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2) Foul trouble
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"--
3) The novice
Series
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
An obsessive college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an extreme physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Hayden Fox is the head coach of a university football team, and eats, sleeps and lives football. His wife is not passionate about sports, which tends to frequently causes friction in their relationship. While Hayden often fits the stereotype of dumb jock (as do his co-workers Luther and Dauber), he sincerely cares about his friends and family, and tries his best to make things work out.
5) Sooley
Author
Language
English
Description
This time, John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court. In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on a airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true. Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed,...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Three days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James and teammate Emmett Sunday ignite a player's strike declaring they won't compete until all student-athletes are fairly compensated. With billions of dollars at risk and legacies on the line, the stakes could not be higher. Now, with only hours until kickoff, the head coach and various power brokers must race against the clock to protect or destroy the...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It includes all three seasons of the rudest, lewdest comedy ever to hit the gridiron! Season One introduces us to the nastiest sacks in college football, including a hard-partying quarterback and a scoreless running back, at least, with the ladies. In Season Two, Denise Richards, Brian Bosworth, and Boomer Esiason help tackle the laughs, while Season Three sees Coach Daniels dealing with a hotshot upstart. At Blue Mountain State, the league's crudest...
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The Idealist is a complete portrait of Jack Trice, an Iowa State football player who suffered a fatal injury during a game in 1923. Jack was the son of a former Buffalo Soldier who became a high school football standout in Ohio and embarked on his college career hoping to emulate fellow Iowa State University alum George Washington Carver. It is also the story of those who fought for his legacy across generations.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A sports journalist relates the story of Ivy League freshman and track star Maddy Holleran, who seemingly had it all and succeeded at everything she tried, but who secretly grappled with mental illness before taking her own life during the spring semester.
"From noted ESPN commentator and journalist Kate Fagan, the heartbreaking and vital story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose death by suicide rocked the University of Pennsylvania campus...
Author
Series
Robin Lockwood novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The "master of heart-pounding suspense"--New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin--returns with a new legal thriller starring Robin Lockwood. A young woman accuses a prominent local college athlete of rape. Convicted with the help of undisputable DNA evidence, the athlete swears his innocence and threatens both his lawyer and his accuser as he's sent to prison. Not long after, there's another rape and the DNA test shows that the same person committed...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In the four years since Joe Nocera asked those questions in a controversial New York Times column, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has come under fire. Fans have begun to realize that the athletes involved in the two biggest college sports, mens basketball and football, are little more than indentured servants. Millions of teenagers accept scholarships to chase their dreams of fame and fortune--at the price of absolute submission to...
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