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1) AFC West
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Photographs and text introduce children to the history of the AFC West division of the NFL, highlighting the teams in the league and key players, games, and coaches.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Readers will learn about quarterback Tom Brady and the legendary New England Patriots. This title features informative sidebars, a timeline, a glossary, and team file filled with awards and records held by team members." - from the publisher
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It's America's most popular sport, played by thousands, watched by millions, and generating billions in revenues every year. It's also America's most controversial sport, haunted by the specter of life-threatening injuries and plagued by scandal, even among its most venerable personalities and institutions. At the college level, we often tie football's tales of corruption and greed to its current popularity and revenue potential, and we have vague...
4) Football
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The 1958 NFL Championship game is known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played", and the nationally televised overtime thriller had the country buzzing about NFL football for the first time, launching the sport into the stratosphere. College football had been the version of choice when it came to football but after 1958, however, stars like Jim Brown and Joe Namath took advantage of the sport's newfound exposure to make watching NFL football appointment...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Football is a fixture in American culture, as evidenced by the massive, widespread popularity of the Super Bowl. In this fascinating, comprehensive guide to the sport, young readers will discover how football got started and how to play the game. The importance of safety, for both players starting out and professional athletes, is emphasized. Readers will become experts in the rules and terminology, and they'll learn to think critically about football...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
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"Learn about the often controversial history of the college football championship in this book packed full of fascinating facts and photos. You'll discover the biggest games, the most action-packed moments, and the sport's most dominant dynasties. You'll also read about the history of college football and how it became a Saturday obsession for millions of fans" -- Book jacket.
13) Denver Broncos
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Learn about the key players and big wins that have made the Denver Broncos one of the most exciting and successful teams in the NFL.
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In 1966, as the champions of the AFL and NFL prepared to play each other for the first time, Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt wrote the following to Commissioner Pete Rozelle: "I have kiddingly called the championship game the Super Bowl, which obviously can be improved upon.." How wrong Hunt was.
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"The Super Bowl is an American tradition of grand annual gridiron pageantry and competition. Regarded as the preeminent sports event in this country, Super Bowl games have molded athletic heroes and created household names. February 2016 will usher in the fiftieth Super Bowl championship and what better way to celebrate this time-honored tradition than with 50 Years, 50 Moments: The Most Unforgettable Plays in Super Bowl History-a compelling collection...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 21
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"Gregg Easterbrook is one of the country's best-known football commentators, having analyzed football on-air for ESPN and the NFL Network. MSNBC calls his ESPN blog "the best and most compelling football column anywhere." The King of Sports takes an expansive look at our biggest sport. Easterbrook explores these and many other topics: The real harm done by concussions (It's not to NFL players) The real way in which college football players are exploited...
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"The United States Football League--known fondly to millions of sports fans as the USFL--was the last football league to not merely challenge the NFL, but cause its owners and executives to collectively shudder. It spanned three seasons, 1983-85. It secured multiple television deals. It drew millions of fans and launched the careers of legends. But then it died beneath the weight of a particularly egotistical and bombastic owner--a New York businessman...
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"When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war - the invasion...
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