Shooting for the Record

Tim Price

• Hardcover | Engels | Sport in the American West
• Every few years, a book comes along that makes an important contribution to the history of American sport, even though--or, maybe, because--its storyl... Lees meer

More Than Just Peloteros

• Paperback | Engels | Sport in the American West
• Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of American sport has, unt... Lees meer

Our White Boy

Jerry Craft

• Paperback | Engels | Sport in the American West
• At the outset of summer break in 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft had no more enticing options than to stay home and help on the family ranch--so t... Lees meer

More Than Just Peloteros

• Hardcover | Engels | Sport in the American West
• Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of American sport has, unt... Lees meer

Baugh to Brady

Lew Freedman

• Hardcover | Engels | Sport in the American West
• "There are three things that can happen when you throw a pass, and two of them are bad." --Woody Hayes The quarterback pass is one of the leading offe... Lees meer

Becoming Iron Men

Lew Freedman

• Hardcover | Engels | Sport in the American West
• Loyola University Chicago was ahead of its time when racial matters were forefront in a long overdue revolution in civil rights. The Ramblers of the 1... Lees meer

Remembering Bulldog Turner

Michael Barr

• Hardcover | Engels | Sport in the American West
• Clyde "Bulldog" Turner rose from the West Texas plains to become an early lynchpin of the Chicago Bears and the NFL and one of the greatest linemen of... Lees meer

Our White Boy

Jerry Craft

• Hardcover | Engels | Sport in the American West
• At the outset of summer break in 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft had no more enticing options than to stay home and help on the family ranch--so t... Lees meer

Wil the Thrill

Edward J Robinson

• Hardcover | Engels | Sport in the American West
• When Wilbert Montgomery earned his Super Bowl XLVII ring as running-backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens in 2013, he was no stranger to glory. In Phil... Lees meer

West Texas Middleweight

Frank Sikes

• Hardcover | Engels | Sport in the American West
• LaVern Roach, a skinny kid from the small town of Plainview, Texas, rose from obscurity to become one of boxing's most popular figures during the 1940... Lees meer