But when you consider who has impacted the game most in terms of those who sought to copy, emulate, reproduce or extend a definable system, style or structure, Bill Walsh stands alone. In Finding the Winning Edge, the coach of three Super Bowl Championships illustrates and outlines the basic organizational, coaching and system philosophies that he has used throughout his career.

    This authorized biography traces Bob Paisley's life from his humble beginnings in a North East pit village through his wartime experiences to his days at Anfield, where an array of 19 trophies for Liverpool in nine seasons was his response to accepting the managerial job he never wanted.

    One of football's greatest quarterbacks reveals the secrets of strategy and play-calling, how to outwit the defense, and the quarterback's job, accompanied by anecdotes about his career.

    Why have so many top football clubs been taken over by businessmen? What have the changes meant to supporters? Why, with football enjoying phenomenal new wealth, are some Nationwide League clubs facing financial ruin? This book searches behind English football's hype to ask what has really happened, what has been gained, and what has been lost as football has ceased to be a game and become a business.

    Some rivalries transcend the gridiron. Some games last forever.The Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys engaged in a fierce rivalry in the 1966 season, culminating in the Packers defeating the Cowboys to win the NFL championship. The next year, they clashed again, and the result is a game that only needs three words to evoke lasting images from every player, every coach, and every fan who witnessed it: “The Ice Bowl.” The final game of the 1967 season has become one of the most storied contests in NFL history, and sportswriter Mike Shropshire, author of SEASONS IN HELL, brings it all back to life in his panoramic look at the events leading up to the game and how the game influenced both franchises going forward. With photos and insight into the players who battled, as well as those who witnessed, THE ICE BOWL is a must-read for fans of every down.

    The story begins with Art Modell's decision to fire Paul Brown; Pluto shows the roots of that decision, which rocked the football world but almost certainly made the '64 title possible. He takes us through the 1964 season, from the start of training camp at Hiram College to each game along the way to the conference title and then on to the 27-0 victory over the Colts. He takes us behind the scenes, showing how Jim Brown prepared for the biggest game of his life; why Gary Collins was always open; and what tackle Dick Schafrath spotted in the films that enabled him to neutralize the Colts' overpowering defensive end Ordell Braase. He shows the adjustments and breakthroughs that turned a scoreless game at halftime into a rout that still stands as Cleveland's last championship. Pluto visits with the men who won the title some three decades ago, gathering their memories of that season and the lessons they've carried with them through their lives.

    Outspoken as ever, Fergie confides to his diary the shocks, setbacks, and secrets of life at England's biggest football club.

    THE book on coaching defensive line.

    Now, one of the few journalists to cover the business of sports, the Baltimore Sun's Jon Morgan, chronicles the move, explains why more are to come-and why it matters.In Glory For Sale, Morgan offers an in-depth view of the game's money side. He helps to understand the debate that's raging in city after city: Should the public pay for NFL stadiums, and, if so, how much?Don't be left in the dark. Read Morgan's definitive Glory For Sale and travel inside the dramatic, fascinating business of professional football.The Denver Post Raves: Morgan Scores Big. The Baltimore City Paper praises Morgan's compelling reporting. and The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls Glory For Sale our biggest book of the year.

    Better still, this original ball control offense doesn't require outstanding personnel at each position to work effectively and has a simple core of just four plays. And it's blueprinted for you in it's entirety by the author! Over 100 diagrams, and 30 photos, supplement the text throughout, providing an instant reference to specific plays, formation, and drills. In short, The Toss gives you all you need to use this tested and new offensive attack successfully, regardless of your particular setting or player talent. To Quote Coach Vallotton, The Magic of the Toss has worked every time. And it will work for you.

    Full of interviews with players and coaches, Jags to Riches relays the emotions and strategies at the heart of the Jaguars' amazing comeback. photos.

    A young, inexperienced football team discovers its beginner's luck is due to a series of mysterious but successful plays anonymously sent to the coach.

    Part of a series on coaching American football, this guide describes the Delaware wing-T and its history, with option fundamentals, communication and structure, and veer coaching points.

    Coach LaVell Edwards took over a program 25 years ago that was unknown. He was convinced that the only way to win was to throw the ball and throw it he did. The Cougars have emerged as one of the best traditions in the history of college football. BYU is now one of the nation's football heavyweights playing before 60,000 fans each week, sending dozens of players to the NFL and appearing on national TV.

    Hunt, formed the American Football League in 1959. Unlike the NFL, the American Football League featured wide open offenses and innovative coaching strategies, capturing a new generation of fans dedicated to the league and its players. The AFL aggressively pursued college stars -- Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon in its inaugural season and Joe Namath in 1965. The eight teams signed a collective television agreement that split the money equally among the franchises, thus providing far more stability and balance than earlier start-up leagues. Based on interviews with owners, coaches, players, scouts, broadcasters and writers from the era, this is a colorful account of the AFL and its place in sports history.

    

    135 photos.

    The book features the best drills used by many of the country's top college and high school offensive teams. Choose from 75 individual and team drills to hone your players' offensive skills.

    For everyone who lived through those days, there was something unforgettable about the Cowboys and their Cotton Bowl fans. John Eisenberg brings those days back in this poignant account of one boy's first love affair with a sport, a team, and the bonds it gave to his hometown and family.

    -- Toronto SunOne of the last Canadian quarterbacks, Frank Cosentino's lifelong commitment to the game and writing about its history has educated several generations of football players and fans. In A Passing Game, rather than endless stats or play by play commentary on games of the past, Consentino shows a side of the Canadian Football League rarely seen -- what motivates the owners, what decisions are made in the boardrooms, what are the political crises and what are the political conveniences ... A Passing Game reflects on what is so Canadian about the CFL.

    Compiled and edited by Doug Cheeseman, Andy Lyons and Mike Ticher; foreword by Roddy Doyle.

    This is a personal story of soccer as a religion, in which voices the concerns of fans who feel the game they grew up with is being eroded by commercial exploitation.