WITH A FOREWORD BY COACH BRUCE ARIANSThe extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of how Coach Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came together to deliver one of the most improbable Super Bowl victories in NFL history.The pursuit was so shrouded in secrecy that it was referred to within the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' organization by codename: Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson. Indeed, the prospect of Tom Brady, six-time ...

Ineens ben je vader. Voor veel mannen is vaderschap iets wat hun overkomt. Hoe dat kan? Alles in onze samenleving is gericht op een zorgende moeder en werkende vader. Het wordt je als man verdraaid moeilijk gemaakt onderdeel te zijn van de zwangerschap en geboorte. De paar vaderboeken die er zijn maken van papa vooral een verbaasde buitenstaander. In Sterke vaders lees je het persoonlijke verhaal van een jonge vader die betrokken zijn spruit wil verwelkomen, maar van alle kanten wordt tege...

On November 29, 1941, Army played Navy in front of 100,000 fans. Eight days later, the Japanese attacked and the young men who battled each other in that historic game were forced to fight a very different enemy. Author Lars Anderson follows four players-two from Annapolis and two from West Point-in this epic true story, The All Americans.Bill Busik: Growing up in Pasadena, California, Busik was best friends with a young black man named Jackie, who in 1947 ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Lars Anderson comes a revealing portrait of the first family of American sports.What the Kennedys are to politics, the Mannings are to football. Two generations have produced three NFL superstars: Archie Manning, the Ole Miss hero–turned–New Orleans Saint; his son Peyton, widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game; and Peyton’s younger brother, Eli, who won two Super Bowl rings...

In The Proving Ground, Lars Anderson brings to life the tremendous drama of NFL Europe by spending an entire season with the Scottish Claymores of GlasgowLife in the minor leagues of football, which NFL Europe was aptly dubbed, could be funny, sad, profound and ludicrous all at the same time. At its heart, this six-team league was a short-stop away from either the glamour of the NFL or the bottom of the professional football scrap pile--a crossroads full of...

A dual biography of two coaching legends -- Bear Bryant and Nick Saban -- who built the Alabama Crimson Tide into a true football dynasty.Both Bear Bryant and Nick Saban are undeniable kings of college football, two coaches at Alabama who have each won more national championships -- six apiece -- than anyone else in the history of the game. CHASING THE BEAR examines how they did it, revealing along the way their similarities in style, background, football philosoph...

A stunning work of narrative nonfiction, Carlisle vs. Army recounts the fateful 1912 gridiron clash that pitted one of America’s finest athletes, Jim Thorpe, against the man who would become one of the nation’s greatest heroes, Dwight D. Eisenhower. But beyond telling the tale of this momentous event, Lars Anderson also reveals the broader social and historical context of the match, lending it his unique perspectives on sports and culture at the dawn of the twentieth century....

How Dabo Swinney used his energy, faith, and determination to turn the Clemson Tigers into a football powerhouse.

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 a place in the American sporting firmament.Red Grange's on-field exploits at the University of Illinois, so vividly depicted in print by the likes of Grantland Rice and Damon Runyan, had already earned him a stature equal to that of Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey,...

A dual biography of two coaching legends -- Bear Bryant and Nick Saban -- who built the Alabama Crimson Tide into a true football dynasty.Both Bear Bryant and Nick Saban are undeniable kings of college football, two coaches at Alabama who have each won more national championships -- six apiece -- than anyone else in the history of the game. CHASING THE BEAR examines how they did it, revealing along the way their similarities in style, background, football philosoph...

WITH A FOREWORD BY COACH BRUCE ARIANSThe extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of how Coach Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came together to deliver one of the most improbable Super Bowl victories in NFL history.The pursuit was so shrouded in secrecy that it was referred to within the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ organization by codename: Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson. Indeed, the prospect of Tom Brady, six-time ...

How Dabo Swinney used his energy, faith, and determination to turn the Clemson Tigers into a football powerhouse.