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Kevin Allen, Art Regner

There are few things in sports as meaningful as lacing up one's skates to take the ice for the Detroit Red Wings, the NHL's proudest franchise. Only a chosen few can understand its impact, and they share their experiences in this compilation of personal stories and reminiscences. Detroit hockey fans, for the first time ever, can now fully grasp What It Means to Be a Red Wing.

George R. Mills

Book DescriptionRecruited for his combination of size and speed, George Mills had the potential to become an outstanding college football player--but it never happened. A View from the Bench reveals the reality behind the glamour of college football and the tough experiences in the life of a benchwarmer. Mills was a solid player who loved the game, but he had only one shot in nearly five years at making Nebraska's starting team. He found little time or energy left for academics after hours ofdrills, weight lifting, and team meetings. Now, with complete candor, Mills lays bare the true weight of emphasis in the "student-athlete" dichotomy. Free from anger or malice, Mills tells of his struggle to come to terms with a sports career of "mediocrity." A View from the Bench is an honest reflection of the experiences of so many overlooked players. It will be meaningful to anyone who has watched or played competitive sports.

David Goldblatt

There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final. In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccer's rise from chaotic folk ritual to the world's most popular sport-now poised to fully establish itself in the USA. Already celebrated internationally, "The Ball Is Round" illuminates soccer's role in the political and social histories of modern societies, but never loses sight of the beauty, joy, and excitement of the game itself.

John Rosengren

By high school, the pressure mounted along with the stakes. The Jaguars knew they were expected to beat the lower-ranked teams. When you're No. 1, that means everybody... Under the watchful eye of pro scouts and the weight of massive expectations, seventeen young men rank No. 1 in the country. In the tradition of Buzz Bissinger's classic Friday Night Lights, Blades of Glory follows these talented athletes, their coaches, their parents and their fans, offering a captivating glimpse into an elite program and the triumphs and tragedies of real life. For a championship team like the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars, hockey is religion and failing to win is a sin. This is a place where kids dream of playing for the state championship from the time they can pick up a stick, and parents plan their entire social calendar around the season. John Rosengren was given unlimited, season-long access to every harsh reality and euphoric high these teammates experienced during one full...

Chess Sheppard

Many Canadians grow up dreaming of making it to the National Hockey League and a chance to play for hockey's holy grail, the Stanley Cup. Chess Sheppard's story of his brother Ray's struggle to make the dream come true reveals the heart and grit and total dedication it takes to get there. Ray's success is his own achievement, but it is clear his accomplishments were made possible by the support and commitment of his remarkable family.

Eric Duhatschek

Millions cheer at live and televised games, but few fans have the opportunity to get under the helmets and behind the masks to meet hockey's greatest stars. Starforce Hockey tells the inside story of the greats who have spanned the decades, from future Hall of Famers-Ray Bourque, Mark Messier, Chris Chelios, Grant Fuhr, Patrick Roy, and Steve Yzerman-to the players whose stars are burning brightest now-superstar Jaromir Jagr, Eric Lindros, Curtis Joseph, Pavel Bure, Dominik Hasek, Brian Leetch, Teemu Selanne, Peter Forseberg, and Paul Kariya-to those whose stars are rising for the first time-the young and the talented Steve Kariya, the Sedin Twins, and Patrik Stefan. Each player is profiled, with information about his interests, habits, superstitions, and unique skills. "Did you know?" boxes include relevant statistics for each player. Exciting photos capture the players' drive and talent on and off the ice. And telling quotes from insiders such as general managers, scouts,...

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Oliver Obst

During the last years, Robotic Soccer has become one of the most challenging research fields for multiagent systems (MAS). In RoboCup soccer, teams of autonomous agents have to cooperatively solve the problem of winning against another team of agents. There are different leagues to address a wide area of research problems. However, many of the solutions to these are also league-dependent. This publication contributes tools and techniques to create physical MAS in domains where each agent has insufficient capabilities for solving the problem alone. All contributions of this book address the problem of league-independent solutions and provide means to create more generally applicable approaches. The contributions of this work have shown to be useful within the simulated robotic soccer domain and real robotic soccer. As a result, more general MAS research problems can be stated, and domain knowledge can be shared between different leagues.

Whether you're stuck for words on Scrabble, Crosswords or Countdown, "Collins Anagrams" is a useful book for you. With words and phrases, and based on Collins Word Games list - the most extensive list - this book comprises over 120,000 anagrams as well as handy tips on resources for crossword solving and lists of crosswords on the Internet.

As recently as four years ago they were considered one of the worst franchises in professional sports, the laughingstock of the NHL. In fact, before this season they had only come out victorious in one playoff series in team history. Now for the first time, the Tampa Bay Lightning are the improbable champions of hockey. A stirring 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals helped the Lightning become just the second team in 33 years to overcome a 3-2 series deficit in the Finals. It also meant they would be the first team from Florida to drink from Lord Stanley's Cup. Tampa Bay Lightning: 2004 Stanley Cup Champions helps fans relive the glory of a truly unforgettable season. The award-winning St. Petersburg Times sports department provides stories from the season's biggest games in this book packed with full-color action photos from the Times. Also included are profiles of superstar Lightning players like Brad Richards, the Conn Smythe Award-winner who...