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Great Philadelphia Fan Book Yes, Philadelphia fans have a reputation as the roughest, toughest, most vocal, and unruly fans in sports. We booed Santa. We cheered as Michael Irvin lay motionless on the Vet's tattered Astroturf. Now, Glen Macnow and Anthony Gargano tell the story from the Philadelphia fan's perspective. In part a Philadelphia sports memoir, The Great Philadelphia Fan Book is also a historical and anecdotal account of the nation's passionate sports fans, centering around Philadelphia's four major league teams. The authors mount a sturdy apologia that will be sure to delight Philadelphia sports fans, and remind them of their uniqueness and unabashed dedication to their hometown teams.
Great Philadelphia Sports Debate Following upon the success of The Great Philadelphia Fan Book, Glen Macnow and Philadelphia's No. 1 sports-talk personality, Angelo Cataldi, have combined to give us The Great Philadelphia Sports Debate. It's sure to strike another nerve with Philadelphia's sports fans; the most loyal, long suffering, vociferous, in the blood, in your face sports fans in America! This time, Glen and Angelo get smack-dab in the middle of the controversies that always abound when sports fans get together, whether it is in the taproom, or in the living room watching their favorite sport on TV. Who's the best this? What was the greatest that? These debates have been with us as long as sports have been played, and will continue to be. 
Bill Campbell the Voice of Philadelphia Sports For the past 66 years, sports fans in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley have been greeted by a familiar voice and face when they turn on their television and more recently, their radio. Hall of fame broadcaster Bill Campbell's legendary career started in 1940, while he was still in high school, and he still does commentaries today for KYW 1060 AM. Along the way, Bill hosted a popular daily sports show on WCAU radio, a popular Saturday morning television show with baseball legend Connie Mack, and helped hall of fame baseball player Richie Ashburn get his start in broadcasting. Bill has broadcast games for the Philadelphia Eagles, Warriors, Sixers, and Phillies. Through it all no one has seen more pain, and glory among Philadelphia sports than Bill Campbell. He was there for the Phillies' incredible collapse in 1964, the Sixers' record-setting 9 win and 73 loss season in 1972-1973, the 1960 NFL championship game, the last championship won by the Philadelphia Eagles, and Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, a record that still stands today. In 2005, Bill received the ultimate broadcasting honor, when he was awarded the Gowdy media award, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Bill received the Philadelphia Sportswriters Award for Outstanding Service in 1989. He is also a member of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Sports Halls of Fame. This book includes an audio CD of Bill Campbell's famous calls, including Wilt Chamberlain's record-setting 100-point game. About the Author Hockey
Who's Better: Rangers, Devils, Islanders or the Flyers You can't count the number of times hockey fans have raised the question about their favorite players, teams, coaches- you name it. Inevitably, the discussions ensue because no aficionado is more passionate nor dedicated than the hockey fan. Give a follower of the Rangers, Devils, Islanders, and Flyers a subject for debate and you'll get in return, keen interest and - more than likely - heated debate. The book will not only invite fans in North America's most hockey-intense corridor to debate their favorite subjects but the authors will provide authoritative, substantiated, anecdotal and statistical conclusions; which, of course, will spur further arguments. About the authors 
Pelle Lindbergh: Behind the White Mask Pelle Lindbergh follows the life and career of Pelle, from his childhood in post-WWII Stockholm, to the 1980 Olympics and his time playing for the Philadelphia Flyers. Growing up in Sweden, Pelle Lindbergh dreamed of playing goalie in the National Hockey League. More specifically, he wanted to follow his boyhood idol, Bernie Parent, and play for the Philadelphia Flyers. The dream became a reality when the Philadelphia Flyers drafted him during the second round of the 1979 NHL entry draft. What no one knew at the time was that the dream would end so tragically. Pelle made the Flyers full time during 1982-1983 season, and was named to the All Rookie team. In 1985, he helped lead the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Final, and became the first European to win the Vezina trophy as the NHL's best goalie. In November of 1985, Pelle's life was cut short when he died in a car accident during the season. He was the first player to be posthumously voted to an all-star team in North American Sports. About the authors 
Jonesy No one in the history of Philadelphia sports has made a more successful career of being an average player than Keith Jones. The improbable hockey career of Jonsey started in 1992, when he was with the Washington Capitals. After a brief stint in Colorado, Keith was traded to Philadelphia, where his hard work, dirty play and colorful personality made him one of the more popular players in recent history. Jonsey is not just the story of Keith's career in the league. He also shares stories he's accumulated over the past 15 years, as he played with some of the league's best players, including Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Mark Recchi and Eric Lindros. The book includes a forward written by Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque. Baseball
Back Again Coming off their 2008 World Series Championship, The 2009 Phillies were one of the most popular groups in Phillies history, as evidenced by their 73 sellouts and the 3 million six hundred thousand fans that poured into Citizens Bank Park during the season. Prior to 2008-09, the Phillies had never made two trips in a row to the World Series. Nor had they ever had six straight years when they finished either first or second in the division. The Phils had also set a club record through 2009 with seven straight seasons in which they won 85 or more games. No National League team had taken home two consecutive titles since the Reds did it in the 1970's. The 2009 team, featuring Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins was the most popular group in team history and were just 2 wins away from making history. This book looks into the background of the most popular team in Phillies history. About the Author 
Movin' On Up Movin' On Up takes a fun ride through the then and now of a great city and it's ball club. The city and its team have cooked up a partnership as strong and as strange as scrapple and toast over the last 121 years. Since 1883, the Phillies have been on the move - at times slowly, many times glacially, and sometimes, quickly. Movin' On Up layers the present on the past by revisiting the places the Fightin Phils once called home. But Movin' On Up is really about people, past and present, not only players, but others who help and helped Philadelphia move on up to the fabulous sports town we know today. The journey rolls along on humorous and poignant episodes, old and new, that have splashed Philadelphia and its fans with the signature color that both fascinates and infuriates outsiders. As this new millennium ends its first decade, Philadelphia's Phillies have a new park, a new team, and a new attitude. Well, maybe the attitude isn't all that new, as you'll read, and neither is the dream of movin' on up. After all, getting there is half the fun. 
Filling in the Seams: by Christopher T. Edwards Play Ball! Trenton Baseball fans waited a long time to hear this cry ring out in their hometown. And in 1994, minor-league baseball stormed into Trenton with the arrival of the Trenton Thunder and the construction of beautiful Mercer County Waterfront Park stadium. In this fascinating chronicle of the first three seasons of the Double-A Thunder franchise, Trenton Times sportswriter Christopher T. Edwards provides an insider's up-close-and-personal view of the people and events that have made the Thunder one of the most popular minor-league teams in the country. Horse Racing
Barbaro, Smarty Jones & Ruffian: The People's Horses In this book, author Linda Hanna brings readers up-close-and-personal to the sport of Thoroughbred horseracing. Through the lives of these three dynamic "fan favorites," Hanna shares all aspects of the sport as well as many pieces of personal information on Barbaro, Smarty Jones and Ruffian gleaned from her intense research. Through exclusive interviews with owners, trainers, jockeys, equine veterinarians, pedigree specialists and racing officials, she carries fans to a new level of knowledge and appreciation. Speaking from the perspective of a "fan," Hanna educates her audience in the nuances of breeding, training and racing. The reader will be readily drawn into the "new Golden Age of Horseracing" in the '70s, as Ruffian makes her dramatic debut at Belmont Park and smashes track records during this brief and brilliant career. Insights from her trainer, Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr., shed new light on her devastating and fatal breakdown during The Great Match Race of 1975. As Smarty Jones captivated America with his Triple Crown bid in 2004, Hanna weaves readers into the history of horseracing in his home state of Pennsylvania and the positive reverberations there caused by the "Smarty Effect." All aspects of Smarty's brief yet incredible career are presented in great detail with new revelations concerning his much-criticized retirement in August 2004. In a glowing introduction to the book written by Smarty's owner, Patricia L. Chapman, readers are reminded of all aspects of the sport - positive and negative. Both Chapman and Hanna speak to the need for greater rescue efforts for needy horses and to the call for greater responsibility for all within the sport. As a designated charity for a portion of the book's proceeds, Hanna directs her readers to The Kentucky Equine Humane Center in a preface by Staci Hancock, who outlines the Center's wonderful efforts in horse rescue and placement. Another large segment of the population was drawn to Thoroughbred horseracing as it watched Gretchen and Roy Jackson's Barbaro struggle for survival after breaking a leg during the 2006 Preakness Stakes. With poignant detail, Hanna moves her audience through the interworkings of veterinary orthopedics at New Bolton Center, an eight-month public relations/media effort on national television and an on-going and astounding fan base for the fallen hero, Barbaro. Since his death in January 2007, Hanna relates that fans have united in new and far-reaching causes in his name. In a final section of the book, which Hanna titles Legacy, she examines significant and timely equine topics. Some of these include: the injuries of these horses, an analysis of their pedigrees, efforts toward anti-slaughter, the need for rescue efforts, the work of the Fans of Barbaro and the legacies of these three special equine athletes. As a final kudo to fans young and old, Governor Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania addresses the wonderful careers of Barbaro, Smarty Jones and Ruffian in what has evolved as a feel-good story about these horses' lives. Football
A Sunday Pilgrimage: Six Days, Several Prayers and the Super Bowl From the co-author of the bestselling The Great Philadelphia Fan Book comes an insider's look, coupled with the players and fans view of recent success and failures of football's longest suffering team. They won their last championship in 1960, and since then have had only two other chances at another; in 1981 when they lost to the Oakland Raiders, and again in 2005, when they suffered a heart breaking defeat to the New England Patriots. Anthony L. Gargano takes you on a six day trip to the Promised Land - Jacksonville, site of the 2005 Super Bowl. During the ride you ll experience the heart and soul of the fans, players, coaches, the author and his closest friends. About the Author |
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