Download or read book Bare Knuckle written by Stayton Bonner and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father. Fighter. Champion. Outlaw. Hailed as an “exhilarating debut” by Publishers Weekly, Bare Knuckle by former Rolling Stone editor Stayton Bonner (nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal of Excellence in Sportswriting) takes readers into a previously unknown world: the underground circuit of illegal bare-knuckle fighting. Bare Knuckle is the remarkable true tale of Bobby Gunn, the 73–0 undisputed champion of bare-knuckle boxing. An inspiring underdog story that reads like a real-life Rocky. Bobby Gunn has been fighting for his existence since a childhood spent living under the hand of his volatile father, and would do anything to give his seven-year-old daughter a better life—including betting on himself in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. In 1984, Gunn was an eleven-year-old boxer in Ontario when his father woke him in the middle of the night to fight grown men in motel parking lots for money, his old man pocketing the cash. From there, Gunn traveled to Las Vegas, Tijuana, and beyond, competing in ringed matches as well as in biker bars and mobster dens on the side, brawling to make ends meet. But it was only with the birth of his daughter—and his desire to help her avoid his fate—that Gunn entered the big-time world of underground Russian-mob matches of up to $50,000 a night in New York City, hoping to finally raise his family above the fray. Former Rolling Stone editor Stayton Bonner travels the underground for years with Gunn, the world champion of bare-knuckle boxing with a 73–0 record, shining a light on a secret circuit that’s never before been revealed. Along the way, we explore the fascinating history of this first sport in America, Gunn’s Irish Traveler community—a sect of religious fighters best known through Brad Pitt’s depiction in Snatch—as well as his part in the improbable rise of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, the first legal revival of the sport. Bare Knuckle, a tale of triumph, loss, and a father’s love for his family, is a heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring story that will have you rooting until the end.
Download or read book Arkansas State Troopers written by Lieutenant Dempsie Coffman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-09-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ride with the Troopers of the Arkansas State Police as they raid illegal gambling operations and take down drug dealers. Experience the helplessness as officers watch a fellow Trooper being ambushed. Mourn with the families when they receive word that a loved one has been killed in the line of duty. Feel the pain when you hear the sound of a twenty one-gun salute and cry as taps are blown at the funeral of a fallen comrade. You may wonder why anyone would choose to enter a profession that poses the danger associated with wearing a badge. It's pretty simple. Just ask any police officer who has rescued someone from a burning vehicle, or found a lost child and safely returned him or her to their parents. Then you'll understand!
Download or read book Boxing Is written by Thomas Hauser and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of articles about professional boxing and boxers, which were written in 2009.
Download or read book Smashmouth written by Elvin Bethea and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smash-mouth football was just another day at the office during the heyday of professional football in the 1960s and 1970s. Elvin Bethea began his pro career with the Houston Oilers of the AFL in 1968 when the upstart league was filled with colorful characters and brilliantly gifted players who had finally proven they were good enough to compete with the NFL. After the AFL merged with the NFL in 1970, one of the most exciting decades in pro football history was underway. Smash-Mouth the story of Bethea's journey from a life of rural poverty in Trenton, New Jersey, to his All-American college football career at North Carolina A&T, where segregation still ruled the South. Smash-Mouth takes Bethea from potential Olympic track stardom in 1968 to his legendary pro football career where he earned his reputation as one of the most feared and dangerous defensive linemen in NFL history. From classic playoff battles with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1978 and 1979 to off-the-field exploits with some of football's most eccentric characters, Smash-Mouth culminates in Bethea's greatest ultimate honor--his long overdue induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Along the way, Bethea's story is filled with candid assessments of the talents and personalities of some of the greatest names in 1970s football--Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, O.J. Simpson, Archie Manning, Earl Campbell, Dan Fouts, Franco Harris, Bum Phillips, Dan Pastorini, Billy White Shoes Johnson, Chuck Noll, Hank Stram, Art Shell, Anthony Munoz, Kenny Houston, John Mackey, and many, many more.
Download or read book Far Beyond the Shoe Box written by Richard G. Ebel and published by Forbes Custom Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A New Prospect written by Wayne Zurl and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Jenkins never thought about being a fish out of water during the years he spent solving crimes in New York. But things change, and after retiring to Tennessee, he gets that feeling. Jenkins becomes a cop again and is thrown headlong into a murder investigation and a steaming kettle of fish, down-home style. In true Jenkins style, Sam turns common police practice on its ear to insure an innocent man doesn't fall prey to an imperfect system and the guilty party receives appropriate justice.
Download or read book Boxing Still Matters written by Bo Brumble and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-01-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boxing Still Matters is a fact-based history of professional boxing from 1981 to 2021, the years immediately following the time span covered in When Boxing Mattered, the author's first book, which focused on 1880-1980. The book utilizes a decade-by-decade approach and features the big names of the four decades covered. Marquee names, Larry Holmes, the Klitschko brothers, Mike Tyson, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Lennox Lewis, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Alexis Arguello, Aaron Pryor, Julio Cesar Chavez, Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez, and Vasiliy Lomachenko are all covered and accompanied by historical photographs.
Download or read book The Golden Age of Wisconsin Auto Racing written by Dale Grubba and published by Badger Books Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text highlights races and drivers from the glorious racing days at Wisconsin's short tracks.
Download or read book Leadership and Management in Athletic Training written by Kutz and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership and Management in Athletic Training, Second Edition is designed to help athletic trainers effectively integrate the art of leadership with the science of management. This text discusses the aspects of management and leadership identified in the Board of Certification (BOC) Role Delineation Study and the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) educational competencies. Chapter Rationales boxes at the beginning of each chapter list the NATA competencies and relevant knowledge and skill areas identified in the Role Delineation Study (RDS).
Download or read book Pulaski County Illinois 1987 written by Pulaski County History Book Committee (Pulaski County, Ill.) and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1987 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fab Four written by Lea Worrall and published by Lea Worrall. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns were involved in the last golden era of boxing: a time where proving to be the best around was far more important than losing an unbeaten record. These four warriors had some epic struggles between 1980 to 1989. Throw Wilfred Benitez into the mix and you had one of the best periods in boxing of all time. Duran: Brought up in great poverty, there was nothing he wouldn't do to provide for his family. This dark-eyed warrior liked nothing more than to inflict pain and suffering on his opponents in the ring: outside it, he was a good-hearted and generous man. Hagler: The mean, brooding middleweight felt the boxing authorities were against him from winning the world middleweight championship. The blue-collar champion, who would apply Vaseline to his own face and carry his own gym bag, reigned supreme for seven years, and to this day still feels aggrieved by his points defeat in his final contest. Leonard: The darling of boxing turned professional to the tune of $40,000, casting an envious eye on the more established practitioners. He had the knack of retiring for long periods and coming back against the odds. This charismatic man who faced boxing's best had to tackle his own personal demons outside the ring. Hearns: Not noted as a puncher in the amateur ranks, only to take the professional scene by storm, knocking out almost everyone he faced. he made history by becoming the first five-weight world champion. The Fab Four Part Two picks up exactly where Part One left off, exploring the rest of their explosive careers including the epic Hagler versus Hearns war right up to each man's retirement.
Download or read book Blood is only Red Sweat written by Nick Towle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-11-17 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blood-spattered world of bare-knuckle boxing is the ultimate test for the fist merchants of the modern era, and they come no more fearsome than the man they call The Beast. Mere mention of the name Dave Radford is enough to send shivers down the spines of even the most hardened bare-knuckle warriors. The Yorkshire lion heart roared into the UK knuckle pit after a terrible accident down a shaft spelled the end of what promised to be a glittering professional career with the gloves. Not to be deterred, The Beast simply whipped the gloves off and unleashed his own brand of hell on the unforgiving world of knuckle boxing. Here, in his own words, the man who shot to the stars then crashed back down to earth tells it like it is in a brutally-candid account of his rollercoaster journey back to the Elysian Fields of the noble art... ' To the lions, blood is nectar ' Mark Kram.
Download or read book Killed in Brazil written by Jimmy Tobin and published by Hamilcar Publications. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...Tobin astutely looks at the varying possibilities that would have led to Gatti’s death. Such an approach intelligently and respectfully piques interest in a real-life mystery that has left Gatti’s fans and family in need of both solace and satisfactory answers."—Kirkus Reviews "[Tobin is] an intelligent writer and a thoughtful person, tender even, who writes with authority...I know he’s invited me to a place I’d not have accessed without him."—Bart Barry, 15rounds.com Arturo "Thunder" Gatti hung up his gloves in 2007, closing the book on a boxing career that bordered on the mythical. At long last, he seemed ready to leave the business of blood behind for a long, happy life outside the ring. His retirement was celebrated—boxing’s modern gladiator had earned his freedom. Two years later, he was gone—found dead in a hotel in Brazil under mysterious circumstances. He was only thirty-seven years old. Did he commit suicide? Or was he killed by his new wife? In Killed in Brazil?, Jimmy Tobin recounts the dramatic events surrounding Gatti's tragic demise and shines a light on what may have happened on that fateful night. Killed in Brazil is the fourth in the Hamilcar Noir series. Hamilcar Noir is "Hard-Hitting True Crime" that blends boxing and true crime, featuring riveting stories captured in high-quality prose, with cover art inspired by classic pulp novels.
Download or read book Wintertime Men Box Set written by R.W. Clinger and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2023-12-23 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wintertime season you might be in for the best blizzard of your life. This box set by R.W. Clinger heats up by the fire with a warm love spell, the return of a lost love, and the sexiest lumberjack at play. Contains the stories: Snowspell: Avery isn’t looking for love, so he’s surprised about his attraction to Judd, who is just as interested in him. The two men enjoy a string of sexy winter dates together. As their small town is taken over by a blizzard, Avery has never been happier in his life. Can the two men battle the cold and chilly storms of everyday life and end up together? Or will a snowspell keep them apart forever? The Fine Art of Reading Riley: While out shopping, Stone Daye bumps into Cameron Phillips, an old friend and former lover who now works as an administrator at a local college. The two have a heated and romantic history, and seeing Cameron again brings it all back for Stone. Old feelings are stirred up again, but are the fiery embers of their previous relationship strong enough to ignite a new romance together? Lumberjack: Kemp Trumble attempts to finish writing his next best-seller. But Jack, the lumberjack next door, is loud and annoying. He's also an alluring, sexy distraction. Unbelievably, the two find common ground. But are Kemp and Jack's similarities strong enough to escalate their friendly relationship into boyfriendhood? Or will they remain separated by miles of lumber and broken hearts?
Download or read book From Tragedy to Triumph written by Alex Davis and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Tragedy to Triumph describes a man's struggle with the untimely deaths of three of his four children, all due to unusual circumstances. This is the story of a man learning how to deal with such a tragedy. You will follow Alex and see what happens when he lays down the grief and runs to God. The heartfelt pain was so intense that the man walked away from his business and settled in for a long season of prayer, going to God for the answers, any answers. It was during this time that God began the show Alex a better understanding of how life and death and God and His kingdom work. Fortunately for us, Alex was permitted to take notes and write down what he heard and saw. Though written in simple, down-to-earth English, you will find many profound truths direct from the throne of God.
Download or read book Core Concepts in Athletic Training and Therapy written by Susan Kay Hillman and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Core Concepts in Athletic Training and Therapy provides a balanced introduction to the knowledge, skills, and clinical abilities that span the profession of athletic training. Students in athletic training, coaching, or other health care fields will find current information covering the breadth of theory and application of athletic training, including evidence-based practice, prevention and health promotion, clinical examination and diagnosis, acute and emergency care, therapeutic interventions, and health care administration. It also presents advanced topics of pathophysiology and psychological response to sport injury to better prepare students for continued study. Compared to other introductory athletic training texts, Core Concepts in Athletic Training and Therapy is the only text that aligns with the newest athletic training education competencies from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (2011). Written by a team of respected athletic training educators with experience at the professional and collegiate levels, the text breaks new ground by condensing key concepts to a comprehensive level while not overwhelming students with content that will be addressed in depth in advanced courses. Numerous features assist students in learning the fundamentals: • Each of the six parts opens with a discussion of the competencies that are covered in that part and concludes with a reference list of those competencies by description and number, making it easy to monitor the knowledge required. • A companion web resource contains 41 clinical proficiency exercises, carefully chosen to complement the introductory level of the text and align with required educational objectives. The modules may be completed online or printed, and cross-references at the end of each chapter guide students to the appropriate modules to apply the chapter content. • Case studies sprinkled throughout the text demonstrate real-world situations and include critical thinking questions that underscore principles of rehabilitation and exercise. • Full-color photographs depict specific conditions and techniques, giving students an accurate picture of real practice. • For instructors, a complete set of ancillaries assists in preparing and presenting lectures, leading class discussion, and planning assignments and assessments. In addition, Core Concepts in Athletic Training and Therapy is the first text to offer a complete chapter on evidence-based practice, the newest educational competency required of entry-level athletic trainers by the NATA. The rest of the text introduces general information about life as an athletic trainer, such as training, education, licensure, certification, employment opportunities, and the roles in a sports medicine team. The core of the text then focuses on required knowledge and skills related to injury prevention, injury recognition and classification (including region-specific examination strategies, basic objective tests, physical exam strategies, and injury mechanisms), acute care, therapeutic interventions, and the role of pharmaceuticals in the healing process. To round out the text, it addresses health care administration and discusses strategies for the management of athletic training programs. With learning features and a web resource that integrate clinical learning into an introductory course, Core Concepts in Athletic Training and Therapy is the essential resource for current and future athletic trainers. Long after its first use, it will prove a valuable reference for athletic training students as they progress through the curriculum, prepare for certificiation, and begin careers in the profession. Core Concepts in Athletic Training and Therapy is part of Human Kinetics' Athletic Training Education Series. Featuring the work of respected authorities in athletic training, this collection of outstanding textbooks, each with its own supporting instructional resources, parallels and expounds on the content areas in the accreditation standards of the NATA Education Council.
Download or read book Snowspell written by R.W. Clinger and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-24 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-four-year-old thrift store owner Avery Gauge isn’t looking for love. So imagine his surprise when he’s attracted to Judd Maxx, who enters his thrift store searching for a special gift to give to his Aunt Sophie. And Judd is just as interested in Avery. Adorable, fun, and sexually frisky, the two men enjoy a string of winter dates together. As the small town of Templeton is taken over by a blizzard, Avery has never been more happy in his life, feeling as if he has fallen under what Judd calls a snowspell . But things with Judd aren't perfect, and what they hoped would be a happy ever after begins to fall apart when Avery learns of a few wintry tempests in Judd's life. Can the two men battle the cold and chilly storms of everyday life and end up together? Or will a snowspell keep them apart forever?
