Football

1.000 datos locos del fútbol americano

Litvin, Aníbal,


Contains facts about the history of American football. Presented in Spanish.
Date Published:2017

After the game

Glines, Abbi,


Library Media Connection, October 2017. After being away for two years, Riley Young returns to Lawton, Alabama, with her fifteen-month-old daughter to help take care of her grandmother who has Alzheimers, even though it means she has to face the lies that forced her to leave town in the first place and a blossoming friendship with the high school football star Brady Higgens, who is dealing with his own family problems.
Date Published:2018

Library Media Connection, October 2017. After being away for two years, Riley Young returns to Lawton, Alabama, with her fifteen-month-old daughter to help take care of her grandmother who has Alzheimers, even though it means she has to face the lies that forced her to leave town in the first place and a blossoming friendship with the high school football star Brady Higgens, who is dealing with his own family problems.

Date Published:2018

After the game

Glines, Abbi,


Library Media Connection, October 2017. After being away for two years, Riley Young returns to Lawton, Alabama, with her fifteen-month-old daughter to help take care of her grandmother who has Alzheimers, even though it means she has to face the lies that forced her to leave town in the first place and a blossoming friendship with the high school football star Brady Higgens, who is dealing with his own family problems.
Date Published:2017

Date Published:2017

Best of rivals : Joe Montana, Steve Young, and the inside story behind the NFL's greatest quarterback controversy /

Lazarus, Adam,


Booklist, September 2012. Examines the relationship and rivalry between NFL quarterbacks Joe Montana and Steve Young.
Date Published:2012

The bodyguard

Rodman, Sean, 1972-,


"A star football player who dreams of being a filmmaker agrees to be an exchange student's bodyguard"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

The boys of Riverside

Fuller, Thomas, (Journalist),


Booklist, July 2024. "The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team's triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Breakdown : a season of gang warfare, high school football, and the coach who policed the streets /

Halloran, Bob,


Includes index. Follows the life of James Atkins, a police officer in the Chelsea Gang Unit who also coaches high school football, as he struggles to turn teenagers away from crime and point them towards the Red Devils football field.
Date Published:2010

College football's most memorable games

Eisenhammer, Fred,


Describes sixty history-making college football games from 1913 through 2010, and includes quotes, player career follow-ups, and team seasonal wrap-ups.
Date Published:2010

Football

Cox, Ted,



Date Published:1997

Fourth down and inches : concussions and football's make-or-break moment /

McClafferty, Carla Killough, 1958-,


School Library Journal, September 2013. Pub Weekly, July 2013. Booklist, September 2013. Horn Book, January 2014. Teacher Librarian, October 2013. The Science Teacher (N.S.T.A.), November 2013. Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), October 2013. Contains an in-depth examination of the head and brain injuries that are on the rise among football players.
Date Published:2013

Gang tackle

Howling, Eric, 1956-,


School Library Journal, March 2017. Booklist, September 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2016. Library Media Connection, January 2017. Resource Links, October 2016. "In this high interest sports novel, Jamal and his teammates take a stand against their new coach when his bullying and discrimination go too far"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2016

Great football writing : Sports illustrated, 1954-2006 /


Presents a number of Sports Illustrated stories from the history of professional football from 1954 to 2006 that includes famous plays and players, teams and franchises, and coaches.
Date Published:2006

Highly suspicious and unfairly cute

Hibbert, Talia,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Bradley Graeme is a handsome star athlete, and he is the complete opposite of conspiracy-theory-obsessed Celine Bangura, who just so happens to be his former best friend. Bradley ditched Celine when they started high school to hang out with the popular kids, and now they avoid each other at all costs. But the two are forced together when they both sign up for a two-part survival course in the woods, and as they spend more time together, their feelings towards each other start to change. Slowly, Bradley and Celine think they could go back to the way they once were and soon start to wonder if could they be something more.
Date Published:2023

Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Bradley Graeme is a handsome star athlete, and he is the complete opposite of conspiracy-theory-obsessed Celine Bangura, who just so happens to be his former best friend. Bradley ditched Celine when they started high school to hang out with the popular kids, and now they avoid each other at all costs. But the two are forced together when they both sign up for a two-part survival course in the woods, and as they spend more time together, their feelings towards each other start to change. Slowly, Bradley and Celine think they could go back to the way they once were and soon start to wonder if could they be something more.

Date Published:2023

I beat the odds : from homelessness, to the blind side, and beyond /

Oher, Michael,


Kirkus Review, January 2011. Library Journal web only, January 2011. Michael Oher recounts how he defied the odds, escaped from the inner-city Memphis ghetto, found a family to take him in, and used his football skills to build a better life for himself.
Date Published:2011

John Elway



Date Published:1999

The League : how five rivals created the NFL and launched a sports empire /

Eisenberg, John, 1956-,


Library Journal, August 2018. Publisher's Weekly, July 2018. Kirkus Starred, August 2018. Booklist, September 2018. Presents a history of the National Football League revealing that Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell took an immense risk by investing in the professional game. At that time the sport barely registered on the national scene, where college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing dominated. The five owners succeeded only because at critical junctures in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the League.
Date Published:2018

Library Journal, August 2018. Publisher's Weekly, July 2018. Kirkus Starred, August 2018. Booklist, September 2018. Presents a history of the National Football League revealing that Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell took an immense risk by investing in the professional game. At that time the sport barely registered on the national scene, where college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing dominated. The five owners succeeded only because at critical junctures in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the League.

Date Published:2018

Leverage

Cohen, Joshua, 1969-,


High school sophomore Danny excels at gymnastics but is bullied, like the rest of the gymnasts, by members of the football team, until an emotionally and physically scarred new student joins the football team and forms an unlikely friendship with Danny.
Date Published:2011

Manning up

Walsh, Bee,


Kirkus Review, August 2019. "Jack is at the top of his game. He's a senior running back on the football team, dominating every opponent in his way. To everyone else, Jack is totally in control. In reality, he struggles with an eating disorder that controls every aspect of his daily life. When Jack starts using steroids, he feels invincible, but will the steroids help him win the big game, or will he lose everything he's ever worked for?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Kirkus Review, August 2019. "Jack is at the top of his game. He's a senior running back on the football team, dominating every opponent in his way. To everyone else, Jack is totally in control. In reality, he struggles with an eating disorder that controls every aspect of his daily life. When Jack starts using steroids, he feels invincible, but will the steroids help him win the big game, or will he lose everything he's ever worked for?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2020

Muckers

Wallace, Sandra Neil,


"Inspired by a true story." "Felix O'Sullivan, standing in the shadow of his dead brother, an angry, distant father, and racial tension, must lead the last-ever Muckers high school football team to the state championship before a mine closing shuts down his entire town"--.
Date Published:2013

Newton's football : the science behind America's game /

St. John, Allen,


Publisher's Weekly, October 2013. Booklist, December 2013. Kirkus Review, November 2013. Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), May 2014. Library Journal web only, December 2013. Looks at the links between physics and football, such as how the shape of a football invokes chaos theory, how most fundamental laws of the physical universe can be found at work every Sunday afternoon from the way a cornerback uses momentum to make a touchdown-saving tackle to the science of a perfect spiral, and how basic elements of the game demonstrate scientific principles.
Date Published:2013

Publisher's Weekly, October 2013. Booklist, December 2013. Kirkus Review, November 2013. Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), May 2014. Library Journal web only, December 2013. Looks at the links between physics and football, such as how the shape of a football invokes chaos theory, how most fundamental laws of the physical universe can be found at work every Sunday afternoon from the way a cornerback uses momentum to make a touchdown-saving tackle to the science of a perfect spiral, and how basic elements of the game demonstrate scientific principles.

Date Published:2013