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2201) Jacksonville Jaguars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Students will love learning about the Jacksonville Jaguars in this high-interest title! Text covers the team's history, memorable wins, star players, and important coaches. Readers are left with an introductory background of the NFL and the Jaguars. Features include table of contents, fun facts, team stats, timeline, quiz, glossary, and index. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo...
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Can the Wildcats' quarterback lead his team to victory against their football rivals? The Huskies are the biggest and best team in the conference. The Wildcats lose to them every year. But with their new quarterback, Carlos, the coach thinks they have a chance this year. With action-packed text and high-impact art, Jake Maddox Sport Stories deliver a game-winning reading experience for young sports fans.
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A moving illustrated biography of the late Joe Delaney, an NFL star in the making who valued helping others above all else On the football field, Joe Delaney possessed all the qualities of a great running back. He was fast with keen instincts, a burst of red and gold as he sprinted toward the end zone for the Kansas City Chiefs. Off the field, he embodied the qualities of a great person: generous, hard-working, humble, and honest. Helping people was...
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Launched in 1919 by William Horlick, the inventor of malted milk, Horlick Athletic Field has hosted two NFL teams, the Racine Belles professional women's baseball team (immortalized in "A League of Their Own)" and thousands of semiprofessional- and industrial-league games. But it is the drum and bugle corps shows that have made the stadium one of the most iconic landmarks in its corner of the state. From an archive of fond recollection and painstaking...
2205) King Football
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English
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This landmark work explores the vibrant world of football from the 1920s through the 1950s, a period in which the game became deeply embedded in American life. Though millions experienced the thrills of college and professional football firsthand during these years, many more encountered the game through their daily newspapers or the weekly Saturday Evening Post, on radio broadcasts, and in the newsreels and feature films shown at their local movie...
2206) Carolina Panthers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Students will love learning about the Carolina Panthers in this high-interest title! Text covers the team's history, memorable wins, star players, and important coaches. Readers are left with an introductory background of the NFL and the Panthers. Features include table of contents, fun facts, team stats, timeline, quiz, glossary, and index. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
2207) Arizona Cardinals
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Students will love learning about the Arizona Cardinals in this high-interest title! Text covers the team's history, memorable wins, star players, and important coaches. Readers are left with an introductory background of the NFL and the Cardinals. Features include table of contents, fun facts, team stats, timeline, quiz, glossary, and index. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
2208) Oregon Ducks
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Oregon Ducks is a beginner's history of the University of Oregon football team. Beginning with the program's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments and meet the key players and legendary coaches who made it happen. Short biographies, fun facts, informative sidebars, and revealing quotes and anecdotes combine with action-packed photographs to enhance the Ducks' story, allowing your readers Inside College Football!
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2209) Block and Rock
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Back before junior high, Justin, Tony, and Miles were the best of friends. Then they got pigeonholed into cliques and Justin was thrown in with the band nerds while Tony and Miles became a part of the jocks. But now that Justin wants to try out for the football team, music and football and stereotypes will surely collide. Will Justin find a way to survive?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Think pro football begins with the opening kickoff? Think again! In this Sports Illustrated Kids book, go behind the scenes of a typical game day in professional football-from pregame tailgating and prepping the pigskins to halftime shows and postgame interviews. This fast-paced, fact-filled book will give football fans off all ages a fresh new perspective on America's Game.
2211) Florida State Seminoles
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Florida State Seminoles is a beginner's history of the Florida State University football team. Beginning with the program's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments and meet the key players and legendary coaches who made it happen. Short biographies, fun facts, informative sidebars, and revealing quotes and anecdotes combine with action-packed photographs to enhance the Seminoles' story, allowing your readers Inside...
2212) Football Foul Play
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After winning their first playoff game, Badger teammates Kenny Hu and Romeo Russell get some disturbing news. The Supreme Bowl trophy has been stolen from the rival school across town! Even worse, the evidence points to the Badgers' quarterback being the culprit. At first, Kenny and Romeo think it's just a prank that went too far. But, when their teammate insists that he didn't do it, they decide to investigate. Where will the clues lead? Will the...
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Español
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Este libro es un esfuerzo fascinante y bien documentado de sociología histórica que aborda, desde distintas perspectivas, la relación entre fútbol y sociedad durante el largo siglo veinte peruano.
Los trabajos que componen este volumen se agrupan en un capítulo introductorio que presenta una epistemología para una sociología del fútbol seguido de otros trece capítulos organizados en tres áreas temáticas: identidades y transformaciones...
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Ce livre relate les débuts exaltants de l'équipe de football de l'Université de Sherbrooke. Rien n'existait quand Alain Lapointe fut nommé entraineur-chef; aucun terrain, aucun joueur, aucun vestiaire, tout était à faire!
La première année fut catastrophique pour l'équipe avec aucune victoire. Pour sa seconde année, le Vert & Or devait réussir ou mourir! C'est dans ce contexte éprouvant et stimulant que l'équipe trouva le chemin du succès.
Plusieurs...
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The history of black high school football in segregated Texas: "Though this book is long overdue, it is also right on time." ?Texas Observer
At a time when "Friday night lights" shone only on white high school football games, African American teams across Texas burned up the gridiron on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Temple Dunbar, Austin Anderson, and other segregated high schools in the Prairie View Interscholastic League-the African American...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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The gridiron produces a never-ending supply of exciting moments and unbelievable achievements. Jerry Rice holds many wide receiver records. Emmitt Smith rushed his way into the record books. To send the 49ers to the Super Bowl, Joe Montana throws a pass so famous it is known ubiquitously as "The Catch." Football: Great Moments, Records, and Facts show the people and events that make the sport great! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
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This fully illustrated history of the Indianapolis Colts celebrates the football team from its origins in Baltimore through the past 27 seasons in Indianapolis. With fascinating stories and in-depth analysis, author Lew Freeman highlights Pro Football Hall of Famers such as the legendary Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry, John Mackey, Gino Marchetti, Lenny Moore, Eric Dickerson, and Marshall Faulk. Coaches Don Shula and Tony Dungy are also featured prominently,...
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Professional sports in America: it's all about fair play and the goal of winning championships. At least that's the spin. But could it be a massive showbiz operation filled with greedy owners, crooked referees, and coddled players, all with the unstated goal of grabbing as much money as possible? Author Brian Tuohy provides a full-sourced saga of the corruption that has infected the storied histories of the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, and NASCAR. With reality...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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There are not many things more exciting and entertaining than watching your favorite quarterback fire pass after pass as he leads his team down the field to score. The top NFL QBs in this book, including Joe Montana, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning, are known for their athletic power and crowd-stopping performances. Full-page photos of the players in action accompany each spread. Readers will learn the details of these players' backgrounds...
2220) Cleveland Browns
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Students will love learning about the Cleveland Browns in this high-interest title! Text covers the team's history, memorable wins, star players, and important coaches. Readers are left with an introductory background of the NFL and the Browns. Features include table of contents, fun facts, team stats, timeline, quiz, glossary, and index. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...
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