Friday, January 22, 2010

SPORTS BOOKS FOR SALE

Virtually all books are in mint condition. Some are extremely rare and the prices reflect that. $5 for shipping, handling, and insurance for first book, $2 for each additional book. Not all books may still be available by the time I receive your order. I will call or e-mail you if that's the case.
 
                                                      Andy Piascik
                                           25 Cartright Street, PH-C
                                             Bridgeport, CT 06604
                                                    (203) 362-1761
                                           andypiascik@yahoo.com           
 
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Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs
The Galloping Ghost: Red Grange, an American Football Legend by Gary Andrew Poole (2008) - $12.00
 
Never Give Up on Your Dream: My Journey by Warren Moon with Don Yaeger (2009) -  $8.00
 
The Long Snapper: A Second Chance, A Super Bowl, A Lesson for Life by Jeffrey Marx (2009) - $12.00 (Story of the Patriots' Brian Kinchen)
 
Taliaferro: Breaking Barriers From the NFL Draft to the Ivory Tower by Dawn Knight (2007) (biography of George Taliaferro) - $8.00
 
The Bus: My Life In and Out of a Helmet by Jerome Bettis and Gene Wojciechowski (2007) - $10.00
 
Fritz Pollard: Pioneer in Racial Advancement by John Carroll (1992) - $17.00
 
Smash Mouth: My Journey From Trenton to Canton by Elvin Bethea with Mark Adams (2005) - $7.00
 
One Moment Changes Everything: The All-America Tragedy of Don Rogers by Sean Harvey (2007) - $13.00
 
In Control: The Rebirth of an NFL Legend by Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson with Frank Luksa (2004) - $10.00
 
Night Train Lane: Life of Hall of Famer Richard "Night Train" Lane by Mike Burns (2000) - $15.00
 
Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered by David Claerbaut (2004) - $6.00
 
Nitschke by Ed Gruver (2002) - $10.00
 
Lambeau: The Man Behind the Mystique by David Zimmerman (2003) - $40.00
 
Johnny U: The Life and Times of John Unitas by Tom Callahan (2006) - $8.00
 
A Cowboy's Life: A Memoir by Bob Lilly with Kristine Setting Clark (2008) - $15.00
 
From Selma to the Super Bowl: The Story of a Boy from the Bottoms by Leroy Hill as told to Joyce Foy (2008) (the story of the father of former Cowboy Tony Hill) - $12.00
 
Road to Canton by Marcus Allen with Matt Fulks (2003) - $6.00
 
Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman by Mary Tillman (2008) - $10.00
 
Running For My Life: My Journey in the Game of Football and Beyond by Warrick Dunn and Don Yaeger (2008) - $10.00
 
The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in Football by Michael Oriard - $20.00 (2009 reprint of 1982 book by Notre Dame and KC Chief player now a professor who has written extensively about football and its place in US society)
 
Football History/General Football
Passing Game: Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football by Murray Greenberg (2008) - $5.00
 
Monday Morning Quarterback: A Fully Caffeinated Guide to Everything You Need to Know About the NFL by Peter King (2009) - $15.00
 
Paper Lion by George Plimpton (2006 re-issue) - $10.00
 
Dominance: The Best Seasons of Pro Football's Greatest Team by Eddie Epstein (2003) - $10.00
 
Mad Ducks and Bears by George Plimpton (2003 re-issue) - $5.00
 
From Baltimore to Broadway: Joe, the Jets, and the Super Bowl III Guarantee by Ed Gruver (2009) - $14.00
 
Mudbaths and Bloodbaths: The Inside Story of the Bears-Packers Rivalry by Gary D'Amato and Cliff Christl (1997) - $10.00
 
Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia by Ted Patterson (2000) - $15.00
 
Rugged and Enduring: The Eagles, the Browns, and 5 Years of Football by David Cohen (2001) - $15.00
 
Glory For Sale: Fans, Dollars, and the New NFL by Jon Morgan (1997) - $12.00
 
War Without Death: A Year of Extreme Competition in Pro Football's NFC East by Mark Maske (2007) - $7.00
 
Black and Blue: A Smash-Mouth History of the NFL's Roughest Division: Bears, Lions, Packers, Vikings by Bob Berghaus (2008) - $15.00
 
Brand NFL: Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport by Michael Oriard (2007) - $15.00
 
Double Yoi! by Myron Cope (2002) - $7.00
 
Commissioner: The Legacy of Pete Rozelle by John Fortunato (2006) - $7.00
 
Last Team Standing: How the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles - "The Steagles" - Saved Pro Football During World War II by Matthew Algeo (2006) - $10.00
 
Stadium Games: Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles by Jay Weiner (2000) - $10.00
 
Scientific Football 2007 by KC Joyner (2007) - $30.00
 
The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL by Mark Bowden (2008) - $12.00
 
Pro Football Historical Abstract: A Hardcore Fan's Guide to the All-Time Player Rankings by Sean Lahman (2008) - $35.00
 
Blindsided: Why the Left Tackle is Overrated and Other Contrarian Football Thoughts by KC Joyner (2008) - $20.00
 
The Catch: One Play, Two Dynasties, and the Game That Changed the NFL by Gary Myers (2009) - $18.00 (Dwight Clark's catch and the 1981 Cowboys-49ers NFC Championship Game)
 
The Class of Football: Words of Hard-Earned Wisdom From Legends of the Gridiron edited by Adam Schefter (2009) - $20.00
 
The National Football Lottery by Larry Merchant (1973) - $5.00
 
Legends of the Hall: 1950's by Kristine Setting Clark (2008) - $16.00
 
How Football Explains America by Sal Paolantanio (2008) - $18.00
 
Tackling Jim Crow: Racial Segregation in Professional Football by Alan Levy (2003) - $20.00
 
The Football Uncyclopedia: A Highly Opinionated, Myth-Busting Guide to America's Most Popular Game by Michael Kun and Adam Hoff (2008) - $10.00
 
This Day in Football: A Day-By-Day Record of the Events That Shaped The Game by T.J. Troup (2009) - $13.00
 
Who's Better, Who's Best in Football? Setting the Record Straight on the Top 60 NFL Players of the Past 60 Years by Steve Silverman (2009) - $10.00
 
The Crunch by Pat Toomay (2001) - $5.00 (reprint of the 1975 book The Crunch: From Rookie Year to a World Championship to the Players' Strike by former Cowboy)
 
The Ultimate Super Bowl Book: A Complete Reference to the Stats, Stars, and Stories Behind Football's Biggest Game – and Why the Best Team Won by Bob McGinn (2009) - $

Semi Pro Football.........

Semi-pro football: Defending FFA champion St. Lucie Bobcats nearly intact
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
By Laurel Pfahler The St. Lucie Bobcats semi-pro football team made a name for itself during its debut season in the Florida Football Alliance when it won ...
 
D.C. Generals Police and Fire Football Team Информация | Facebook
The Generals are a proud member of the National Public Safety Football League consisting of charity public safety teams from around the Country. ...
 
Men's Health Best/Worst Cities To Live
But yet Milwaukee has pro sports, 3 semi-pro football teams in the Ironman Football League, ... 1 semi-pro football team in the IFL, and one college. ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Semi Pro Football News

D1 Sports: Marauder's Football Team trains at D1 Columbus
They are a part of the NPSFL, the National Public Safety Football League. Good luck with the training guys! Posted by D1 Sports Staff at 10:12 AM ...
 Northern Elite Football League: League News
By stp1000
On Saturday May 1st the Storm will travel to Janesville to take on the Rock County Gladiators of the Ironman Football League. Kickoff is scheduled for 6PM. On Saturday May 8th the Storm will travel to Wisconsin Dells to take on the ...
Northern Elite Football League - http://northernelitefootballleague-stp1000.blogspot.com/


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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Semi Pro Football Updates

Broncos' Nolan resigns - Article Comments - View topic - Sports ...
The Broncos will field a dominant minor league football team next year. ... The Broncos will soon own the Colorado Football Conference! ...
 
Kitchen Paradise LLC is owned and operated by Chris Flynn who is a ...
He plays minor league football in the Colorado Football Conference, and he is also a proud member of the Team Colorado All-stars, a minor league football ...
Blem Footballs
Wilson Sporting Goods, the worlds largest manufacturers of professional footballs, has agreed to assist the American Football Association in our national fund raising efforts by offering semi-pro football teams the often hard to come by - NFL 'blemished' Game balls at these special discount prices. http://www.eteamz.com/americanfootballassn/news/index.cfm?cat=203945
 


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Semi Pro Football Notes

Men in uniform..Protecting, Serving and Playing Football
teams in the national Public Safety Football. League (nPSFL, www.npsfl.com), which was founded in 1996 with just seven teams and ...
Spartans - Game Thread: MSU Spartans vs. Minnesota
Ironman Football League - Wauwatosa Spartans Wauwatosa Spartans. Owner: Adam Kujath. Team Colors: Crimson & White The Spartan signature dance troupe is the ...

Semi Pro Football

Bradenton Herald - Ryan T. Boyd - ‎6 hours ago‎
The minor league football team was still on the field for its weekly Tuesday and Thursday night practices. The bone-chilling temperatures could not prevent ...
 
Press & Sun-Bulletin - ‎Jan 17, 2010‎
The Dragons are trying to fill a other pre-season game June 19th, they would like to have 2 pre-season games before the Empire Football League kicks off ...


Monday, January 18, 2010

American Football Association Newsletter January 20, 2010

AFA American Football Association Newsletter 1/20/10
In This Issue:
•   AFA Kicks Off the 2010 Semi-Pro Football Season by Offering Cost Reduction to General Liability Insurance Coverage
•   AFA Team Membership
AFA Kicks Off the 2010 Semi-Pro Football Season by Offering Cost Reduction to General Liability Insurance Coverage
The AFA urges all adult tackle football teams and leagues to protect themselves against crippling lawsuits by buying quality General Liability insurance. The AFA recently earned for its member teams a $65 reduction in the cost of the annual policy premium. The new premium is now $350 per team per year instead of the previous year's $415 per team.

To keep up with the requests from organizations needing to team spectator liability coverage of at least $2 million, the national association for semi-pro teams and leagues has been able to continue providing that coverage for 2010.

The $2 million coverage will help teams whose school boards and municipal governments are insisting that the teams playing at their football facilities now carry the extended $2 million spectator liability insurance coverage.

Additionally, because of the number of years the AFA has been doing business with the Sadler and Company Insurance Agency, the AFA earned for its member teams a $65 reduction in the cost of the annual policy premium. The new premium is now $350 per team per year instead of the previous year's $415.

The AFA insurance policy now covers all team activities that are scheduled, sanctioned, approved, organized and supervised by the named insured, including practices, tryouts, clinics, operation of concession stands at covered activities, games, playoffs, end of season tournaments, promotional appearances, awards banquets, ceremonies and meetings. Fund-raisers will still be required to be pre-approved.

Many leagues make the mistake of allowing their teams to purchase coverage on an individual basis. When things are done this way, there is no coverage for the league itself and its directors and officers. Instead, the league should purchase the coverage under its own name and should pay a premium on behalf of 100% of all teams. This is the only way for the league to be covered - and it is free to the league assuming that the league can be reimbursed by the teams.

All Semi-Pro (Amateur Adult Tackle Football) teams and leagues joining the American Football Association (AFA) for 2010 qualify for participation in the national association's insurance program. The Insurance Carrier for the AFA policy is the Great American Assurance Company and the policy is issued through K&K Insurance Group, Inc. K&K is one of the worlds largest and most active insurance companies associated with amateur and professional sports. Through the cooperative efforts of both Sadler Sports and K&K Insurance, the AFA has managed to set its new policy effective dates to coincide with the national association's fiscal year of January 1st through December 31st of each year.

Teams wanting more information on the AFA's new Commercial General Liability Insurance program can contact Debbie at the Sadler Insurance Company sports department (800-622-7370) or visit http://www.sadlersports.com/afa/coverage/pdf/afa-afagl.pdf

2010 Sadler General Liability Insurance Flyer - http://www.eteamz.com/americanfootballassn/files/2010SadlerInsurance.pdf

American Football Association
AFA
AFA Team Membership
The annual membership fee for joining the AFA is $100 per team. Team membership applications are available via e-mail request from the AFA national office or by going to the AFA's website at http://www.eteamz.com/americanfootballassn/news/index.cfm?cat=206283

Endorsements...............
" I want to thank you for the leadership that you have provided my team during our venture into Semi-Pro football. Our most valued asset has been the investment we made for membership in the American Football Association. Your guidance during our recent fundraising drive netted our team a return of over $4000 - Daris Steen of the Florida Makos"

"We are grateful for your unlimited availability and willingness to assist at any hour on any matter related to football. The AFA has endless fundraising tools at a minimum cost that can provide significant returns for any organization - Daris Steen of the Florida Makos"

"The AFA is the only organization in the country that offers the level of services and a "Masters Degree" level of knowledge and education to the Semi-Pro football community. Any Semi-Pro team that is not a member in good standing with the AFA is doing their team a disservice. On behalf of Rev.Gary Wilder (President of the Palm Beach Makos & Florida Makos), our coaches, staff, and the entire Makos family. We send you a huge level of gratitude. "

AFA Team Membership
AFA
2010 AFA Alumni Club Membership - Are You A Card Carrying Member? For the next 60 days, AFA Alumni Club Membership is basically free. Upon completing the mail in application, you will receive a $25 gift certificate as part of your membership package, just in time for the holidays.

AFA Membership is open to anyone and everyone that, at one time or another, had been (or still is) involved with a semi-pro team and/or league. The AFA Semi-Pro Football Alumni Club is co-sponsored by the AFA National Association and the Members of the AFA Hall of Fame Alumni. If you are interested in a 2010 membership application, just click: http://www.eteamz.com/americanfootballassn/news/index.cfm?cat=206281

Wilson NFL Blem Footballs - The AFA is once again offering semi-pro football teams the often hard to come by - NFL 'blemished' Game balls at special discount prices. For more info, click http://www.eteamz.com/americanfootballassn/news/index.cfm?cat=203945

Join Us On Facebook - Join the AFA's fan page for release alerts, feature announcements and the latest updates. See other fans and share your comments too. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122060853176

AFA's Blog - http://americanfootballassn.blogspot.com/

AFA Weekly Newsletter - Just click http://www.topica.com/f/v.html?1600037615.1700006321 to signup for the American Football Association's distribution.

AFA Alumni Membership
About the American Football Association: The American Football Association is a national 501(c) (3) non-profit, tax exempt corporation in its 30th year of operation and is dedicated to the advancement of adult (semi-pro) football from coast-to-coast. Our slogan is Semi Pro & Proud®. We are not affiliated with any other national semi-pro/minor league organization (Minor League Football News, American Football News Today, American Football News Hall of Fame, Minor Pro Hall of Fame, etc). The AFA, Hall of Fame, American Football News™ and AFA logo design are registered trademarks of the American Football Association. All other AFA-related trademarks are trademarks of the American Football Association.  American Football Association

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Average football game has 11 minutes of action

Average football game has 11 minutes of action - NBA Boards
... director of the Professional Football Researchers Association, .... ive never really got into american football, and its mostly because ...
For broadcasters, filling these idle moments is always a unique challenge. Ken Crippen, the executive director of the Professional Football Researchers Association, who has a collection of broadcasts that date back to the 1930s, says most early telecasts showed a constant feed of the field with a few shots of the scoreboard for variety. "It was basically just constant, live action," he says.

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The American Football Association is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax exempt corporation in its 30th year of operation and is dedicated to the advancement of adult (semi-pro) football from coast-to-coast. Our slogan is Semi Pro & Proud®.  

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Locals ready to play

Locals ready to play
Predators, Rams kick off football seasons today
BY ED PIERCE • FLORIDA TODAY • January 16, 2010
 A new season of minor league football opens for Brevard teams today, with lots of questions about to be answered for local fans.
New on the scene are the Space Coast Predators, a first-year squad playing for owner-coach Jim Eldridge, formerly with the Brevard Rams.
The Predators will join the Rams this year in the Florida Football Alliance, an organization of 18 amateur teams stretching from Jacksonville to Miami and throughout the state.
Eldridge said the Predators have been practicing since the summer and are eager to showcase their skills against the Central Florida Tigers at their home field, Sebastian River High, at 8 tonight.
Jason Croskey (93) works against John Castor during a Space Coast Predators minor league football practice on Thursday at Sherwood Park in Melbourne. (Brian Curl, for FLORIDA TODAY)
 
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100116/SPORTS/1160328/1002

Friday, January 15, 2010

Semi Pro Football News

Jim and George Visger Discuss Their Brain Injuries

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎12 hours ago‎
I had a few more dings in the Air Force and then in community college and then playing semi-pro football for the Seattle Cavaliers until I was forty.
 
Houston Chronicle - David Barron - ‎5 hours ago‎
Replays of Full Color Football continue on NFL Network, and this week's episode of NFL Films Presents eulogizes the late Jim "The King" Corcoran, the flaky quarterback who NFL Films fans remember from the 1970s documentary on the minor league Pottstown Firebirds. …
 
SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL: Wolverines to have recruiting meeting Saturday in Bardstown ...
News Enterprise
BARDSTOWN — The Kentucky Wolverines, an eighth-year men's amateur minor-league summer/fall football team based in Hardin County, will have a team meeting ...
Darshan Productions - RAISING HUMANITY Pilot Episode Premieres at ...
Donny says his life was forever changed while playing for the Mason Dixon Football League & he attributes his drive and musical aspirations to the amazing ...
News Enterprise - ‎2 hours ago‎
The team's offensive coordinator is five-time Minor League Football News All-American Shaun Boykins, a collegiate standout at Murray State who has assisted ...
 
Jackson Sun - Brandon Shields - ‎Jan 12, 2010‎
For the past four years, the Gridiron Developmental Football League has given people with dreams of playing professional football a ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Semi Pro Football News

Welcome to DC Generals Football Team
The National Public Safety Football League (NPSFL) has released the official 2010 schedule for the DC Generals Football Team. March 27: vs. ...
Arena football team grants opportunity to area hopefuls
Business Gazette
Coaches from the semi-pro Arbutus Big Red of the Mason Dixon Football League conduct drills and talk to several players afterward, including Bradford. ...
 
New gridiron gang in Campbellford
Northumberland News
The trio are putting together a team to play in the Belleville Minor Football League. "It's a terrifically run league," said Stephens, who noted there are ...

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Arena football team grants opportunity to area hopefuls

Business Gazette
Arena football team grants opportunity to area hopefuls
Business Gazette
Coaches from the semi-pro Arbutus Big Red of the Mason Dixon Football League conduct drills and talk to several players afterward, including Bradford. ...

Semi Pro Football News

Bakersfield Californian
... Kern County will be kicking off its fourth season in the National Public Safety Football League and the road to the National Championship Game in June. ...
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The Dragons are the defending Northern Power Football League champs, going 10-0 in 2009. The Spartans will face opponents that went 24-2 last year...by far ...


Blizzard Coaching Staff Finalized

Blizzard Coaching Staff Finalized
OurSports Central (press release)
Coach Farrar was the Running Backs Coach of the Rockford Lions, a semi-pro football team. He also owned the Forest City Gladiators/ McHenry County ...


Sunday, January 10, 2010


AFA Kicks Off the 2010 Semi-Pro Football Season by Offering Cost Reduction to ...
PR Web (press release)
All Semi-Pro (Amateur Adult Tackle Football) teams and leagues joining the American Football Association (AFA) for 2010 qualify for participation in the ...


THE FACE OF THE RED & BLACK
WatertownDailyTimes.com
The veteran semipro football coach might as well be looking at this scene through a crystal ball, because the day such a scenario comes to fruition will ...

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Friday, January 08, 2010

The Salinas Californian
Salinas Spartans: The semi-pro Spartans will hold their first tryout Saturday at 10 am at the Salinas Sports Complex. Registration is 8:30 to 9:45 am Cost ...

Georgia Rattlers games start in February
Coastal Courier
The county's newly formed semi-professional football team, the Georgia Rattlers, is looking to hit the grid-iron with games starting in February. ...


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Kaul: A brutal national pastime
By DONALD KAUL
Columnist
Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 7:22 PM MST
 
Football is our national pastime. It used to be baseball — no longer.

It's hard to believe but there was a time when there was hardly a town or village that didn't support some sort of baseball team, be it minor league, semi-professional or amateur. Baseball players were national heroes. The World Series was a big deal. For six months of the year the sport dominated the water-cooler-lunch-room chitchat.

No more. Now it's football, football, football. And it's not just six months a year, what with the draft and training camps and exhibition games — it's more like 11.

It's all poor baseball can do to seize the nation's attention for a couple of weeks when it plays its World Series and even then its hold is tenuous. (Quick, who was the losing team in the World Series this year? I thought so.)

Yes, football is king; of that there can be no doubt. There's only one more thing that needs to be said about it:

It's a truly awful game.
It's a brutal game played by bullies for the enjoyment of people who would be at home watching gladiators fight to the death in the Coliseum of ancient Rome.

And, like ancient Rome, football uses its combatants like Kleenex, then discards them with hardly a thought.

Just before Christmas the National Football League announced its ongoing study of the effects of head injuries on players was so compromised by conflicts of interest that it was shutting it down.

After stonewalling critics and players for years on the subject of concussions and their aftereffects, the league finally acknowledged that yes, perhaps concussions were a bad thing.

"It's quite obvious from the medical research that's been done that concussions can lead to long-term problems," a league spokesperson said.

And just now they figure out that getting hit in the head repeatedly might be bad for you?

Dozens of cases of dementia, early Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline among older players have surfaced in recent years. Autopsies performed on the brains of deceased players have revealed signs of unusual damage, traceable to brain trauma.

Nor is a head injury the only fruit of a career in football. Sports Illustrated recently ran a piece about Dave Pear, a former Pro Bowl defensive lineman and Super Bowl champion who ended a five-year playing career in 1980.

"I wish I never played football," he told the magazine.

Because of injuries he sustained playing football, injuries he was encouraged — indeed, required — to play through as a player, he walks with a cane, when he walks at all. He suffers from vertigo and memory loss and is in virtually constant pain. He has undergone eight surgeries in the past 18 years, including disc removal and rod fusion in his back, arthroplasty in a hip, as well as a neck operation.

The Sports Illustrated writer Jeff Pearlman, who has interviewed more than 150 former players on the subject, says that roughly 60 percent of them live with extraordinary physical pain as part of their daily lives.

Barry Sanders was a favorite player of mine. I thought that the Detroit Lions player the most spectacular running back I'd ever seen. I still think that.

He retired suddenly about 10 years ago and no one could figure out why. He seemed in good health. He was at the top of his game. But he quit.

Recently he revealed that in the summer before his retirement he'd gone to Texas for a golf tournament and seen Earl Campbell there.

If Sanders was the flashiest runner, Campbell was the one who best combined power and speed. He was a monster, a punishing running back who ran over people, then away from them.

And when Sanders saw him that summer, he couldn't walk. He needed a golf cart to get around. Earl Campbell, the indestructible. That's when Sanders decided to quit.

If football players were animals, then football would be, like dog-fighting, outlawed. The players are our pit bull; we are their Michael Vicks.

Some national pastime.

Minuteman Media columnist Donald Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


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