Chad Millman
1) The ones who hit the hardest: the Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the fight for America's soul
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Traces the decade when the Pittsburgh Steelers rose from a lackluster franchise to four-time Super Bowl champions, citing the team's efforts to revitalize its economically challenged city while assessing key contributors and the rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
One hundred years ago, in July 1916, an act of terrorism in New York Harbor changed the world.
The attack in New York Harbor was so explosive that people as far away as Maryland felt the ground shake. Windows were blown out uptown at the New York Public Library; the main building at Ellis Island was nearly destroyed; Statue of Liberty was torn into by shrapnel from the explosion, which would have measured 5.5 on the Richter scale. Chaos overtook...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
One gambler is a manic former cokehead with an Ivy League degree. The second is a college dropout trying to make a living at the only thing he enjoyed at school, gambling. The third, one of Vegas's most respected bookmakers, is perilously close to burning out. The Odds follows the lives of these three professional gamblers through a college basketball season in a one-of-a-kind city struggling to reconcile its lawless past with its family-friendly...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of pop culture's great enduring unsung heroes: Gary Dell'Abate, Howard Stern Show producer, miracle worker, professional good sport, and servant to the King of All Media, for the first time tells the story of his early years and reveals how his chaotic childhood and early obsessions prepared him for life at the center of the greatest show on earth.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The true story of the NFL's oldest rookie In 1976, Vince Papale was thirty, a former schoolteacher and part-time bartender, and a season ticket-holder for his beloved Philadelphia Eagles. When he heard that Coach Dick Vermeil was holding open tryouts, he decided to give it a shot. Shocking himself and the coaches, he ran an explosive 40-yard-dash in just 4.5 seconds — a world-class time — and was offered a contract on the spot. When...