<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "National Football League — History."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "National Football League — History."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/sno-isle/rss/search?query=%22National%20Football%20League%20%E2%80%94%20History.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:54:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[American Kings]]></title><description><![CDATA["Pull back the curtain on the most powerful position in all of sports. The quarterback: the American equivalent of royalty, long glamorized, mythologized and worshiped. Still, long before the Super Bowl trophies, massive contracts, brand deals, and millions of social media followers comes the dream. From the backyard to Pop Warner, from high school to college, from the NFL to the Hall of Fame, becoming the country's ultimate idol requires single-minded focus while navigating a maze of bad breaks, insecurities, jealousy, pressure, and fame. Long known as the outsider's guide into this elite world, Seth Wickersham's fresh reporting goes deep into the quarterback journey, measuring the distance between what the men who have traveled it expected and what they found at the end of the road. Through unprecedented access into the lives of dozens of quarterbacks and generational greats such as Johnny Unitas, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Warren Moon, Steve Young, and others, as well as those figures striving to be remembered, like Caleb Williams and Arch Manning, Wickersham reveals how this one position has become emblematic of success in American life. As an inside look into a uniquely American job and a uniquely American obsession with football, American Kings is a must-read for sports fans and anyone who wants to understand what the price of ambition tells us about the quest for achievement and status"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2185430</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2185430</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wickersham, Seth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2185430121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Biography of the Quarterback</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781368099189/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football Done Right]]></title><description><![CDATA["From Monday Night Football to Super Bowl Sunday, the NFL is a dominating force in the lives of millions of fans who tune in and passionately cheer for their favorite teams. And when the games are over, the conversation is just getting started. Who's the greatest player of all time? Which coaches truly shaped the game we known and love today? What was the most unforgettable game? Why is professional football such an undeniable part of our culture? "-- Amazon.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2083046</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2083046</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lombardi, Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2083046121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780762479535/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Field of Play]]></title><description><![CDATA["For the past 60 years, Michael Zagaris has taken his camera behind the scenes of the NFL, capturing the moments that define America's game. With unparalleled access-42 Super Bowls, 49 seasons as team photographer for the San Francisco 49ers, and a behind-the-scenes passport to the rest of the NFL-Zagaris takes his aim beyond the field and to the locker room, the bench, the practices, and the training camps. His intimate portraits convey the nerves, the tension, the pain, and the elation with emotional depth and the clarity of a longtime insider. With contributions from celebrated Hall of Famers Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, and Fred Biletnikoff, as well as text from renowned sportswriter Steve Cassady and sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards, Field of Play highlights Zagaris's storied career as a photographer, showcasing the irresistible force of football and celebrates its enduring presence"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2064041</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2064041</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zagaris, Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2064041121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781951836764/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freezing Cold Takes]]></title><description><![CDATA["With this book, Segal focuses on the NFL, and provides a vast collection of poorly aged predictions and analysis from NFL media members and personalities about some of the most famous teams and players in the league's history"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2055847</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2055847</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Segal, Fred]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2055847121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>NFL : Football Media&apos;s Most Inaccurate Predictions -- and the Fascinating Stories Behind Them</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780762475452/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Kings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pull back the curtain on the most powerful position in all of sports. The New York Times bestselling author of It's Better to be Feared examines football's QB lifecycle: high school, college, the NFL, retirement—and all that comes with it. "A MUST BUY" — New York Times / The Athletic A Boston Globe and NPR pick for Best Books of 2025 New York Book Festival <li> General Nonfiction Winner *** The Instant New York Times bestseller *** "An instant classic—not just a great sports book but a great cultural history." —Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King: A Life The quarterback: the American equivalent of royalty, long glamorized, mythologized, and worshipped. Still, long before the Super Bowl trophies, massive contracts, brand deals, and millions of social media followers comes the dream. From the backyard to Pop Warner, from high school to college, from the NFL to the Hall of Fame, becoming the country's ultimate idol requires single-minded focus while navigating a maze of bad breaks, insecurities, jealousy, pressure, and fame. Long known as the outsider's guide into this elite world, Seth Wickersham's fresh reporting goes deep into the quarterback journey, measuring the distance between what the men who have traveled it expected and what they found at the end of the road. Through unprecedented access into the lives of dozens of quarterbacks and generational greats such as Johnny Unitas, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Warren Moon, Steve Young, and others, as well as those figures striving to be remembered, like Caleb Williams and Arch Manning, Wickersham reveals how this one position has become emblematic of success in American life. As an inside look into a uniquely American job and a uniquely American obsession with football, American Kings is a must-read for sports fans and anyone who wants to understand what the price of ambition tells us about the quest for achievement and status.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12036220</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12036220</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wickersham, Seth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12036220980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Biography of the Quarterback</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781368114837/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madden & Summerall]]></title><description><![CDATA["Madden and Summerall is about two stalwarts of the game of football, but their story is not without controversy. Summerall was a five-sport star who became a broadcaster by accident. Madden was a larger-than-life Super Bowl-winning coach and easily could have been a standup comedian. This book follows the intimate stories fo their lives from childhood until their deaths, before and during their twenty-one-year partnership"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2193477</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2193477</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Podolsky, Rich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2193477121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How They Revolutionized NFL Broadcasting</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781493091980/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Day Is Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA["On February 11, 2024, NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, & the league's two most powerful owners, Jerry Jones & Robert Kraft, looked down at the spectacle before them. What they saw was the sport's championship game, the Super Bowl - now a de facto national holiday - being played in a shiny new $2B stadium, home to the first franchise based in Las Vegas, after the league's embrace of nationwide gambling. The moment was over 30 years in the making. "We're not competing with the NBA or MLB," Goodell later quipped in private. "Our competitors are Apple & Google." In Every Day is Sunday, veteran New York Times Business & NFL reporter, Ken Belson, traces the evolution of the league from "one of the four US professional sports," into the cultural & economic juggernaut it is today. Belson illustrates how the league's rise coincided with the arrival of Jones & Kraft in the early 90's. He provides an inside look on how these two men reshaped the league, taking readers into the secretive owner's meeting, how they decided Goodell was the right man to place as Commissioner, and how the three built, wielded, and held on to their collective power"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2187241</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2187241</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Belson, Ken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2187241121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL Into A Cultural &amp; Economic Juggernaut</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538772553/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seventeen and Oh]]></title><description><![CDATA["The 1972 Miami Dolphins had something to prove. Losers in the previous Super Bowl, a ragtag bunch of overlooked, underappreciated, or just plain old players, they were led by Don Shula, a genius young coach obsessed with obliterating the reputation that he couldn't win the big game. And as the Dolphins headed into only their seventh season, all eyes were on Miami. For the last time, a city was hosting both national political conventions, and the backdrop to this season of redemption would be turbulent: the culture wars, the Nixon reelection campaign, the strange, unfolding saga of Watergate, and the war in Vietnam. Generational and cultural divides abounded on the team as well. There were long-haired, bell-bottomed party animals such as Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich, as well as the stylish Marv Fleming and Curtis Johnson, with his supernova afro, playing alongside conservative, straight-laced men like the quarterbacks: Bob Griese and the crew-cut savior, 38-year-old backup Earl Morrall. Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick, nicknamed "Butch and Sundance," had to make way for a third running back, the outspoken and flamboyant Mercury Morris. But unlike the fractious society around them, this racially and culturally diverse group found a way to meld seamlessly into a team. The perfect team. Marshall Jon Fisher's Seventeen and Oh is a compelling, fast-paced account of a season unlike any other"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2043070</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2043070</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fisher, Marshall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2043070121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Miami, 1972, and the NFL&apos;s Only Perfect Season</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419748509/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's Game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rice and Williams trace pro football's grand transformation from a loose coalition of regional teams constantly on the verge of collapse to surviving the Great Depression and World War II, to its eventual preeminence as an international phenomenon. -- adapted from jacket]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1862337</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1862337</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rice, Jerry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1862337121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The NFL at 100</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062692900/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[NFL 100]]></title><description><![CDATA["Timed to coincide with the National Football League's 100th anniversary, NFL 100 celebrates the history of America's most popular and highly watched sport. From its humble beginnings in Canton, Ohio, to its emergence as a sport cherished by millions, all the key moments and famous athletes are honored within the pages of this handsomely produced book. In addition to the lively text, and action and portrait photography, the story of the game and the context in which it grew are animated by original lists, charts, creative statistics, and infographics, along with beautiful photos of the evolving equipment and artifacts essential to the story of the sport. A perfect gift, NFL 100 will be cherished by every football fan, new or old."--Amazon.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1882948</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1882948</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1882948121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Century of Pro Football</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419738593/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[NFL Century]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the executive director of the NFL Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the NFL, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary season. Compelling, eye-opening, and authoritative, it is a must-read for NFL fans and anyone who loves the game of football.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1882195</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1882195</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Horrigan, Joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1882195121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The One-hundred-year Rise of America&apos;s Greatest Sports League</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781635653595/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Genius of Desperation]]></title><description><![CDATA["This book examines football history and its changing schemes"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1750864</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1750864</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Farrar, Doug]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1750864121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Schematic Innovations That Made the Modern NFL</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781629375793/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA['85]]></title><description><![CDATA[Few NFL teams measure up in terms of quality or personality to the 1985 Chicago Bears. They were dominant on the gridiron, and omnipresent in the media. The documentary will reveal the full story behind this colorful, storied and arguably greatest team in professional football history.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1768349</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1768349</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1768349121</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle>The Greatest Team in Football History</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=814838014944</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The League]]></title><description><![CDATA["The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus taking in $14 billion in annual revenue and provoking intense national debate over issues from player safety to political protest. Yet its current dominance obscures a surprising origin story. As it turns out, in the beginning most people found the very idea of professional football absurd. In The League, acclaimed author John Eisenberg reveals how the five men who built the NFL took an immense risk by investing in the sport in the 1920s and 1930s. Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell first achieved renown as gamblers, bookies, and prodigal sons. What they shared, other than street smarts and a competitive streak, was an unusual passion for professional football at a time when the nation was obsessed with college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing. As Eisenberg shows in this absorbing chronicle of the NFL's first decades, the League nearly failed numerous times. It was frequently short on funds or fans, and often both. New teams appeared and quickly folded. The Depression and the Second World War only magnified the challenges the owners faced. The five rivals succeeded because each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the League. Together they instituted a draft and revised the rules to transform a plodding, run-based game into a dazzling aerial show. Together they ushered the NFL into the TV era of the 1950s -- when the league we know today first came into view. A remarkable story of sportsmanship and business ingenuity, The League is an essential read for any fan of our true national pastime." -- From publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1749382</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1749382</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eisenberg, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1749382121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched A Sports Empire</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780465048700/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The NFL Encyclopedia for Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about each NFL team's history, greatest seasons, greatest players, and team records. In addition, the book offers an in-depth introduction about the sport's history, a section on star players, and information on the statistical leaders in various categories. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2032403</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2032403</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flynn, Brendan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2032403121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781532196928/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turf Wars]]></title><description><![CDATA["During his fourteen years as the head of the NFL Players Association, DeMaurice Smith was a front line advocate for football players through some of the most tumultuous crises in NFL history: Colin Kaepernick's protests, Deflategate, a lockout, two collective bargaining agreements, and more. But after witnessing the league's troubling response to discrimination and racial unrest, both within the league and beyond, Smith realized it was time to pull back the curtain and speak truth to power. Drawing from his years of unprecedented access and unparalleled knowledge of America's favorite sport, Smith documents his years leading the NFLPA and explains how the NFL distorts the truth, telling partial stories to insulate itself and grow its $20-billion-a-year brand-and the players' battles to protect themselves. From contract negotiations to battles over suspensions, Smith shows us how the union fought to protect players from the greed, racism, and dishonesty the league is built on. He also takes readers inside closed-door meetings and unreported conversations and confrontations with the industry's most powerful figures such as Robert Kraft, Jerry Jones, Tom Brady, and Roger Goodell. Turf Wars puts every NFL crisis-both familiar and lesser known-within a broader cultural and historical context, framing the league's extraordinary rise as a mirror to America's own history. Revelatory and profound, Turf Wars is a book about the soul of football: its degradation, and how to save it"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2186771</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2186771</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, DeMaurice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2186771121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Fight for the Soul of America&apos;s Game</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593729427/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Are the Troopers]]></title><description><![CDATA["Amid a national backdrop of the call to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, the National Women's Football League was founded as something of a gimmick. However, the league's star team, the Toledo Troopers, emerged to challenge traditional gender roles and amass a win-loss record never before or since achieved in American football. The players were housewives, factory workers, hairdressers, former nuns, high school teachers, bartenders, mail carriers, pilots, would-be drill sergeants. Black, white, Latina. Mothers and daughters and aunts and sisters. But most of all, they were athletes who were denied the opportunity to play a game they were born to play. Before the protests and the lobbyists, before the debates and the amendments, before the marches and the mandates, there was only an obscure advertisement in a local Midwestern paper and those who answered it, women such as Lee Hollar, the only woman working the line at the Libbey glass factory; Gloria Jimenez, who grew up playing sports with her six brothers; and Linda Jefferson, the greatest female athlete you've never heard of. Stephen Guinan grew up in Toledo pulling for his hometown football team, and who -- in the innocence of youth-did not realize at the time what a barrier-breaking lost piece of history he was witnessing. We Are the Troopers sheds light on forgotten champions who came together for the love of the game"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2045357</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2045357</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guinan, Stephen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2045357121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780306846939/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail Mary]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the early 1970s, a businessman had a brilliant idea: why not start a women's football league? It was conceived as a gimmick and a publicity stunt to capitalize on the popularity of Second Wave Feminism and the passage of Title IX. He recruited women across the country; much to his surprise, he learned that women really wanted to play, and play hard. Hail Mary is the story of the unlikely rise of the National Women's Football League and the players who loved a game that society told them they shouldn't be playing. In fourteen cities around the country, these athletes broke new barriers and showed adoring crowds what women were capable of physically. Thousands of people came to watch-perhaps to gawk at first-but then, in the end, to cheer. Hail Mary is a rollicking chronicle of fearless women-players on the Detroit Demons, the Toledo Troopers, the LA Dandelions, and more-bringing us into the stadiums where they broke records, the small-town bars where they were recruited, and the backrooms where the league was conceived, and where it ended. Hail Mary is a celebration of women athletes and their fight on and off the field, and a powerful story of the league that changed their lives and the course of women's sports"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2017444</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2017444</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[De la Cretaz, Frankie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2017444121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Rise and Fall of the National Women&apos;s Football League</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781645036623/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guts and Genius]]></title><description><![CDATA["This book tells how three football legends -- Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells -- won eight Super Bowls during the 1980s and changed football forever" -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1769422</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1769422</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glauber, Bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1769422121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the &apos;80s</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538760413/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ice Bowl '67]]></title><description><![CDATA["For those players who remain, the scars still run deep when it comes to the infamous "Ice Bowl," played December 31, 1967, between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys. There are players even today who suffer the ravages of frostbite and lung damage from a game many of the players never thought should have been played. As one player said, "It was just too damn cold. Who plays football in that weather?" But play they did in the minus 45 degree wind-chill (that dropped to 65 below by the end of the game) because the NFL championship, and a spot in the second Super Bowl, was on the line. What resulted was a game that has become part legend, part myth. There are a thousand stories from players and fans alike about a game that, 50 years later, remains embedded in NFL lore because of its sheer drama. Everyone remembers the remarkable way the Packers won, capping off a decade-long dynasty. The Cowboys, meanwhile, used the game as a building block that would propel them into NFL domination for 20 years. But what few remember is that this was. In every way imaginable, a game of survival, pitting man against the worst nature could deliver. This is a story about a football game, the men who played it, the people who watched it, those who were inspired by it and it's a story, even a half century later, that remains unforgettable."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1612858</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1612858</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carlson, Chuck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1612858121</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Packers, the Cowboys, and the Game That Changed the NFL</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781683580973/MC.GIF&amp;client=snoislepo&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>