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Sports Publishing Fall 2007 Catalog Titles:
USA TODAY / Basketball / Hockey / Other
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| USA TODAY: 25 Years of The Nation's Newspaper |
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The Making of McPaper |
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Author: USA TODAY
Launched in 1982, USA TODAY celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2007 with the release of this engaging look at the stories that have shaped Americans’ lives over the past 25 years. Utilizing the concise, award-winning journalism, rich graphics, and unique photography that have helped turn America’s first national newspaper into its largest, 25 Years of USA TODAY is a full-color coffee table book with immense flip appeal. All of the memorable events that grabbed national headlines—from the L.A. riots and 9/11 to the 1998 home-run chase and America’s quests for Olympic gold on its home soil—are chronicled in vivid detail. ...
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Author: USA TODAY
In 1982 the Gannett Company, the nation’s biggest newspaper chain, launched USA TODAY. USA TODAY celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2007. The brainchild of Al Neuharth, it was the most expensive, most closely watched newspaper debut in history. Journalists called it “McPaper,” the “titan of tidbits,” and “junk-food journalism.” No newspaper executive had ever put so many millions and so many careers on the line. This updated edition of Peter S. Prichard’s acclaimed 1987 release includes an afterward by longtime USA TODAY writer and editor David Colton. This updated section completes the story of the first century of “The Nation’s Newspaper.”
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| USA TODAY Year in Sports 2007 |
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Game of My Life: Kentucky |
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Author: USA TODAY
Sports fans mark their calendars not by February or June, nor by spring or fall. The sports fan knows January for playoff football, March for its Madness, and October for World Series glory. They know spring training signals the end of winter, and when the frost melts off the Stanley Cup summer’s in full swing. It is for this sports fan that USA TODAY and USA TODAY Sports Weekly present USA TODAY Year in Sports 2007. This full-color, illustrated edition includes original stories and photography from The Nation’s No. 1 Newspaper. Beginning with the sports fan’s traditional New Year’s Day wakeup call—college bowl games—and extending through the World Series Fall Classic, this book allows the American sports fan to relive the triumph and glory of a year in the sports world.
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Author: Ryan Clark
Some of the games described by these University of Kentucky basketball legends involve championships, while others have extraordinary personal meaning. Stars like Jamal Mashburn, Dan Issel, Kenny Walker, Derek Anderson, Walter McCarty, Richie Farmer, Jack “Goose” Givens, Louie Dampier. John Pelphrey, and Travis Ford are among the many former players profiled in this in-depth look at the men and games that helped shape and build the legendary Kentucky Wildcats’ basketball tradition.
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| When March Went Mad |
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Game of My Life: Duke |
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Author: Tim Peeler
North Carolina State’s 1983 NCAA national championship ranks as one of the truly amazing Cinderella stories in the history of college basketball. The Wolfpack, coached by Jim Valvano, entered March of 1983 as a long shot to even make the NCAA Tournament field. They went on a wild six-game win streak that culminated with an upset win over Houston’ Phi-Slama-Jama team in the national championship game. This book, told through the eyes and memories of several players and coaches, takes fans back through that magical and unforgettable month in 1983.
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Author: Al Featherston
Several former Blue Devil players who have worn the legendary Duke uniform share their fondest single-game experience and memories. Some of these games involve championships, while others have extraordinary personal meaning. In each case, it is the player who singles out the game, the moment in time that to him is the most defining of his Duke career. The book features heroes like Dick Groat, Art Heyman, Johnny Dawkins, Danny Ferry, Christian Laettner, Shane Battier, Jason Williams, J.J. Redick, Grant Hill, Billy King, Mike Gminski, and Jay Bilas.
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| Pat Williams' Tales from the Philadelphia 76ers |
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Chico Resch's Tales from the Devils Ice |
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Authors: Pat Williams with Gordon Jones
The Sixers won 65 games and an NBA championship in 1982-83, still one of the finest seasons in NBA history. It was Moses Malone who, in the days before the playoffs, gave the team its battle cry. Asked by coach Billy Cunningham how he thought things would go in the playoffs, Moses said, “Fo’, fo’, fo’” – meaning, in Moses’ shorthand, that he expected the Sixers to sweep each of the three series they would need to play in order to win a championship. In Pat Williams’ Tales from the 76ers, the former Sixers general manager writes about those Sixers – the transcendent talents (and personalities like Julius Erving, Bobby Jones, Maurice Cheeks, and Andrew Toney) that made them special, the years of heartache that preceded the championship run, and a season that was surprisingly devoid of drama.
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Author: Glenn Chico Resch with Mike Kerwick
From the moment Dr. John McMullen brought professional hockey to New Jersey to the moment Scott Stevens lifted the Stanley Cup over his head for the third time, the Garden State has been in love with its New Jersey Devils. In Chico Resch’s Tales from the Devils Ice, former New Jersey goalie Chico Resch and co-author Mike Kerwick bring readers along for a wild ride from the lean early seasons to the three Stanley Cup championships. The book has it all, including details about John MacLean’s game winner against Chicago, the goal that propelled the Devils into the playoffs for the first time; Ken Daneyko’s emotional curtain call in Game 7 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals; and Martin Brodeur’s yearly playoff dominance.
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| New York Rangers: Greatest Moments and Players |
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Tales from the Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Author:
Stan Fischler
An Original Six NHL member, the Broadway Blueshirts boast one of the most renowned histories in the last 100 years of North American professional hockey. Now hockey’s premier historian recounts all of the Rangers’ luminaries, as well as their most telling moments on ice. Throughout the years, Stan Fischler, a Manhattenite of almost a half-century, has covered both the Blueshirts’ highs and lows. Regarded as the dean of American hockey journalists, he has been covering the sport for 55 years, and has been following the Rangers even longer. With over 90 books on hockey published to date, there is nobody better to narrate the history of one of hockey’s most celebrated clubs, the New York Rangers.
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Author: David Shoalts
The glory years of the Toronto Maple Leafs – four Stanley Cups in the 1960’s – may be distant memories. What the team lacks in recent accomplishments, however, is made up for by their history, which is rich in drama, pathos, and, most of all, humour. Figures connected to the Maple Leafs from the 1950’s to the present offer their best stories, including some new takes on the team’s legends. Players, coaches, broadcasters, and team executives come together to share a long list of funny anecdotes about their time with the Leafs.
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| Rob Ray's Tales from the Buffalo Sabres |
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Tom Kelly's Tales from the USC Trojans |
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Author: Rob Ray with Bud Bailey
Rob Ray was known as one of the NHL’s toughest players of the 1990’s. The right wing played 13 seasons for the Buffalo Sabres, earning the reputation as his team’s enforcer. Ray was known for his unique, “jersey-off” fighting style, and during his years in Buffalo he starred on some of the greatest Sabres teams ever. Led by head coach Lindy Ruff and goalie Dominik Hasek, the Sabres advanced to the Stanley Cup finals in 1998-99. In this book Ray shares his many humorous and insightful behind-the-scenes stories from his Sabres career.
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Author: Tom Kelly with Tom Hoffarth
Tom Kelly, the legendary signature voice of USC sports for nearly five decades, takes Trojan fans on a journey of tales, anecdotes, and previously untold stories from and about many of the greatest coaches, players, teams, and games in USC football history, as well as other sports. During his 40+ year run, the Trojans boasted five Heisman Trophy winners, won five national championships, played in 14 Rose Bowls, and appeared in 24 overall bowl games. Kelly, who won five Golden Mike Awards and was named California’s Sportscaster of the Year three times, is a member of USC’s Hall of Fame.
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| One Moment Changes Everything |
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Chief Illiniwek: A Tribute to an Illinois Tradition |
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Author: Sean D. Harvey
on Rogers was a three-sport phenomenon who energized a forgotten corner of the world (North Sacramento). He could run, jump and tackle better than anyone in California. A role model to children, he became both an honor student and a consensus All- American football player for UCLA, where he dominated two Rose Bowls and was a favorite of fans and sportswriters alike. Rogers went on to become a first-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns and was voted rookie of the year in 1984. Then it fell apart. Just one week after the overdose death of basketball star Len Bias, and only one day before his marriage to his college sweetheart, while in the upstairs bedroom of his mother’s home Rogers made the incomprehensible decision to use cocaine, and died just hours later. This All-American story is about a good man whose life transcended sports, and whose death continues to spur important debate about burden, love, addiction, responsibility, and what constitutes happiness in the material world.
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Author: The News-Gazette
On February 21, 2007, Chief Illiniwek made his last appearance as the official symbol of the University of Illinois. During halftime of the men’s basketball game against Michigan, the Chief danced and inspired more than 16,000 orange-clad fans at Assembly Hall, leading to an emotional and long standing ovation that signaled the end of an era for Fighting Illini supporters.
Chief Illiniwek: A Tribute to an Illinois Tradition celebrates the history of the Chief, from his first performance on October 30, 1926, in Philadelphia, to his stirring, memorable, and tear-filled final appearance in Champaign. Packed with full-color photos detailing the many individuals to portray the Chief, the different costumes that have been used, and the dance that thrilled Illinois fans at major sporting events for parts of nine decades, this unique hardcover book is the perfect way to remember and honor a symbol that celebrated the Native American heritage of the state of Illinois.
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