Tag: Football

Football Is a Numbers Game A Fan’s Guide to Stats (Know the Stats)


Free Download Shane Frederick, "Football Is a Numbers Game: A Fan’s Guide to Stats (Know the Stats) "
English | ISBN: 1543506100 | 2018 | pages | PDF | 13 MB
What does a quarterback rating have to do with gridiron greatness? More than you think. In this fun and smart look at football, you will discover stories and uncover facts that will help you better understand and enjoy every kickoff, tackle, and touchdown all the more.

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Football and Diaspora


Free Download Jeffrey W. Kassing, "Football and Diaspora "
English | ISBN: 1032366044 | 2023 | 206 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1125 KB + 9 MB
This is the first book to examine football (soccer) through the lens of diaspora studies. Presenting case studies from across four continents, it considers how diasporic minorities develop a sense of belonging between their national and transnational ethnic communities through an active participation in football.

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The Boys of Riverside A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CPTF436N | 2024 | 7 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 218 MB
Author: Thomas Fuller
Narrator: Thomas Fuller

The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief, Thomas Fuller. In November 2021, an obscure email from the California Department of Education landed in New York Times reporter, Thomas Fuller’s, inbox. The football team at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside, a state-run school with only 168 high school students, was having an undefeated season. After years of covering wildfires, war, pandemic, and mass shootings, Fuller was captivated by the story about this deaf football team. It was uplifting. During the pandemic’s gloom, it was a happy story.

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The Boys of Riverside A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory


Free Download The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory by Thomas Fuller
English | August 6, 2024 | ISBN: 0385549873 | 256 pages | EPUB | 22 Mb
The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief, Thomas Fuller.

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Malthouse A Football Life


Free Download Christi Malthouse, "Malthouse: A Football Life"
English | ISBN: 1743317565 | 2013 | 336 pages | AZW3 | 1337 KB
Mick Malthouse has spent four decades at the top level of the game, and for all that time, his family has ridden the roller-coaster of a football existence with him. Widely recognised as a successful coach, an inspirational leader and a tough and uncompromising competitor, Mick’s four premierships, fifty AFL finals coached and the hundreds of players he has groomed into elite footballers and good men are all testament to his talents, skills and unparalleled football knowledge. But Mick will be the first to tell you he hasn’t achieved all that he has alone. Through injury and rehabilitation, during every tough season and all of football’s highs and lows, Mick’s wife, Nanette, and his four children have celebrated the wins, suffered the losses and borne the brunt of public scrutiny. Malthouse: A Football Life is the first AFL biography written by a daughter about her father. Journalist Christi Malthouse has crafted an honest and insightful portrait of one boy’s dream to play elite footba

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Africa, Football and FIFA Politics, Colonialism and Resistance


Free Download Paul Darby, "Africa, Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 071468029X, 0714649686 | PDF | pages: 255 | 5.7 mb
This book explores the role of FIFA in brokering the development of football in Africa and its relationship with that continent’s football associations and regional governing body.

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