Buzz Bissinger
Author
Language
English
Description
"When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war - the invasion...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (9 3/4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three Nights in August captures the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball's quintessential form, the three-game series. As the St. Louis Cardinals battle their archrival Chicago Cubs, we watch from the dugout through the eyes of the legendary Tony La Russa, considered by many to be the greatest manager of the modern era. In his thirty-three years of managing, La Russa won three World Series titles and was named Manager of the Year a record...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete." Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria,...
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Odessa is an oil town in the western part of Texas that is home to the Permian High School Panthers, the football team with the best winning record. The city's economy is in a tailspin, but football is the one thing that brings all the people of Odessa together, and on Friday nights, as many as 20,000 people fill Permian's football stadium to watch Coach Gary Gaines lead the team to victory. And in Odessa, a football victory is prized above all else....
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Basketball superstar James and Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Friday Night Lights," tell this poignant, thrilling account of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including James's own.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
ESPN has collected the very best sport stories from the sport pages. Unforgettable tales about fathers sending their sons off to battle, sons who dared to challenge their fathers in competition, boys and men finding a common language in a shared passion. From the Little League diamond to the local fishing hole to the high school wrestling mat to the collegiate gridiron, from the backyards of America to the most famous stadiums in the world, these...
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Odessa is an oil town in the western part of Texas that is home to the Permian High School Panthers, the football team with the best winning record. The city's economy is in a tailspin, but football is the one thing that brings all the people of Odessa together, and on Friday nights, as many as 20,000 people fill Permian's football stadium to watch Coach Gary Gaines lead the team to victory. And in Odessa, a football victory is prized above all else....
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 685 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the town finds their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (577 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One of the greatest TV dramas of all time continues with 13 gripping fourth season episodes of the critically acclaimed series. Small-town life in Dillon has changed irrevocably with the dramatic split of the school district. Coach Taylor finds himself fighting for the respect of the East Dillon Lions, while his wife Tami faces her own battles as Principal of the Dillon High Panthers. Across town, it's a season for change as graduating students face...
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 955 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the charismatic football players, their new coach Eric Taylor, and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 567 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Dillon, Texas, only one night matters: Friday night. Eric Taylor is the head football coach for the Dillon High School Panthers, the town's pride and joy. Still stressing that the football players win. The town is counting that the team gives them victories. The close-knit residents face new challenges and uncertainties as they deal with the day-by-day pressures of life in transition.
14) Shattered Glass
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stephen Glass was a staff writer for the well-respected current events and policy magazine 'The new republic'. He was also a freelance writer featured in 'Rolling Stone', 'Harper's Bazaar' and 'George.' By the mid 1990's, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington. That is, until a bizarre chain of events suddenly stopped his career right in its tracks.
15) Shooting stars
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
LeBron James and his childhood friends become the #1 high school team in the country, launching James's breathtaking career.