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"With deep reporting and a profound understanding of the football life, Ian O'Connor comes as close as humanly possible to solving the mystery of the great football sphinx, Bill Belichick, and his unmatched coaching career." – David Maraniss, best-selling author of When Pride Still Mattered, A Life of Vince Lombardi
The definitive biography of the NFL's most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach.
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"Football is the country's most popular pastime, and yet most of what happens in today's NFL is a mystery. The New York Jets gave Nicholas Dawidoff a security code, a locker, [and] an office in the scouting department, and for an entire year he lived with the team. He has written a ... narrative about an emblematic NFL season that deepens the way we know the game"--
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"Gunslinger tells Brett Favres story for the first time, drawing on more than five hundred interviews, including many from the people closest to Favre. Jeff Pearlman charts an unparalleled journey from his rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at Southern Mississippi to a car accident that nearly took his life. Favre clawed back, getting drafted into the NFL by the Atlanta Falcons, then finding...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • After providing what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL, third-string quarterback Rick Dockery becomes a national laughingstock. Cut by the Cleveland Browns, and shunned by every other team, Rick insists that his agent find a team that does need him.
Against enormous odds, Rick lands a job—as the starting quarterback for the...
Against enormous odds, Rick lands a job—as the starting quarterback for the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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One of the best quarterbacks in the history of college football traces his path to success, discussing his childhood as the son of Christian missionaries and how his faith combined with his drive to succeed have made him the person he is today.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Follows the story of football player Dominic Fucillo, a deeply religious athlete who struggles with rage, a complicated love life, and devastating injuries that give way to scandal when he is nearly beaten to death for his unethical nightlife activities.
7) Bleachers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Presents a novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion.
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For half a century, the Denver Broncos have provided countless thrills, and a few spills, for their devoted fans. The full story of the Broncos' wild ride- from a decade of losing seasons to mighty dynastic heights-unfolds in all its guts-and-glory drama in this illustrated history. The first complete, illustrated account of this storied team, the book tells how this charter member of the American Football League struggled through its first seasons...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title examines the history of the Kansas City Chiefs, telling the story of the franchise and its top players, greatest games, and most thrilling moments. This book includes informative sidebars, high-energy photos, a timeline, a team file, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
11) Final season
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green comes a gripping, deeply personal standalone football novel about a star middle school quarterback faced with a life-changing decision after his dad is diagnosed with ALS. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica! With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title examines the history of the Washington Redskins, telling the story of the franchise and its top players, greatest games, and most thrilling moments. This book includes informative sidebars, high-energy photos, a timeline, a team file, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title examines the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers, telling the story of the franchise and its top players, greatest games, and most thrilling moments. This book includes informative sidebars, high-energy photos, a timeline, a team file, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
16) Dallas Cowboys
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title examines the history of the Dallas Cowboys, telling the story of the franchise and its top players, greatest games, and most thrilling moments. This book includes informative sidebars, high-energy photos, a timeline, a team file, and a glossary.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The game of football has changed dramatically from its nineteenth-century English incarnations-and so has the touchdown. In fact, for a time, a touchdown wasn't worth any points! But over the past century, rule changes and gifted players-from Jim Thorpe to Peyton Manning-have made the touchdown one of the most exciting plays in sports.
18) New York Giants
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title examines the history of the New York Giants, telling the story of the franchise and its top players, greatest games, and most thrilling moments. This book includes informative sidebars, high-energy photos, a timeline, a team file, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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The National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long-term brain injuries. In a special two-hour investigation, FRONTLINE and prize-winning journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN reveal the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries, drawn...
20) Fantasy league
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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In Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Charlie's skill at fantasy football gains the attention of both the local media and the owner of a professional football team.
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