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Keith Dunnavant

Just five weeks after coaching his final football game for the University of Alabama, Paul "Bear" Bryant passed away, leaving behind a void that has yet to be filled. It's been thirteen years since his death, yet the imposing legend of the Bear still casts a shadow over the state of Alabama and the entire college football world. For twenty-five years as the head coach of the Crimson Tide, and thirteen years before that at Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A & M, Bear Bryant's. Outsized personality and deep charisma made him the dominant figure in the world of college football, and turned boys with ordinary talent but extraordinary heart into winners on the gridiron and off. In Coach, Keith Dunnavant gives us the definitive portrait of this rough-hewn man with an extraordinary gift for leadership. Coach is not only about the man and his tremendous ability to succeed, it's also about the South and the legacy Coach Bryant left behind. In a. Divisive era, Bryant gave Alabamians something to be proud of. In all times, he was simply the greatest college football coach of them all.

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Scott Mitchell

"Scott Mitchell was a ticking time bomb. At age 46, the former record-setting NFL quarterback topped the scale at 366 pounds. He became a contestant on the reality TV show The Biggest Loser: Glory Days and soon came to the stark realization he was emotionally dead inside. As the weeks went by on the show, Scott evaluated every aspect of his life. He developed a simple game plan to change his life. For the first time, he began to love himself. He finally was in control of his own destiny. As you follow Scott's odyssey of triumph, tragedy, and redemption, you too will see the power of moving beyond life's obstacles and becoming Alive Again."--Publisher description

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Peter Craigmyle

The autobiography of “the Fearless Aberdonian,” Peter Craigmyle (1894-1979), the famous Scottish football referee, originally published in 1949 on his retirement after 31 years of professional refereeing. He reminisces on his life on the field - and off it.

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Jim McMahon with Bob Verdi

In the midst of all the publicity for the 1985-86 Bears and media favorite "Refrigerator" Perry, the Midway Monster most in the spotlight was unconventional quarterback McMahon, with his punk-rock haircut, sunglasses and headbands. Here, with the assistance of Chicago Tribune sports columnist Verdi, he tells of his life and his attitudes. Not surprisingly, he views himself primarily as an entertainer rather than an athlete and on the printed page maintains the ruthless candor that has made him controversial. He makes no attempt to conceal his contempt for Bears team president Michael McCaskey, his distant and cool relationship with his parents and his feeling that a lot of sportswriting belongs in the category of fiction and not reportage. He also has very little good to say about his alma mater, Brigham Young. His autobiography is refreshing and real, not unlike the man himself.