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What about Will / by Hopkins, Ellen.;
"Trace's relationship with his older brother Will become increasingly complicated after Will suffers a traumatic brain injury and becomes addicted to pain pills"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Brothers; Brain damage; Football injuries; Drug addiction; Families; Secrecy;
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Path lit by lightning : the life of Jim Thorpe / by Maraniss, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, he encountered duplicitous authorities who turned away from him when their reputations were at risk. At Carlisle, he dealt with the racist assimilationist philosophy Kill the Indian, Save the Man. His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball. His later life was troubled by alcohol, broken marriages, and financial distress. But for all his travails, Thorpe did not succumb. The man survived, complications and all, and so did the myth.
Subjects: Biographies.; Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953.; Athletes ; Football players ; Indian athletes ;
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Whistleblower / by Marchant, Kate,author.;
"Laurel Cates, a junior at Garland University, has no desire for the spotlight ... As a writer for Garland's school paper, the Daily, Laurel sticks to well-written fluff pieces. But when she uncovers a scandal involving the school's beloved football coach, Laurel knows she has to expose the truth ... In the aftermath of the article, Laurel's crush turns into her enemy as Bodie tries to protect the man who has been like a father to him. But as the interactions between the pair deepen, so too do their feelings for each other and an unlikely romance blossoms"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; College student newspapers and periodicals; College students; Football coaches; Man-woman relationships; Whistle blowers; College student newspapers and periodicals; College students; Football coaches; Man-woman relationships; Whistle blowers;
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Red zone : from the offensive line to the front line of the pandemic / by Duvernay-Tardif, Laurent,1991-author.;
"On July 24, 2020 Laurent Duvernay-Tardif sent shockwaves through the sports world by becoming the first NFL player to opt out of the coming season. The only active player who is also a medical doctor, Laurent spent the months directly after winning the Super Bowl working in a health facility in Quebec on the front lines of the pandemic. As plans for the 2020 NFL season ramped up and daily cases continued to skyrocket, Laurent realized that playing and potentially spreading the virus was antithetical to everything he believed. For the first time in his remarkable career, he couldn't square his twin passions of football and medicine. So he temporarily stepped away from the game he loved, returning to his medical work and enrolling in Harvard to earn his master's in public health, hoping to maximize his celebrity status in order to effect change on a larger scale. But that was just the beginning of this fascinating story. As Laurent settled into his new reality, he quickly came up against a severe COVID outbreak in his hospital unit. Meanwhile, his team, the Kansas City Chiefs entered the playoffs as the #1 seed in the AFC and were favorites to repeat as champions amidst a season that saw countless games postponed due to league-wide outbreaks, including one in his own offensive line group in Kansas City. This fast-paced memoir will take you inside Laurent's life as he grappled with his role as both a medical professional and NFL football player, taking readers on a journey into Duvernay-Tardiff's remarkable personal story, where his insatiable curiosity and work ethic led him from his family's bakery in downtown Montreal to his dual role as both a medical school graduate and championship-winning right guard in the NFL. From the incredible highs of winning the Super Bowl to the incredible sorrow of losing a patient on his ward to Covid, from the high of Super Bowl win to an unexpected trade, RED ZONE is riveting account of Tardiff's incredible intelligence, determination, sacrifice, and conviction. It's also a captivating story of one of the most fascinating and accomplished people in professional sports."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Duvernay-Tardif, Laurent, 1991-; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Football players; Physicians;
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Fondant fumble / by McKinlay, Jenn,author.;
"Professional football players Keogh Graham and Tyler Matthews want to open a Fairy Tale Cupcakes franchise. They're spending the off-season in Scottsdale working in Mel's bakery, learning about the business and how to bake showstopping cupcakes. The popular athletes bring a boom of customers to the store as football fans flock to see the friends mixing batter and piping icing. Everyone's excited the athletes are pursuing their dream of owning a bakery--except for those who fear the players will ditch football for fondant and retire early from professional sports. The angry naysayers include their team owner and Keogh's sports agent, along with some very vocal fans. When the owner of their team, the Arizona Scorpions, is found dead on the floor of their new bakery following an argument with Keogh, the pros become prime suspects. As the investigation heats up, Mel and the rest of the cupcake bakery crew must step up and prove their franchise owners are innocent before it's game over for the new bakers."--Back cover.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Recipes.; Novels.; Bakeries; Bakers; Cooper, Melanie (Fictitious character); DeLaura, Angie (Fictitious character); Football players; Murder;
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Good company / by Blank, Arthur(Arthur M.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Home Depot co-founder and owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons relates his experiences with revitalizing troubled organizations and outlines a practical approach to a values-based business that utilizes the cooperative potential of purpose and profit.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Blank, Arthur (Arthur M.); Home Depot (Firm); Businessmen; Executives; Football team owners; Entrepreneurship.; Success in business.;
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Falling for Alaska / by Calhoune, Belle,author.;
"As the oldest of three brothers, former pro-football player Xavier Stone is no stranger to making tough calls. Like returning to his small hometown of Moose Falls, Alaska to help run his grandmother's hard cider company and gastro pub. He agrees to keep an open mind, but between working with his estranged father and confronting heavy childhood memories with his brothers, Xavier's ready to rush back to civilization. Even the stunning woman who runs his grandmother's restaurant seems to instantly dislike him ... True Everett knows better than to let a ridiculously handsome man distract her, especially when it's the same guy who stands between her and owning Northern Exposure, the tavern she manages. She didn't pour her soul into the restaurant just for Xavier to swoop in and snatch away her dreams. But amid all the barbs--and, fine ... all the sparks--flying, True glimpses the man beneath the swagger. That version of Xavier, the real one, might just steal True's heart."--Back cover.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Ex-football players; Family-owned business enterprises; Man-woman relationships; Restaurateurs; Small cities;
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All-American murder : the rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez, the superstar whose life ended on murderers' row / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Abramovich, Alex,1972-author.; Harvkey, Mike,author.;
He was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later a Super Bowl veteran. He was a star tight end on the league-dominant New England Patriots, who extended his contract for a record $40 million. Football coaches, players, and fans called Aaron Hernandez unstoppable. His four-year-old daughter called him Daddy. The law called him inmate 174594.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Case studies.; Biographies.; Hernandez, Aaron.; Hernandez, Aaron; Murder; Trials (Murder); Football players;
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All-American murder [sound recording] : the rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez, the superstar whose life ended on murderers' row / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Coleman, Peter(Actor),narrator.; Abramovich, Alex,1972-author.; Harvkey, Mike,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Peter Coleman.He was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later a Super Bowl veteran. He was a star tight end on the league-dominant New England Patriots, who extended his contract for a record $40 million. Football coaches, players, and fans called Aaron Hernandez unstoppable. His four-year-old daughter called him Daddy. The law called him inmate 174594.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Case studies.; Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Hernandez, Aaron.; Hernandez, Aaron; Murder; Trials (Murder); Football players;
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The Zucchini Warriors / by Korman, Gordon.;
Macdonald Hall doesn't have a football team, but with the promise of a new rec center if the students could put together a winning football team, suddenly it's all about football on campus.LSC
Subjects: Football stories.; Competition (Psychology); Schools;
© 2013., Scholastic Canada,
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