Football's Game Changers

Icons, Record Breakers, Scandals, Super Bowls, and More

AvBarry Wilner,Ken Rappoport

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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The second book in the Lyons Press Game Changers sports series answers the questions: What were the 50 most revolutionary personalities, rules, pieces of equipment, controversies, organizational changes, radio and television advancements, and more in the history of football? And how, exactly, did they forever change the game? Football’s Game Changers offers fascinating, detailed explanations along with a ranking system from 1 to 50 that is sure to inspire debate among professional and college gridiron aficionados. Ranging from each sport’s beginnings to today and tackling on-the-field and off-the-field developments, the Game Changers series offers a history of each sport through its turning-points and innovations. Full-color, and including photos, pull-outs, and sidebars throughout, books within the Game Changers series are important and entertaining additions to every sports fan’s library.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-02
Mått:201 x 206 x 18 mm
Vikt:748 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Game Changers
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:9781493024216

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Barry Wilner has been a sportswriter for the Associated Press since 1975. He has covered virtually every major sporting event, including 13 Olympics, 9 World Cups, 30 Super Bowls, the World Series, and the Stanley Cup finals, and has written more than fifty books. He is also an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College. He lives in Garnerville, New York.Ken Rappoport is the author of nearly seventy sports books for adults and young readers. While working for the Associated Press in New York for thirty years, he has written about every major sport. His assignments have included the World Series, the NBA Finals, and, as the AP’s national hockey writer, the Stanley Cup Finals and the Olympics. He lives in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.

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Alternately nostalgic and pointed, Wilner and Rappoport have written a book that will be a walk down memory lane—and an education—for football fans, whether they are veterans or rookies.