The New Thinking Man's Guide to Professional Football

Author: Paul Zimmerman
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 495

Book Description
During his nearly 30 years at Sports Illustrated, Paul Zimmerman—known to readers as “Dr. Z”—rose to fame as one of the top writers in football history. The follow up to Zimmerman’s 1971 classic The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pro Football, The New Thinking Man’s Guide to Pro Football builds on the timeless insights of his original work. Filled with personal anecdotes from Zimmerman’s years covering football, this book offers a fascinating insight into the sport that will appeal to any fan that wants a deeper understanding and appreciation for the game. More than a generation later, Zimmerman’s work is as applicable today as when the updated edition came out in the late 1980s. This widely-acclaimed guide covers: Positions Tactics Football scouting Broadcasting Minor leagues Time strategies Great players and top moments

The New Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football

Author: Paul Zimmerman
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN: 9781635610550
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
During his nearly 30 years at Sports Illustrated, Paul Zimmerman-known as "Dr. Z"-rose to fame as one of the top writers in football history. Filled with personal anecdotes from his years of coverage, this book provides a fascinating look at professional football in the 1980s, including great players, positions, tactics and more.

Dr. Z

Author: Paul Zimmerman
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1633198480
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
During his nearly 50 years of sportswriting, including 28 at Sports Illustrated, readers of Dr. Z came to expect a certain alchemical, trademark blend: words which were caustic and wry, at times self-deprecating or even puzzling, but always devilishly smart with arresting honesty. A complex package, that's the Doctor. The one-time sparring partner of Ernest Hemingway, Paul Zimmerman is one of the modern era's groundbreaking football minds, a man who methodically charted every play while generating copious notes, a human precursor to the data analytics websites of today. In 2008, Zimmerman had nearly completed work on his personal memoirs when a series of strokes left him largely unable to speak, read, or write. Compiled and edited by longtime SI colleague Peter King, these are the stories he still wants to see told. Dr. Z's memoir is a rich package of personalities, stories never shared about such characters as Vince Lombardi, Walter Payton, Lawrence Taylor, and Johnny Unitas. Even Joe Namath, with whom Zimmerman had a legendary and well-documented 23-year feud, saw fit to eventually unburden himself to the remarkable scribe. Also included are Zimmerman's encounters with luminaries and larger-than-life figures outside of sports, notably Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, and Hunter S. Thompson. But not to be missed are Zimmerman's quieter observations on his own life and writing, witticisms and anecdotes which sway between the poignant and hilarious. No matter the topic, Dr. Z: the Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer proves essential, compelling reading for sports fans old and new.

Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game!

Author: Holly Robinson Peete
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9781594861635
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
A guide for women football fans explains each component of the game of football, describes the role of each position player, outlines common plays, and provides descriptions of some of the most memorable moments in NFL history.

Dominance

Author: Eddie Epstein
Publisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781574884661
Category : Football teams
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Takes an objective look at what constitutes historical greatness on the gridiron

She Comes First

Author: Ian Kerner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788164030
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
'There are some fantastic books out there that men should read ... It really worked' Coleen Nolan, ITV's Loose WomenDid you know that the clitoris has 8000 nerve endings, twice as many as the penis? Here is everything you've wondered about the female orgasm and how to make it happen. A witty, well-researched and revealing guide to giving your lover an orgasm every time. More than just foreplay, Ian Kerner argues that oral sex is the key to a great sex life for both partners. Short sections cover philosophy, technique, step-by-step instructions and detailed anatomical information, essential to both beginners and experienced lovers.'It's time to close the sex gap and create a level playing field in the exchange of pleasure, and cunnilingus is far more than just a means for achieving this noble end; it's the cornerstone of a new sexual paradigm, one that exuberantly extols a shared experience of pleasure, intimacy, respect and contentment. It's also one of the greatest gifts of love a man can bestow upon a woman.' Ian Kerner

The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry

Author: Mark Ribowsky
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871407485
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 621

Book Description
“An eloquent, honest tribute to a sports genius.” —Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2013 As the coach during professional football’s most storied era, Tom Landry transformed the gridiron from a no-holds-barred battlefield to the highly-technical chess match it is today. With his trademark fedora and stoic facade, he was a man of faith and few words, for twenty-nine years guiding “America’s Team” from laughingstock to well-oiled machine, with an unprecedented twenty consecutive winning seasons and two Super Bowl titles. Now, more than a decade after Landry’s death, acclaimed biographer Mark Ribowsky takes a fresh look at this misunderstood legend, telling us as much about our country’s obsession with football as about Landry himself, the likes of whom we’ll never see again.

Pass Receiving in Early Pro Football

Author: Jerry Roberts
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078649946X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
Big television contracts in the 1960s created the Super Bowl, as well as the 1970 merger of the National Football League with the pass-oriented American Football League. Since then, professional football has been America's most popular televised team sport, developing into a wide-open passing game by the 21st century. Handling the completion side of the aerial game, receivers are not often as celebrated as quarterbacks or coaches, even in the era of San Francisco 49er Jerry Rice's supremacy. This book provides a history of pro pass receiving and its influence on the game prior to the televised era. The author studies pro football's formative and mid-20th century years, highlighting the players who pulled pigskins from flight, like the legendary Don Hutson, Gibby Welch, Johnny Blood, Ray Flaherty, Crazy Legs Hirsch, Mac Speedie, Choo Choo Roberts and many others.

Marion Motley

Author: William H. Johnson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147664716X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description
As a star linebacker for the Cleveland Browns in the 1940s and 1950s, Marion Motley invented the modern concept of the fullback. In 1946, he and three other players broke professional football's color barrier, helping set the stage for Jackie Robinson's desegregation of Major League baseball in 1947. Retiring with five championships and the universal respect of his peers, Motley returned to ordinary life as a black man in pre-Civil Rights Act America. Because his career pre-dated nationally televised football, Motley's name is largely unknown today, when a figure of his stature would enjoy celebrity as a coach or owner. This first ever biography tells the story of the football player Sports Illustrated's Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman described as the greatest ever to take the field.

Big Leagues

Author: Stephen R. Fox
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803268968
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 524

Book Description
Discusses the evolution of baseball, football, and basketball and offers new perspectives on established legends