With frankness and compassion, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist H.G. Bissinger's national bestseller chronicles the dramatic 1988 season of the Permian Panthers--the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Friday Night Lights shows how the town's singleminded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires (or shatters) the teenagers who wear the uniforms. Featured on 'Sixty Minutes'. 26 halftones.

For some football teams, success is about never falling. For others, it is about always getting back up. When Messmer, a predominately black Milwaukee high school, and Shorewood, a white suburban high school, decided to field a joint football team, it tested more than just the players' football prowess. This is the story of that season of dreams. Although the team's won-loss record was dismal, the players gained much more through their understanding of people of another background and race.

For hundreds of thousands of alumni and fans, the annual clash between Harvard and Yale inspires a sense of nostalgia and pride unequaled anywhere in sports. For much of the year, Ivy League football is overshadowed by powerhouse programs such as USC and Oklahoma. But not on the third Saturday of November, when all eyes turn to New England for the legendary battle between the Crimson and the Blue.
"The Only Game That Matters" takes readers through an entire Ivy League season, interweaving the modern-day Harvard/Yale experience with great stories of classic games past. As Corbett and Simpson trace this venerable battle from its inception, the anatomy of a rivalry emerges. Culminating in a typically thrilling version of The Game, "The Only Game That Matters" explores what makes this 130-year-old rivalry so revered, so beloved, and so pi

The legendary Bear Bryant is recognized nationwide as one of the greatest coaches ever. So why did he always cite his 1-9 A&M team of 1955 as his favorite? This is the story--and the beginning of the legend. 8-page photo insert.

Praise for "The Fifty-Year Seduction"
"As there have been Kremlinologists, so Keith Dunnavant must be the first certified NCAA-ologist. The work is thoroughly researched, carefully told, and absolutely brimming with fools and villains."
- Frank Deford
"If you think college football has sold its soul, Keith Dunnavant has news for you. He knows when the sale was made and for how much. Clearly and painstakingly, Dunnavant tracks the crime across decades. Anyone who cares about college athletics should memorize every word of this cautionary tale."
- David Kindred, columnist for "The Sporting News"
"Required reading for anyone who wants to know the real story involving television and college football. A book that's long overdue."
- Gene Wojciechowski, columnist for "ESPN Magazine"
"For anyone who follows college footba

The bestselling football book of 1996 -- the book in which John Feinstein delivers the most riveting inside look at college football ever written -- is coming in paperback, just in time for the 1997 football season.

A Civil War is an unforgettable portrait of college football in the purest form: two teams that play for the love of the game and for the honor of their respective schools, rather than for money or fame. As Feinstein follows the Army and Navy football teams through a single season, he takes us into the locker rooms, onto the playing fields, and inside the lives of the players and coaches. His book captures the personalities and the behind-the-scenes struggles -- and culminates in a vivid account of the teams' dramatic December face-off, a startling come-from-behind victory that resulted from a daredevil fourth-down touchdown

Bill Belichick's 31 years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success--first with the Giants, then with Cleveland, and most recently, his three out of the last four Super Bowl wins with the New England Patriots. In this groundbreaking new book, Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man with the highest post-season winning percentage in NFL history.

This newest collection from one of the world's preeminent sports photographers presents 175 of Looss's snapshots celebrating the game of football--from kids at play to the game's greatest players and coaches. 150 color, 25 b&w photos.

Its not a jock book. Its not a sociology book. Its a storybook about modern society, ancient virtues, and the power of love, money and talent to do a little good.

Year after year, Sunday afternoons and Monday nights during the NFL season have belonged to men. While they cheer and argue play calls, the women in their lives are relegated to beer and chip detail. It's time for these women to join the action, and Holly Robinson Peete, star of "21 Jump Street," "For Your Love," and "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper," and wife of NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, has written this hip, smart, cheerful guide to help them do so.
Peete shares her infectious enthusiasm for pro football and takes the complexity out of the game by breaking it down to its component parts. She explains the role of each position player, provides a rundown of all on-field penalties and referees' hand signals, and offers an illustrated guide to some of the most common plays in the NFL. She gives her take on the most memorable plays in NFL hi

An insiders look at the founding fathers of college football and a journey back to a simpler time when helmets had no face guards, and strategy and sportsmanship ruled the gridiron. Photos.