Download or read book Kill Bubba Kill written by Bubba Smith and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Big Bubba written by Rita Garrison and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everythings Bigger in Texas! That saying held true when Charles Bubba Smith was born in a little town outside Beaumont and grew to be 68, 300 pounds with the physique of a gladiator. BIG BUBBA contains the colorful, candid memoirs of Bubba Smiths life, the life of a man who reached super-stardom as an NFL legend and then went on to enjoy a prolific career in commercials, TV, and movies -- most notably as the endearing giant of a police cadet, Moses Hightower, in the successful Police Academy movies. From humble beginnings, he grew up under the strict guidance of his football coach father and his loving mother, a woman who went from chopping cotton to earning a doctorate. BIG BUBBA runs the gamut of emotions from jaw-dropping shock to laugh-out-loud humor and heart-warming stories involving family, friends, and other players and actors. These memoirs, told in his later years, reveal stories and details Bubba had never before revealed, since he said he wanted to Put it all out on Front Street, one of Bubbas favorite expressions. You might be shocked, you may laugh or cry, but you will certainly be entertained by these memories of a man who lived his life on a level above most of us. At a memorial to Bubba, Gene Washington, a fellow MSU teammate, quoted a line from a poem often read to them by their coach.Be the best of whatever you are. Gene then closed with, Bubba was the best.
Download or read book Paranoia Can Kill written by Charlie and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To almost everyone, CHARLIE WILSON is a retired executive. To a select few, he is a retired hit man for the Magnetti Family. In a fit of rage, Charlie kills a child abuser with a gun he used in a number of mob hits more than a decade ago. When the FBI connects the killings and the press becomes aware of the situation, attention is focused on the new head of the Magnetti family. The new family head, who didnt even know Charlie was alive before the press called him, decides to kill him. His decision starts a chain of events that leads to the death of a dozen people and the destruction of the Magnetti crime family.
Download or read book Devil s Den written by Jon Sharpe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fargo is headed straight to hell... After Skye Fargo runs afoul of the law, he's more than happy to be set free to work for a pair of pretty sisters trying to operate a wagon run in the Ozarks. But when the competition gets deadly, the Trailsman has to send a pack of savage killers straight into the ground....
Download or read book A Killing Glare written by Louis J. Prosperi and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Season of Saturdays written by Michael Weinreb and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a cultural history that highlights the key moments, games, personalities, and scandals of American college football, tracing how it grew from a rugby offshoot to a part of the country's national identity.
Download or read book The Business Playbook written by and published by BetterListen LLC. This book was released on 2015 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thursday Night Lights written by Michael Hurd and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The segregated high schools in the Prairie View Interscholastic League (the African American counterpart of the University Interscholastic League, which excluded black schools from membership until 1967) created an exciting brand of football that produced hundreds of outstanding players, many of whom became college All-Americans, All-Pros, and Pro Football Hall of Famers, including NFL greats such as "Mean" Joe Green (Temple Dunbar), Otis Taylor (Houston Worthing), Dick "Night Train" Lane (Austin Anderson), Ken Houston (Lufkin Dunbar), and Bubba Smith (Beaumont Charlton-Pollard). Thursday Night Lights tells the inspiring, largely unknown story of African American high school football in Texas. Drawing on interviews, newspaper stories, and memorabilia, Michael Hurd introduces the players, coaches, schools, and towns where African Americans built powerhouse football programs under the PVIL leadership. He covers fifty years (1920–1970) of high school football history, including championship seasons and legendary rivalries such as the annual Turkey Day Classic game between Houston schools Jack Yates and Phillis Wheatley, which drew standing-room-only crowds of up to 40,000, making it the largest prep sports event in postwar America. In telling this story, Hurd explains why the PVIL was necessary, traces its development, and shows how football offered a potent source of pride and ambition in the black community, helping black kids succeed both athletically and educationally in a racist society.
Download or read book The Games They Played written by Douglas A. Noverr and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 1983 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
Download or read book Last Man Standing written by Joel Poiley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate look and "a detailed account" (Booklist) of the career of Baltimore Colts’ running back Tom Matte and his celebrated stint as an emergency quarterback. In 1965, Colts’ running back Tom Matte became the first emergency quarterback in NFL history when both the legendary Johnny Unitas and his backup were hurt in consecutive weeks late in the season. Wearing a wristband to remember the plays, Matte ultimately played three consecutive games at quarterback for the Colts: the first a must-win game against the Los Angeles Rams, followed by a controversial playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers, and finally a victory over the Dallas Cowboys in what was formerly known as the Runner-up Bowl. In Last Man Standing: How Tom Matte's Memorable 1965 Season Highlighted a Remarkable NFL Career, Joel Poiley provides a vivid account of this legendary period in Matte’s life as well as the lasting impact of his football career on the NFL and the Colts organization through exclusive interviews with Matte himself, his teammates, opponents, family, and friends. A first-round draft pick out of Ohio State in 1961, Matte played twelve years for the Colts. He played in some of the most controversial and memorable NFL games of that era, and still holds the Super Bowl record for highest per-carry rushing average. Matte’s legacy in Baltimore extended far beyond the playing field though, with his affable, exuberant personality and contributions to the Ravens making him as popular among Baltimore fans as his more celebrated teammates. A fun throwback filled with insights into the workings and history of the NFL, this is a must-read for all football fans.
Download or read book Dirtbags written by Eryk Pruitt and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the southern town of Lake Castor, the old mill closed, and jobs vanished. But Calvin Cantrell doesn’t care for those jobs anyway. Instead, he dreams of becoming a famous serial killer. When sleazy restauranteur Tom London hires Calvin to kill his ex-wife, Calvin’s dreams begin. And so do Lake Castor’s nightmares.
Download or read book Big Play written by Allen Barra and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a follow-up to his Clearing the Bases Sports Illustratedas book of the year for 2002syndicated columnist Allen Barra turns his eye from Americaas pastime to Americaas passion. In this collection of essays, Barra delves into the gridironas all-time greats, some of the sportas enduring controversies, and suggests new ways to think about the game that holds our attention from August through January, every year. Barra turns his aggressively intelligent writing to the Heisman Trophy and its controversies and demonstrates why the Bowl Championship Series has not and cannot work. He explains how the infamous tie game between Notre Dame and Michigan State in 1966 changed football forever. He compares the careers of Bear Bryant and Vince Lombardi, George Allen and Don Shula, Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas, and Joe Montana and Steve Young, probing beyond the myths that surround each man and creating a new context to understand their achievements. He explains how Notre Dame embraced a destiny in pads, beyond the Gipper mystique and Rockne speeches. No other writer challenges a sportas myths, untrue truisms, and legends the way Barra does in these essays. The achievement of a writer who manages a balance between establishment insider and outspoken iconoclast, Big Play explores issues and controversies that fire up pigskin fans. Blending statistical commentary with insight and biting commentary with genuine fandom, Barra provides readers with another dose of his passionate, opinionated, and unique analysis of football."
Download or read book Remembered Greatness written by Andy Purvis and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comments About the Author's Work Sports Figures Come Alive Now I Remember Why I Love Sports So Much Definitely Worth Reading Great Book, Highly Recommended Terrrific Stories Awesome, Very Entertaining Wonderful Book, Great Gift Like Opening Day! Almost Makes You Cry Unusual and Informative It Makes These Heroes Human Like An Old Friend Telling Stories Purvis's Latest Book "Knocks It Out of the Park"
Download or read book Archangel Rachel written by Michael O Brien and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He also learned to love women from his Mom. Then he rode his bike around the coast of Florida in 1976 ending in 1,000 miles, then back to Purdue, Taking the name of Rachel. He also climbed all the Rocky Mountains. Then he wrote this 3rd book so you folks could marvel at high adventures.
Download or read book The Kids Got It Right written by Jim Dent and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas team came to Hershey with a mandate to win. A year earlier, Texas had lost to the Pennsylvania all-stars 12-6 in the most significant defeat in the state's proud history. This was considered blasphemy in a place where football outranked religion. Texas coach Bobby Layne was mad-as-hell that he was forced to play with second stringers in '64. So he and assistant coach Doak Walker traveled to Austin and asked Texas governor John Connally to end the scheduling conflict with the in-state all-star game so he could suit up the best players. Layne also sought permission to recruit black players. After all, Texas was flush with black stars, some of whom would mature into the most notable players in the history of the National Football League.Layne's scheme never would have worked without Bradley and LeVias. Together--and with Layne's indomitable will to win--the two led their team proudly to face down the competition at Hershey Stadium.
Download or read book Eat Drink Remarry written by Margo Howard and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Margo Howard, daughter of advice maven Ann Landers and author of the highly syndicated columns 'Dear Prudence' and 'Dear Margo,' chronicles her winding journey to everlasting love--and the three divorces it took to get there--in this disarmingly candid memoir"--
Download or read book African Americans in Sports written by David K. Wiggins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 1137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations. The entries cover all professional, amateur, and college sports such as baseball, tennis, and golf.
