformation one of the NFL’s brightest young stars.



Paper Lion

Author : George Plimpton

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 360 pages

File Size : 17,96 MB

Release : 2016-04-26

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0316284432

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The book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives. George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit Lions, practicing with the team, and taking snaps behind center. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks that pervade when sixty high-strung guys live together in close quarters, and a host of football rites and rituals. One of the funniest and most insightful books ever written on football, Paper Lion is a classic look at the gridiron game and a book The Wall Street Journal calls "a continuous feast...The best book ever about football -- or anything!"



Blitzed

Author : Thomas George

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 29,56 MB

Release : 2017-09-05

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1683581083

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In today’s NFL, every team has a “win now” mentality. There’s no time for rebuilding or down years. You need to compete each and every day, or else you’re out; and that goes for the players, coaches, and front office. You either win today or you’re gone tomorrow. Because of this trend, struggling teams have forgone the training of old and slowly building from the ground up for the immediate payoff. And when it comes to gaining the interest of the fans and media, there’s one go-to decision for every struggling team: the rookie quarterback. Blitzed is an in-depth study as to the reason why teams choose to hand the keys of their franchise over to an unproven rookie. But there are multiple layers as to the odds of success for these athletes. While much has to do with their mental and physical toughness, the coaching, front office, and state of an organization all play a crucial role. In the last two NFL drafts, quarterbacks have been taken as the first two picks (Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota in 2015; Jared Goff and Carson Wentz in 2016). The face of the franchise can’t grow a beard, but is expected to lead his team on the gridiron. Covering the history of this trend with a running timeline of the 2016 NFL season and top draft picks Goff and Wentz, as well as interviews with numerous current and former quarterbacks, coaches, and executives, distinguished journalist Thomas George breaks down how teams decide on starting a rookie quarterback and why the chances of an immediate payoff are such a mixed bag.



The 2,003-Yard Odyssey

Author : Joe Zagorski

Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers

Page : 246 pages

File Size : 36,95 MB

Release : 2024-05-24

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN :

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“It was a season where the impossible became possible. It was a season where the hard to believe became believable.” --Marv Levy, Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach. The 1973 Buffalo Bills made pro football history. They had an offense that broke several important rushing records during that memorable year. And they had a superstar running back by the name of O.J. Simpson, who broke a glass ceiling of sorts by becoming the first man -- and indeed the only man -- to ever rush for more than 2,000 yards in one 14-game regular season. That glory-filled accomplishment provided the celebrated culmination to this epic tale of a week-by-week journey from an initial goal to its triumphant ending. In The 2,003-Yard Odyssey: The Juice, The Electric Company, and an Epic Run for a Record, several members of that Buffalo Bills team recall their memories of that year. They discuss how that 1973 season began with a bunch of question marks, then how a boast by one of their offensive linemen led to a challenge for the whole squad to address. A major focus in this book are the feats of the incomparable O.J. Simpson, who earned pro football fame and glory with his record-breaking 1973 performance. This story recounts how Simpson set a mark that was thought of by most people to be impossible to achieve. It was an odyssey unlike any other in NFL annals, and it is explored in concentrated depth and detail within these pages. Joe Zagorski is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Pro Football Researchers Association. He has written several previous books about various teams and players of the NFL. He is also a contributing writer to the website Pro Football Journal and the administrator of the Facebook page, The NFL in the 1970s. He resides in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Marv Levy, who wrote the foreword for this book, is a coaching legend in both the United States and in Canada. He led the Buffalo Bills to four straight Super Bowl appearances from 1990 to 1993. He is also an honored member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.



The Savvy Guide to Fantasy Sports

Author : Michael Harmon

Publisher : Indy Tech Publishing

Page : 374 pages

File Size : 19,74 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Crafts & Hobbies

ISBN : 9780790613130

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Taking a fresh approach to fantasy sports, this guide covers strategies and techniques both unique to specific sports, and trends applicable to all sports, while providing tips to help the casual player get the most out of every game.



Strategy and Politics

Author : Emerson Niou

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 10,90 MB

Release : 2015-05-15

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1317563123

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Strategy and Politics: An Introduction to Game Theory is designed to introduce students with no background in formal theory to the application of game theory to modeling political processes. This accessible text covers the essential aspects of game theory while keeping the reader constantly in touch with why political science as a whole would benefit from considering this method. Examining the very phenomena that power political machineries—elections, legislative and committee processes, and international conflict, the book attempts to answer fundamental questions about their nature and function in a clear, accessible manner. Included at the end of each chapter is a set of exercises designed to allow students to practice the construction and analysis of political models. Although the text assumes only an elementary-level training in algebra, students who complete a course around this text will be equipped to read nearly all of the professional literature that makes use of game theoretic analysis.



Offense: Love By the Yard Series Books 1-4

Author : Michel Prince

Publisher : Michel Prince Books

Page : 814 pages

File Size : 34,61 MB

Release : 2020-06-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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The saying goes, defense wins games, offense entertains. In books 1 to 4 of the Love By the Yard series the men on the field are sure to entertain, but what happens after the final whistle blows. Two people—two different backgrounds—one goal—to learn to love one yard at a time. This collection contains all four the books on the offensive side of the ball. Discover Jermoe Speed, Dalton Gresham, Xavier Jackson and Beumont Guthry as they get schooled in the game of love.