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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Both dispatch and dissertation, NPR contributor Diane Roberts, an English professor at Florida State University, gives a insider's account of a big time college football program in the midst of controversy, while examining the impact and legacy of the sport's popularity in America today"--
Author
Series
Love games (Maggie Wells) volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Tyrell Ransom, the new men's basketball coach, is ready to whip his team into shape and start winning some games. But when compromising photos of his soon-to-be-ex-wife with one of his players go viral, everything comes crashing down. With reporters thick on the ground, Ty and his team need some serious damage control - now. When public relations guru Millie Jenkins arrives in her leopard-print cape to save the day, things really heat up... Soon they're...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A revelatory account based on the authors' unprecedented access to the NCAA's highest-level programs throughout the 2012 season describes its high-powered system of billion-dollar television deals, high-priced coaches, football "hostessing," castoff athlete-students and paid test takers.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
For the millions of fans who celebrate the game-day heroics of the student athletes that give college football its heart and soul, bestselling author John U. Bacon's "Fourth and Long," a warts-and-all look at the present and future of the game, gives them reason to still believe.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic expose of how the University of Oregon sold its soul to Nike--and what that means for the future of academics and college sports. In the world of college sports, winning means big dollars. But that money often comes at a cost. University of Nike explores the University of Oregon's complex relationship with its corporate partner, Nike, and how the arrangement has undermined the school's academic integrity, transparency, and campus culture....
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On November 23, 1968, near the end of a turbulent and memorable year, there was a football game that would also prove turbulent and memorable: the season-ending clash between Harvard and Yale. Both teams entered undefeated and, technically at least, came out undefeated. The final score was 29-29. To some of the players on the field, it was a triumph; to others a tragedy. And to many, the reasons had as much to do with one side's miraculous comeback...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From a former college basketball player and executive at Nike and Adidas, this explosive insider's account of the business of college basketball exposes the corrupt and racist systems that exploit young athletes and offers a new way forward"--Publisher.
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