Don Rogers was a three-sport phenomenon who energized a forgotten corner of the world (North Sacramento). He could run, jump and tackle better than anyone in California. A role model to children, he became both an honor student and a consensus All- American football player for UCLA, where he dominated two Rose Bowls and was […]
The Longhorns are college football´s national champions! Fans can continue the celebration with Longhorns´ Perfect Drive: Texas´ 2005 National Championship Season, certain to be a cherished keepsake for Longhorns fans everywhere. This dazzling book features dozens of stories, columns, and player profiles from the award-winning team of Austin American-Statesman reporters focusing on the Longhorns´ run […]
Rival coach Don James of the University of Washington once called himself a 2,000-word underdog to Jim Walden. James may have been underestimating the opinionated Walden, even at those lopsided odds. During an association with the Washington State football program that started in 1977, Jim Walden established a foundation of competitive expectations that helped spur […]
Hawkeyes for Life shares the passion of devoted University of Iowa sports fans. From watching Nile Kinnick lead the renowned Ironmen in 1939 to following the Hawkeyes to Florida bowl games in recent years, the book takes readers inside Hawkeye Nation, getting to know fans and how they have shown their strong support for the […]
With more than 600 victories, six national championships, and 17 former players in the College Football Hall of Fame, the Minnesota football program is one of the greatest in history. Legendary players like Bruce Smith and Bronko Nagurski helped the Gophers dominate Minnesota sports for the first 60 years of the 20th century. This book […]
A continuing and on-going drama, LSU football is a string of improbable victories and sometimes valiant defeats, and within Game Of My Life: LSU Tigers the players responsible for perpetual story lift the curtain on their greatest acts. Here are the accounts of almost three dozen of the most remembered Tiger games of the last […]
Some of the games described by these University of Kentucky basketball legends involve championships, while others have extraordinary personal meaning. Stars like Jamal Mashburn, Dan Issel, Kenny Walker, Derek Anderson, Walter McCarty, Richie Farmer, Jack “Goose” Givens, Louie Dampier. John Pelphrey, and Travis Ford are among the many former players profiled in this in-depth look […]
Several former Blue Devil players who have worn the legendary Duke uniform share their fondest single-game experience and memories. Some of these games involve championships, while others have extraordinary personal meaning. In each case, it is the player who singles out the game, the moment in time that to him is the most defining of […]
The Game of My Life describes, in colorful detail, the single favorite game of 25 Texas A&M football legends, including photos of that particular legend in his favorite game. While each of these 25 Aggie legends has different memories, they certainly all have a place in Texas A&M’s football history. Learn all the details around […]
The sound of the public address announcer yelling out “Deeeee for Threeeee!” reverberated throughout the Assembly Hall for four magnificent seasons, “The One-Man Fast Break” became a household term to college basketball fans around the country, and orange headbands sold out in sporting goods stores everywhere in central Illinois. Dee Brown will probably go down […]