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  Bleachers

  by John Grisham

  High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. Now, as Coach Rake’s “boys” sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing,... (more)
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  Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, And a Dream

  by H. G. Bissinger

  In the state of Texas American football is a religion. And nowhere is more fanatical about its football than the small town of Odessa. There, every Friday night from September to November, a bunch of seventeen-year-old kids play their hearts out for the honour of their high school. In front of 20,000 people. In 1988 H.G. Bissinger spent a season in Odessa discovering just what makes a town pin its hopes on eleven... (more)
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  Friday Night Lights

  by H. G. Bissinger

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  Shoeless Joe

  by W. A. Kinsella, Ray Kinsella, W. Kinsella

  "If you build it, he will come." Them mysterious words of an Iowa baseball announcer lead Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield in honor of his hero, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson. This is a book "not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American," said the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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  Domers: A Year at Notre Dame

  by Kevin Coyne

  Journalist Kevin Coyle spent a year at Notre Dame, from freshman orientation to graduation. He attended classes, masses, pep rallies, parties, faculty meetings and trustee meetings. He hung out with virtually every group of students on campus, from pre-meds to football players. Coyle emerges with a rich and complex portrait of a univeristy unlike any other in America.
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  Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

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  All the Rage: The Life of an NFL Renegade

  by Charles Haley, Joseph Layden

  One of the most unpredictable players in professional sports unleashes his strong views on everything--the NFL in general, the teams he's played on, the coaches he's played for, and the players he's played with.
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  You're OK, It's Just A Bruise: A Doctor's Sideline Secrets About Pro Football's Most Outrageous Team

  by Rob Huizenga

  The dramatic, hilarious, and controversial insider's look at what really happens on the sidelines and in the locker rooms of the NFL. Hired by the Los Angeles Raiders in 1983 as the team internist, Rob Huizenga worked on the sidelines and in the locker room of every game. That first year was the epitome of Raiders football-- the silver-and-black team of renegades steamrolled opponents and defeated the Washington... (more)
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  In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)

  by Eric Anderson

  In the Game Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity Eric Anderson - Author SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations Summary Examines the relationship between gay male athletes, sport, and American masculinity.
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  Out of Bounds: Sports, Media, and the Politics of Identity

  Out of Bounds is a collection of essays that regards the media representation of professional sports through the lens of cultural studies. Editors Aaron Baker and Todd Boyd contend that the popularity of sports derives not simply from their appeal as leisure entertainment but from their contribution to discussion of larger issues of class, race, gender, and masculinity. Essays in the collection challenge media... (more)
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  Arena of Masculinity: Sports, Homosexuality, and the Meaning of Sex

  by Brian Pronger

  Sports are perhaps the most visible expression of the ideals of masculinity in our society, and figure as a training ground on which young boys are taught what it means to be a man. Given the involvement of sports with masculinity, the homosexual athlete becomes a paradox, and the recent explosive growth of gay sporting leagues, a puzzle. Pronger explores the paradoxical position of the gay athlete in a straight... (more)
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  The Thrill of the Grass (Penguin Short Fiction)

  by W. Kinsella

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  Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania

  by Warren St. John

  What is it about sports that turns otherwise sane people into raving lunatics? Why does winning compel people to tear down goal posts, and losing, to drown themselves in bad keg beer? In short, why do fans care? In search of answers, Warren St. John seeks out the roving community of RVers who follow the Alabama Crimson Tide from game to game. A movable feast of Weber grills and Igloo coolers, these are hard-core... (more)
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  Michael Jordan, Inc: Corporate Sport, Media Culture, and Late Modern America (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)

  Uses Michael Jordan as a vehicle for viewing the broader social, economic, political, and technological concerns that frame contemporary culture.
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  Making the Team: Inside the World of Sports Initiations and Hazing

  Media attention has recently raised public awareness of hazing rituals, which has generated curiosity, interest, and debate about hazing as an initiation practice. Making the Team is a ground-breaking collection of contemporary perspectives on this topic. This book provides a theoretical analysis of hazing from a sociological perspective, both in the United States and in Canada. It is designed to provide an... (more)