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"The American Football League, established in 1960, was innovative both in its commitment to finding talented, overlooked players--particularly those who played for historically black colleges and universities--and in the decision by team owners to share television revenues. In Mavericks, Money and Men, football historian Charles Ross chronicles the AFL's key events, including Buck Buchanan becoming the first overall draft pick in 1963, and the 1965...
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"It's the unfathomable modern legend that has become a testament to the resilience of the human spirit: the 1972 Andes plane crash and the Uruguayan rugby teammates who suffered seventy-two days among the dead and dying. It was a harrowing test of endurance on a snowbound cordillera that ended in a miraculous rescue. Now comes the unflinching and emotional true story by one of the men who found his way home" -- Page 4 of cover.
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Nobody's baby but mine: Not wanting her child to grow up feeling freakish, genius physics professor Jane Darlington chooses Chicago Stars quarterback Cal Bonner to father her child, assuming him to be, well, stupid.
This heart of mine: Molly Somerville's reputation for trouble is enhanced when she gives away her fifteen-million-dollar inheritance and by her crush on Chicago Stars football player Kevin Tucker, who doesn't know she exists.
1344) The relationship pact
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How hard can it be? That was the question rolling around Larissa Mason's mind just before she asked Hollis Hudson to be her fake boyfriend. It was only supposed to be for five minutes, after all. Granted, that was also before she felt his hand on the small of her back as he charmed the heck out of her family. She hadn't heard his laugh yet either. And it was definitely before she saw the football god shirtless. Otherwise, she would've had an idea...
1345) Wszystko dla miłości
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Realizing too late that her husband only married her to spite his family, forty-seven-year-old Rachel Gaines finds herself widowed, without family, and fully intenting to pursue a relationship with Quentin Rawls. --
1346) Josh Allen
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"Engaging images accompany information about Josh Allen. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
1350) Sports great Jerry Rice
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Describes the career of San Francisco 49ers player Jerry Rice.
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"Find your seat and get ready to cheer as short, engaging text matched with oversized images lead young readers into the story of Ezekiel Elliott. They will learn about where he got his start, some of his most notable moments in the NFL, and how he gives back to the community and people who support him."
1352) Heaven, Texas
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It's Gracie Snow's job as a new motion picture production assistant to get the legendary ex-football player, Bobby Tom Denton, back to his Texas hometown to begin shooting his first movie. Good luck with that.--From publisher's description.
1354) Lawrence Taylor
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A biography which focuses on the football career of the star linebacker for the New York Giants, Lawrence Taylor, also known as "L.T."
1355) Pretty reckless
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All Saints High volume 1
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"They say revenge is a dish best served cold... Penn Scully has had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to him, and now his heart is completely iced over. He took her first kiss, and she took away the only person he ever loved. He asked her to save the rest of her firsts for him, and she walked all over his heart in stiletto heels and left it bleeding out on a bright summer day. Now, everything has changed. When circumstances leave Penn...
1356) Against all odds
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An interesting love triangle evolves when an ex-football player travels to Mexico to find his good friend's girlfriend.
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"The legend of Tom Brady, told by two top witnesses of the NFL in Spain. Football is the ultimate team sport, and each player's performance is closely related to what the rest of the team does. Over twenty years of professional career, Tom Brady has questioned this principle. His game has elevated the performance of his teammates, whom he has led on multiple occasions to the upmost glory: the NFL's championship ring. Brady's story is based on determination,...
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"Dear Black Boy is a letter of encouragement to all of the black boys around the world who feel like sports are all they have. It is a reminder that they are more than athletes, more than a jersey number, more than a great crossover or a forty-yard dash, that the biggest game that they'll ever play is the game of life, and there are people rooting for them off of the courts and fields, not as athletes, but as future leaders of the world. The same...
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