Download or read book Game of My Life South Carolina Gamecocks written by Rick Scoppe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several prominent South Carolina football players of the past share their fondest single-game experience and memories. Some of these games are the greatest in school history, while others are ordinary save for significant personal meaning. In each case, it is the player who singles out the game, the moment in time that to him is the most defining of his Gamecock football career. Together these stories weave a tapestry of South Carolina Gamecock football history. Heisman Trophy-winner George Rogers, as well as other legends like ponytailed QB Steve Taneyhill; record-setting QB Todd Ellis; Dan Reaves, an eventual Super Bowl head coach; running back Brandon Bennett; and running back Rob DeBoer are profiled in this unique book. Game of My Life South Carolina Gamecocks takes readers down memory lane, while also providing an in-depth look into the men and games that helped shape and build the Gamecock football heritage.
Download or read book Game of My Life written by Rick Scoppe and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Game of My Life: South Carolina Gamecocks, several prominent South Carolina players of the past share their fondest single game experience and memories, largely in their own words, with authors Rick Scoppe and Charlie Bennett. Some of these games are the most memorable in school history, others with long-time rivals and others will seem ordinary, save for extraordinary personal meaning. In each case, it is the player who singles out the game, that moment in time which to him is the most defining of his Gamecocks football career. Each player has his own unique story, but together they weave a tapestry of South Carolina Gamecock football history. Heisman Trophy winner George Rodgers as well as other legendary Gamecocks like Alex Hawkins, pony-tailed QB Steve Tannyhill, record-setting QB Todd Ellis, Dan Reaves-a Gamecock QB who went on to a distinguished NFL career as a running back with the Dallas Cowboys and then a Super Bowl head coach-RB Brandon Bennett, TE Willie Scott and RB Rob DeBoer are profiled in this unique book which takes the reader down memory lane, but will also provide an in-depth look into the men and games that helped shape and build the Gamecock football heritage.
Download or read book Game of My Life LSU Tigers written by Marty Mulé and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A continuing and ongoing drama, LSU football has been marked by a string of improbable victories and sometimes valiant defeats. Game Of My Life LSU Tigers is the chronicle of over thirty of the greatest players as they tell the story of the game that meant it all. Marty Mulé has compiled the vivid and poignant single-game stories from three dozen of the most remembered Tiger games of the last eight decades. Readers will relive the fingertip catches, the bone-crunching hits, and epic touchdowns through the eyes—and from the memories—of the LSU players themselves. Tigers such as Jim Taylor, Billy Cannon, Tommy Hodson, Carlos Carson, Matt Mauck, Rohan Davey, JaMarcus Russell, and Marcus Spears also add their words to this storied collection that becomes a must-have for any true Tigers fan and Bayou football lover. From the words of Tigers coaching legend Paul Dietzel, “This is really like a Tiger time machine, going back to LSU’s greatest football moments with the people who lived them, then and now.”
Download or read book Game of My Life Auburn Tigers written by Mark Murphy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What creates a championship team? Spirit, determination, and a legacy that refuses to die. Game of My Life Auburn Tigers is a collection of the greatest Tigers moments from past and present as seen through the eyes of the players themselves. In this vivid collection of sports moments, Mark Murphy has brought together passionate Auburn football players to share their fondest experiences and memories. Some of these games involve championships, including this year’s heart stopping BCS Championship Game victory over Oregon, while others seem ordinary save for extraordinary personal meaning. In each case, it is the player who singles out the game, the moment in time that to him is the most defining of his Auburn Tigers football career. Each player has his own unique story, but together they weave a tapestry of Auburn’s legendary history. Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan, along with many of the great names in Auburn history, such as All-Americans Jackie Burkett, Jimmy “Red” Phillips, Buddy McClinton, Ken Rice, Steve Wallace, Gregg Carr, Ed Dyas, “Cadillac” Williams, and fan favorites such as Lionel “Little Train” James and Joe Cribbs, are profiled in this unique book. It takes readers down memory lane, while also providing an in-depth look into at men and games that helped shape and build the Auburn football tradition and heritage.
Download or read book Game of My Life Georgia Bulldogs written by Patrick Garbin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Game of My Life Georgia Bulldogs, several prominent Georgia players of the past share their fondest single-game experience and memories, in their own words. Some of these games involve championships, and others seem ordinary save for significant personal meaning. In each case, it is the player who singles out the game, that moment in time that to him is the most defining of his Bulldog career. From Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi to Tra Battle, who in 2006 helped the Bulldogs shock Auburn, and many more great Bulldogs in between, the players have created a plethora of memorable experiences on the football field. In this book, they can tell you about those games when everything seemed to come together to create an experience that they will never forget.
Download or read book Game of My Life New York Mets written by Michael Garry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game of My Life New York Mets, now newly updated, takes a personal look inside the biggest moments of the Mets’ greatest and most beloved players, from journeymen to superstars. Their most unforgettable games paint a picture of Mets history, as the franchise morphed from a dismal (though lovable) expansion team in 1962 to World Series Champions in 1969 and 1986 and then back to basement dwellers before meeting the Yankees in the 2000 Subway Series, and the Royals in a surprise appearance in the 2015 World Series. Fan favorite Ron Swoboda recounts making “The Catch.” Infielder Wally Backman relives the many thrills of playing on the ’86 Mets as they marched to a championship. All-Star Edgardo Alfonzo describes going six-for-six, including three home runs, in one of the most dominating offensive games in baseball history. Right-hander Bobby Jones recalls pitching the most dominating postseason game in Mets history, when he threw a one-hit shutout to clinch the 2000 National League Division Series against the San Francisco Giants. Current ace Jacob deGrom recounts his gritty series-clinching performance against the Dodgers in Game Five of the NLDS. Journalist Michael Garry, a lifelong Mets fan, also includes stories about Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, and David Wright, among others.
Download or read book Game of My Life Florida Gators written by Pat Dooley and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth look at the players and games that have shaped Floridas proud football tradition. Several legendary Florida players share their fondest single-game experience and memories as well.
Download or read book Game of My Life Ohio State Buckeyes written by Steve Greenberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A. J. Hawk can isolate the game of his life, the 2006 Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame, not because of individual statistics, but because of what the game represented. “I think the fact that it was the end of an amazing four years—four big Bowl wins; three Michigan wins; lots of victories in those four years; and an amazing group of teammates and coaches—is why it felt like the game of my life,” Hawk said. Jan White has a different reason for the game of his life: He scored his first touchdown as a Buckeye, playing a position he didn’t necessarily want to play. “It became a footrace I was determined to win,” White says of his 72-yard reception from Rex Kern against Northwestern in 1968. Whoever they are and whatever the reason, there always is “the” game in a player’s memory bank. The folks, whose stories are chronicled in Game of My Life Ohio State Buckeyes, tell you why a certain game was the best, providing the detail, the color, and the emotion that only a player can share. Football fans, most especially those card-carrying members of Buckeye Nation, will be enlightened and entertained by these stories. Buckeye greats such as Archie Griffin, Cris Carter, Mike Lanese, and Bob Hoying relive their legendary moments—from the sidelines to the huddle, from the depths of impending defeat to the pinnacle of glory. It just doesn’t get any better.
Download or read book Game of My Life Virginia Tech written by Mike Harris and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia Tech's Shayne Graham trots onto the field at West Virginia on November 6, 1999, with two thoughts in his mind. One is a missed field goal that would have beaten Miami a year earlier. The other is the 44-yard field goal he is about to try against the Mountaineers, a kick he must make if the Hokies are to stay unbeaten and on track for a national championship. Head down, he focuses on his mark as the ball is snapped. He steps forward, the dream of an entire team resting with his leg.Now, hear Graham's memory of that kick in his own words, for the first time. Game of My Life: Virginia Tech celebrates the extraordinary football and basketball moments that have shaped the college's rich athletic heritage. Through interviews with some of the school's most prestigious athletes, Hokies fans can relive the big games that defined the school's winning tradition.Carroll Dale, later a fixture with the Green Bay Packers, dove-arms outstretched-to haul in a crucial two-point conversion in a 1957 game against the University of Richmond. Les Henson shot from the baseline-the other baseline-as the clock neared zero against Florida State in 1980. Chris Smith went well beyond the "double-double" standard for points and rebounds. How about 30 and 31 against Marshall in 1959? Corey Moore made life miserable for Clemson quarterback Brandon Streeter one night in 1999. Bruce Smith did the same for Duke quarterback Ben Bennett in 1983. The Hokies' Jim Pyne, meanwhile, made sure Syracuse's Kevin Mitchell didn't do the same to Tech quarterback Maurice DeShazo in 1993.Carlos Dixon, Mike Imoh, Andre Davis, Dell Curry, Bryan Still, Don Strock, Bryan Randall-all the Tech greats from the gridiron and hardwoodare in these pages, including coach Frank Beamer. Join thousands of Virginia Tech fans in remembering these cherished stories. For the athletes within, these truly were the games of their lives.
Download or read book Classic Clashes of the Carolina Clemson Football Rivalry written by Travis Haney and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Clemson coach Charley Pell once said that the outcome of the Carolina-Clemson rivalry "decides who walks down the street as state champion and who hides in a closet for a year." That's the way it goes in the Palmetto State when these two football teams get together. Playing for the first time in 1896 on a soggy day at the state fair in Columbia, the Gamecocks and the Tigers began a tradition that has lasted over a century. Join award-winning sportswriters Travis Haney and Larry Williams as they recount the greatest moments of the longest uninterrupted series in the South, with firsthand accounts from coaches, players and spectators.
Download or read book The Games Do Count written by Brian Kilmeade and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-12-13 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do Henry Kissinger, Jack Welch, Condoleezza Rice, and Jon Bon Jovi have in common? They have all reached the top of their respective professions, and they all credit sports for teaching them the lessons that were fundamental to their success. In his years spent interviewing and profiling celebrities, politicians, and top businesspeople, popular sportscaster and Fox & Friends cohost Brian Kilmeade has discovered that nearly everyone shares a love of sports and has a story about how a game, a coach, or a single moment of competition changed his or her life. These vignettes have entertained, surprised, and inspired readers nationwide with their insight into America's most respected and well-known personalities. Kilmeade presents more than seventy stories straight from the men and women themselves and those who were closest to them. From competition to camaraderie, individual achievement to teamwork, failure to success, the world of sports encompasses it all and enriches our lives. The Games Do Count reveals this simple and compelling truth: America's best and brightest haven't just worked hard -- they've played hard -- and the results have been staggering!
Download or read book Game of My Life Chicago Bears written by Lew Freedman and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents stories about and the memories of 28 former and current players on the Chicago Bears football team.
Download or read book North Carolina Tar Heels Greatest Football Games written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement written by Sheila R. Morris and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by South Carolina activists on the development of the LGBTQ movement In Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home, Sheila R. Morris has collected essays by South Carolinians who explore their gay identities and activism from the emergence of the HIV-AIDS pandemic to the realization of marriage equality in the state thirty years later. Each of the volume's nineteen essays addresses an aspect of gay life, from hesitant coming-out acts in earlier decades to the creation of grassroots organizations. All the contributors have taken public roles in the gay rights movement. The diverse voices include a banker, a drag queen from a family of prominent Spartanburg Democrats, a marching minister who grew up along the Edisto River, a former Catholic priest and his tugboat dispatcher husband from Long Island, the owner of a feminist bookstore, a Hispanic American who interned for Republican strategist Lee Atwater, a philanthropist politician from Faith, North Carolina, and a straight attorney recognized as the "Mother of Pride" who became active in 1980, when she learned her son was gay. Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement challenges the conventional understanding of the LGBTQ movement in the United States in both place and time. Typically associated with pride marches and anti-AIDS activism on both the east and west coasts and rooted in the counterculture of the 1960s and "Stonewall Rebellion" in New York City, Southern variants of the queer liberation movement have found little room in public or scholarly memory. Confronting an aggressively hostile environment in the South, queer political organization was a late-comer to the region. But it was the very unfriendliness of Southern political soil that allowed a unique and, at times, progressive LGBTQ political community to form in South Carolina. The compelling Southern voices collected here for the first time add a missing piece to the complex puzzle of postwar queer activism in the United States. Harlan Greene, author of the novels Why We Never Danced the Charleston, What the Dead Remember, and The German Officer's Boy, provides a foreword. Contributors: Jim Blanton Candace Chellew-Hodge Matt Chisling Michael Haigler Harriet Hancock Deborah Hawkins Dick Hubbard Linda Ketner Ed Madden and Bert Easter Alvin McEwen Sheila Morris Pat Patterson Jim and Warren Redman-Gress Nekki Shutt Tony Snell-Rodriquez Carole Stoneking Thomas A. Summers Matt Tischler Teresa Williams
Download or read book Tales from the University of South Carolina Gamecocks Locker Room written by Tom Price and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With one of the most amazing football turnarounds in NCAA history, from 0-21 in 1998-99 to a 2001 Outback Bowl victory over Ohio State and six subsequent championships since, the South Carolina Gamecocks rang in the new century with a bang. For 45 years, author Tom Price was in Columbia, South Carolina recording the stories that have made the Gamecocks one of America's greatest collegiate sports teams. Whether it’s tales of football, basketball, soccer, baseball, golf, track and field, or any one of the Gamecocks’ many other sports, this book, first published in 2001, captures it all through engaging anecdotes gleaned from the author’s many years of personal experience and interviews with athletes and others connected with the university. Perfect for the shelf of any fan of the garnet and black! Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book Gamecock Glory written by Travis Haney and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than one hundred years of craving a champion, the University of South Carolina finally has one. The 2010 Gamecock baseball team won six consecutive games over eight summer nights to take the College World Series and lay claim to the school's first major national championship. From dancing around in a dark locker room to singing "Silent Night"? on the team bus after every victory in Omaha, these Gamecocks were as fun-loving as they were talented. And they did it all in the name of one special boy, seven-year-old Bayler Teal. Bayler passed away before he could see his beloved Gamecocks triumph, but the team's victory is a tribute to their number one fan. Join the Post and Courier's Travis Haney as he recounts this incredible team's historic season.
Download or read book Maryland Basketball written by Paul McMullen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-10-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of their stories are told in Maryland Basketball: Tales from Cole Field House.
