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81) Peyton Manning
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Describes the life and career of Peyton Manning, covering his family, high school and college football experiences, success in the NFL, and more.
82) Blackout
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Linebacker Riley Covington is still recovering from his father's brutal murder when he is suddenly traded to another team. After arriving in Washington he learns a counterterrorism division has detected a new plot to detonate two electromagnetic pulse bombs over the US. Unfortunately, before CTD can find the terrorists the first bomb goes off over New York City. Amid the chaos, Riley joins his former Special Ops team to make sure the second bomb doesn't...
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"One man's odyssey into the brutal hive of the National Football League. This is not a celebrity tell-all of professional sports. Slow Getting Up is a survivor's real-time account of playing six seasons (twice as long as the average NFL career) for the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos. As an unsigned free agent who rose through the practice squad to the starting lineup, Nate Jackson is the talented embodiment of the everyday freak athlete...
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Ruddy McCann, former college football star, is now Kalkaska, Michigan's full-time repo man and part-time bar bouncer. His best friend is his basset hound Jake, with whom he shares a simple life of stealing cars. Simple, that is, until Ruddy starts hearing the voice of dead realtor Alan Lottner in his head. When Alan demands Ruddy find his murderers, Ruddy attempts to ignore it. When Alan also demands he clean up his act, Ruddy tells him to back off,...
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From the opening kick off to the final whistle, Goodnight Football will bring the excitement of a football game to the youngest fan. The rhyming text, vibrant illustrations, and gentle ending will capture the love of the game through a child's eyes. A celebration of football, friendship, and family. This book is sure to be a touchdown for every football fan!
87) Eli Manning
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A brief look into the life and career of football player Eli Manning.
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Recently, a number of Western stories have been discovered among Max Brand's unpublished works and the first story in this book, The White Streak, is one of them. Its protagonist is twenty-one-year-old Jimmy Babcock, a former football star, but now a worker at the local bank run by William Parker in the town of Dresser, which has changed from cattle country to one made up of oil and alfalfa fields. When Parker fires Jimmy, all Jimmy can think is how...
89) Kneel
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When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.
90) It's only a game
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This is the absolutely guaranteed 100% mostly true story of Terry Bradshaw: the man who gained sports immortality as the first quarterback to win four Super Bowls -- and the man who later became America's most popular sports broadcaster. As honest, unexpected, and downright hysterical as the man himself, "It's Only a Game," shows the many sides of Terry. From his humble beginnings in Shreveport, Louisiana, to his success as the centerpiece of the...
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"The iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser returns in an outstanding new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots' marquee players-a hard-nosed linebacker who's earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news, his slick agent hires Spenser to find the men who he says have been harassing...
92) Recruited
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Kadeem Jones is a star quarterback for Southside High. He is thrilled when college scouts seek him out. His visit to Teller College is amazing, but then NCAA officials accuse Teller's staff of illegally recruiting top talent. Will Kadeem decide to help their investigation, even though it means the end of the good times? What will it do to his chances of playing college football?
93) Sweet spot
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Nicole Keye, who is kept busy running the family bakery and caring for her younger sister, is tired of putting everyone else's needs first and succumbs to temptation with a former NFL player who offers her freedom and passion.
94) Colin Kaepernick
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Discusses the life of Colin Kaepernick, the NFL's star quarterback, from his childhood in California where he excelled at football, basketball, and baseball to his years at the University of Nebraska, to his being drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2011 NFL Draft.
96) Draft day
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On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL.
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"Joe Montana, Dick Butkus, Walter Payton, Dan Marino. These football legends rule the record books. But who will fans still be talking about years from now? Find out which of your favorite players are legends in the making. Produced in partnership with Sports Illustrated KIDS"--From the publisher's web site.
99) Across the floor
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Football player Luc is forced to take a dance class, where he discovers an unexpected new passion.
100) Kickoff!
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Twelve-year-old twin brothers Tiki and Ronde are ready to leave Peewee League to play football for their junior high school team, but the competition for starting positions is tough and they face the possibility of spending a year on the bench.