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Wearing the "C" insignia on the uniform—a badge of honor reserved for team captains—is professional hockey's highest honor, and this study discusses how many of the NHL's all-time greatest players were captains. This exciting new book—an entertaining and enlightening blend of hockey stories and leadership lessons—reveals the secrets of hockey's greatest captains by asking questions such as What does it take to lead a team to championship? What are the keys to overcoming unexpected adve...

Demonstrating that claiming the most sought-after moniker in baseball is truly an epic journey, this record explores what separates World Series victors from those who come up short. More than 50 current and former Major League Baseball players, managers, and coaches from the last 50 years—all of whom have World Series championships under their belts—are interviewed, including Jack Morris, Lance Parrish, Kent Hrbek, Jim Kaat, and Dave Winfield. Packed with never-before-published stories, t...

For decades, hockey crowds have been brought to their feet for one of the most exciting aspects of NHL games—the fights. The Code: The Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in the NHL by Ross Bernstein takes you in-depth and behind the scenes to explore the history of fighting during hockey games and the honor system behind it. More than 50 NHL players, coaches, and media personalities were interviewed to examine how players go about their business during a fight on the ice....

In The Code: Baseball's Unwritten Rules and Its Ignore-at-Your-Own-Risk Code of Conduct, author Ross Bernstein has pulled back the curtain on baseball's tacit rules regarding retaliation, sportsmanship, and intimidation. The result of dozens of interviews with some of the biggest names in the game, this work is a systematic description of every major "unwritten rule" in the game today—from brushback pitches, bunting during a no-hitter, and running up the score, to home-run celebra...

To raise it means you've won it, and to win it means you've survived an epic journey fraught with peril and untold adversity. The highly anticipated sequel to Raising Stanley has arrived. Ross Bernstein, the best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books, including The Code: Football's Unwritten Rules and Its Ignore-at-Your-Own-Risk Code of Honor, interviewed more than 100 current and former NFL players and coaches who all had one thing in common—they wer...

Steeped in a history and tradition that spans three centuries, the Stanley Cup is without question the most unique and storied trophy in all of professional sports. Ross Bernstein, the bestselling author of more than 40 sports books, interviewed more than 100 current and former NHL players and coaches who have had the unique and distinct privilege of raising Lord Stanley's holy grail above their heads after winning hockey's ultimate prize. The book features in-depth interviews, rich histor...

An in-depth and behind the scenes to explore the history of football's unspoken expectations of all who are involved with the game each Sunday, this engaging look the inner workings of the sport of football includes interviews with more than 100 current and former NFL players, coaches, front office employees and media personalities to examine how players go about their business on the field of play. They explain why various "rules" are expected among players and what tactics are used durin...

More than 30 years after its cinematic debut, Slap Shot remains one of the most popular sports movies of all time, and this book is actor Dave Hanson's firsthand account of its making. Starring the legendary Paul Newman, the movie was based on the hilarious and outrageous antics of the fictitious Charlestown Chiefs, a tough-as-nails minor league hockey team in the early 1970s. In financial trouble and due to fold at the end of the season, they bring in the Hanson Brothers—three of...

These 101 miraculous stories of angels, faith, divine intervention, and answered prayers will amaze you.You only have to look to find the angels, guardians, and guides in your life. In this inspiring collection you’ll be awed by stories from people touched by their own angels, including:-The famous actress who refused to take a flight to her film shoot after a premonition that the plane would crash, thus saving her life.-The drowning boy who rose fr...

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These 101 stories of angels, miracles, faith, and answered prayers will amaze, inspire, and comfort you. You only have to look—to find the angels among us.Angels are among us, if we are open to seeing them and receiving their help. You’ll be amazed by these true personal stories, including:An injured boy, lost in the woods, who is saved from a wild boar attack by the family dog, and realizes later the dog died two years earlier.A man who is comforte...

These 101 true personal stories of angels, miracles, answered prayers, and faith in action will amaze you. Good things do happen to good people!Miracles happen every day to people from all walks of life. And angels are among us if we are open to seeing them and accepting their help.You’ll be inspired, awed, and comforted by these 101 stories, including:-The woman told by a voice in her car to listen to the radio, who goes on to win the radio station...