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In a Heartbeat

by Leigh Anne Tuohy, Sean Tuohy & Sally Jenkins

For the first time, the remarkable couple depicted in The Blind Side tells their own deeply inspiring story

First came the bestselling book, then the Oscar-nominated movie—the story of Michael Oher and the...

Coming Back Stronger

by Drew Brees & Chris Fabry

When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team and faced with the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again, coaches around the NFL wondered,...

Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life

by Sean Payton & Ellis Henican

The New York Times bestseller that's "heaven in hardcover" (New Orleans Times-Picayune) for Saints fans.

In the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, no symbol of disaster was more potent than New Orleans' Superdome:...

Golden Bears

by Ron Fimrite

From famed sportswriter Ron Fimrite comes the definitive history of the University of California at Berkeley's Football Program-Golden Bears. From their humble beginnings as student diversion to their unforgettable...

Gang Green: An Irreverent Look Behind the Scenes

by Gerald Eskenazi

Question: What is the only team dating back to the 1970 AFL-NFL merger that has yet to win a division title?

Question: What is the only team in the four major pro sports that has existed since the early 1960s...

Golden Boy

by Paul Hornung

Paul Hornung was football's "Golden Boy" -- handsome, talented, and fabulously successful. He had a great career at Notre Dame, where he won the Heisman Trophy (the only player ever to win it on a team with...

Bury Me in My Jersey: A Memoir of My Father, Football, and Philly

by Tom Mcallister

Born and raised in Eagles country, Tom McAllister learns from his father and brother the rules of being a football fan. Spending Sundays in the infamous 700 level of Veterans Stadium, or sitting in front of...

The First Star: Red Grange and the Barnstorming Tour That Launched the NFL

by Lars Anderson

In The First Star, acclaimed sports writer Lars Anderson recounts the thrilling story of Harold "Red" Grange, the Galloping Ghost of the gridiron, and the wild barnstorming tour that earned professional football...

Ocho Cinco: What Football and Life Have Thrown My Way

by Chad Ochocinco & Jason Cole

The moment I walked out of that tunnel that first time I was in the NFL and saw that 70,000 people, I said, "This is me, this is mine, this is what I was meant to do." Some people get scared that first time....

That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory

by John Eisenberg

The untold story of Vince Lombardi's first season as coach of the 1959 Green Bay Packers.

Do You Love Football?!

by Jon Gruden & Vic Carucci

When Jon Gruden asks his Tampa Bay Bucs, "Do you love football?!" it's to remind them why they pull on their shoulder pads every Sunday morning. It's not about the money or the fame; it's about their passion...

Sunday Morning Quarterback

by Vic Carucci & Phil Simms

An in-depth and surprising look at the game, Sunday Morning Quarterback will dramatically change the way you watch football.

You've heard all the football clichés: "Their offense is too predictable," or "They've...

When the Tuna Went Down to Texas

by Mike Shropshire

Bill Parcells was living in self-imposed exile from the National Football League sidelines. The Tuna had earned living-legend status after coaching the Giants, Patriots, and Jets from the skid-row district of...

The Rant Zone

by Dennis Miller

In this fourth installment of his acclaimed Rants series, bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning talk-show host, and wisecracking analyst for ABC's Monday Night Football Dennis Miller makes hamburger meat out...

Saturday Rules

by Austin Murphy

Austin Murphy knows a thing or two about football. His twenty-three years at Sports Illustrated include six covering the NFL and a decade chronicling the college game. In Saturday Rules, Murphy leaves no doubt...

Talking Irish: The Oral History Of Notre Dame Football

by Steve Delsohn

An entertaining fusion of fact, legend, and lore, Notre Dame football has transcended the boundaries of the sport and the university to become a time-honored American tradition. For its legions of devoted fans...

Bowden

by Mike Freeman

He is a giant among coaches, a Hall of Famer with a legacy that spans six full decades of coaching, and arguably the greatest Division I college football coach in history. And now Bobby Bowden finally has a...

Boys Will Be Boys

by Jeff Pearlman

They were America's Team—the high-priced, high-glamour, high-flying Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, who won three Super Bowls and made as many headlines off the field as on it. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic...

The Glory Game

by Frank Gifford & Peter Richmond

In 1958 Frank Gifford was the golden boy on the glamour team in the most celebrated city in the NFL. When his New York Giants played the Baltimore Colts for the league championship that year, it became the single...

The Catch: One Play, Two Dynasties, and the Game That Changed the NFL

by Gary Myers & Joe Montana

How many great catches have there been in the history of the NFL? Hundreds? Thousands? Mention "The Catch,"though, and fans will think of only one: Joe Montana to Dwight Clark, the NFC Championship game, the...