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When college football star Graham Lawson is given one last Hail Mary chance to pull up his GPA or lose his spot on the team, he turns to the sweet but shy bookworm from his hometown - the girl who saved his ass back in high school. Skyler Sutton is beyond stunned when her longtime crush asks her to come stay with him for the entire summer. She’s even more surprised when Graham’s two incredibly hot, fun-loving roommates decide to educate her with a lifetime of firsts she’ll never forget. Charlie and Tyson show Skyler friendship, compassion, and love that knows no limits.

While working on his wrestling documentary The Young and the Wrestlers, David Farrell had an idea for a story about a professional wrestler named Hunter. Instead of writing it himself (like all writers do), he decided to pay anonymous ghostwriters on the internet to cobble together the tale.

Louisa Ferncliff is a fixer. She fixes horses with scrambled eggs for brains and counsels lost souls on the backstretch of the racetrack. But her own life is a mess of impulsive decisions. Now, as she limps towards retirement with a quirky horse and an unethical protégé, she gets a surprising second chance at happiness. The action takes place in the authentic setting of the backstretch at Colonial Downs racetrack.

The Dalton family moves to the mining town of Rupland, where baseball is that of a religion. The surrounding counties help make up the storied summer league, where the best baseball in the country is played. In Rupland, little boys dream of donning the orange and black of their idols, the Rupland Hawks. Jack the leader, Johnny the rebel, and Joe the student, are sons of a tormented Vietnam veteran who pushes them towards a better future. Together they battle through Rupland's and their own hardships of death, decline, and war that tears them apart.

Scott Taylor has the perfect life. He gets to fulfill his dream playing professional hockey, has a loving family, and a tight group of friends. But the one thing missing in his life is a partner to come home to. He knows exactly who he wants to fill that position - the only woman he has ever loved. The one who got away, who constantly consumes his every thought. What it would take to get her to just say yes to a second chance?

Meet the men of the Connecticut Kings football team. Share their anguish and their triumphs as they strive for success in the game of football and the game of love. American football romance. This is a compilation of the first chapters of all nine books in the football romance series, First & Ten.

Eine Frau glaubt nach einem erschütternden Verlust, am Ende ihrer Kraft zu sein. Dennoch beginnt sie zu laufen. Ihre Runden werden von Woche zu Woche länger - und was als Davonlaufen beginnt, wird schließlich ein Weg zurück ins Leben. Immer an ihrer Seite: ihre Freunde, ihre Wut, ihre Liebe zur Musik und ein Humor, der es mit ihrer Verzweiflung aufnehmen kann.

Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team and state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news. When the largest manufacturing plant shuts down and hundreds of families leave their town, John questions how he and his family will face an uncertain future. After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, John and his wife, Amy, meet an aspiring athlete who’s pushing her limits on a journey toward discovery.

Trinity Clarkson is poor and white, but she’s definitely not trash. The 17-year-old blonde surfer has been fighting against the hateful, malicious stereotype since birth. She knows it’s not a crime being born without money, yet everyone in town treats her like garbage. She knows it’s not illegal being broke, but try telling that to the good folks of White Gold County. They’d just laugh in her face.

Histoire de formation et motivation qui accompagne le lecteur par la main à la recherche des dépassements de ses peurs et de l’achèvement de ses rêves. Le livre raconte l’histoire, sous la forme d’un récit de sport et motivation, d’un garçon pauvre des favelas du Brésil qui doit faire face à un défi: échapper de son monde de pauvreté et laideur et devenir un homme et un champion dans la vie et dans le sport. Il sera aidé par deux entraîneurs particuliers....

The Devil’s Stocking is the story of Ruby Calhoun, a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters, cops, con artists, and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life and death decisions, literary grandmaster Nelson Algren’s last novel is a fitting capstone to a long and brilliant career.

C'è il normale fluire del tempo e poi c'è l'evento inatteso che lo interrompe, lo cambia in modo irrimediabile: ecco il punto di partenza di ogni storia che valga la pena raccontare. Poddi lo chiarisce e, illuminando dettagli e coincidenze, tesse la sua tela attorno ai tre secondi più complessi, contraddittori e ingarbugliati della storia dello sport. Gli ultimi tre secondi della finale di basket Usa-Urss. Non una finale qualsiasi.

TJ. Falling for Kamara Day. On a college campus gone cray. The seniors caught in the culture war crossfire. TJ himself on fire. Burning in five different directions like he’s all of One Direction. Big brother to Kyd. Fraternity VP. Intern in NYC. Rappin to Drag’s beats. And. That f***ing demon he can’t defeat. The one pushing him to the ledge. At Jersey’s northeastern edge. Hoboken. The kid about to jump. No jokin.

I knew exactly what I wanted out of my senior year. A full ride to Northwestern University. The title of American high school journalist of the year. And a kiss, not just any kiss, but one from the boy I've been in love with since the sixth grade. By October, my plan was fully in motion with liplock by Christmas imminent. Imminent, that was, until Andie Mercantile moved to Marlowe Junction, swooping both my beat and my man.

Sly “Bullhorn” Brodsky wished winning the heart of Samantha Drake was as easy as protecting his quarterback. Bull tried to live down his rep as a womanizer. Locker room chatter had elevated him to the level of “player”. But Samantha Drake, stunning sister of a teammate, didn’t want to have anything to do with him. Or did she?

One call. That’s all it took to change everything. The sweet voice on the other end of the line delivered a blow I never saw coming. Fighting for our country’s freedom and staring death in the eye was nothing compared to this news. History has one hell of a way repeating itself. Kate Wilson’s voice didn’t waver once as she turned my worst nightmare into a reality, and her words weaved a cruel poetic justice.

Marc Moreau, a professional cyclist with a military past, is part of a top Tour de France team led by his best friend, an American star favored to win this year’s Tour. But the competition takes a dark turn when racers begin to drop out in a series of violent accidents. Marc begins to have the sickening realization that his own team has been most favored by the murderer’s actions, and in the final stages of the race Mark himself emerges as the only cyclist left who could possibly beat his best friend and win the Tour. Whom can Marc trust? Whom should he protect?

Devon Drake, star cornerback, has it all: hot supermodel girlfriend and pro football career, or does he? A childhood friend wanders back into his life, upsetting his ideal existence. Is it finally time to tell her the truth about what happened 15 years ago? Stormy Gregory is on the run from an abusive man. Her best friend offers her a safe place at the shelter for abused women and children. Grateful to be out of harm’s way, Stormy helps with a charitable event, not expecting to run into Devon Drake, her friend’s brother.

Cinque uomini, un quintetto ideale di rivoluzionari del gioco made in USA: l'allenatore-uomo d'affari, il giocatore all'avanguardia, lo scommettitore incallito, l'arbitro tutto d'un pezzo e il coach visionario. Storie vere che raccontano come il cambiamento, dentro e fuori dal campo, ha più a che fare con la forza di volontà e la capacità di cogliere delle opportunità che con la tecnica e il talento.

Known for his record-breaking stats and womanizing ways, wide receiver, Buddy Carruthers, would give it all up for one chance to win the only woman he ever wanted, Emmy Meacham. Hard-won games, and traveling half the season kept Buddy from pursuing his secret passion. Even if he managed to corner her for a moment, would she still care?