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Author
Series
Amos Decker volume 2
Language
English
Description
Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime. Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by...
2) Game changer
Author
Language
English
Description
After an especially rough tackle on the football field, Ash thinks he might be suffering some permanent damage, because suddenly stop signs are blue and always have been. After the second universe-altering hit, he drives a Beemer instead of a Dodge, and a pair of interdimensional twins promises him answers. The more universes he visits, the more Ash has to face perspectives he never thought to consider before, and the closer the universe gets to complete...
4) Concussion
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalus emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful and beloved institutions in the world.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Language
English
Description
"The story of a young man from small-town Iowa who decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against the traumatic brain injuries (CTE) he had sustained as a no-holds-barred high school football player, and at the same time a larger story about the hot-button issues that football raises about masculinity and violence, and about what values we want to instill in our kids"--
6) Hit count
Author
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"Arlo Brodie loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, and while his dad cheers him on, his mother quotes head injury statistics and refuses to watch, but Arlo's winning plays, the cheering crowds, and the adrenaline rush are enough to convince him that everything is OK, in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype/Three Rivers
Pub. Date
2014, c2013.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1070L
Physical Desc
xiii, 399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Both ESPN investigative reporters, the authors reveal how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, sought to cover up and deny mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage. This narrative moves between the NFL trenches, America's research labs and the boardrooms where the NFL went to war against science; it examines how the league used its power and resources to attack independent scientists and elevate its own flawed...
8) Concussion
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2002, forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu picked up a scalpel in a Pittsburgh morgue and made a discovery that would rattle America. The body on the slab in front of him belonged to a fifty-year-old named Mike Webster, aka "Iron Mike," a Hall of Fame center for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After retiring in 1990, Webster had suffered a dizzyingly steep decline. The search for answers put Omalu in the crosshairs of one of the most powerful corporations...
9) Game changer
Author
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
While thirteen-year-old Teddy fights for his life after a football injury at training camp, his friends and family gather to support him and discuss events leading to his coma. Told through dialogue, text messages, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy's inner thoughts. --
10) The off season
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Formats
Description
High school junior D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.
Author
Publisher
Howard Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Howard Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After five major concussions, NFL tight-end Ben Utecht of the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals is losing his memories. This is his powerful and emotional love letter to his wife and daughters--whom he someday may not recognize--and an inspiring message for all to live every moment fully. Emotionally powerful, inspiring, and uplifting, Ben's story will captivate and encourage you to make the most of every day and treasure all of your memories"...
13) What about Will
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
HL 500L
Physical Desc
361, 13 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Trace Reynolds has always looked up to his brother, mostly because Will, who is five years older, has never looked down on him. When Will was knocked out cold during a football game, resulting in a brain injury, everything changed. Sixteen months later their family is still living under the weight of the incident that left Will with a facial tic, depression, and an anger he cannot always control, culminating in their parents' divorce. And Will is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines how brain injuries in football affect individuals and society, investigates how people are working to avoid such serious injuries in sports, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue.
Author
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This captivating, character-rich story is set against the back-drop of one of the most pressing questions in sports: Should we let our sons play football? At the high end of America's most popular game is the glittering NFL, a fan-stoked money machine and also an opaque enterprise under scrutiny for the physical dangers imposed on its players. Then there's high school football, unrivaled for the crucial life lessons it imparts--discipline, leadership,...
18) Left out
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016], 2017.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A heartfelt and moving story about a deaf boys journey to change how others see him--both on and off the football field.
19) Second impact
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Jerry Downing, star quarterback in a small football town, gets a second chance after his drunk driving had serious consequences, Carla Jensen, ace reporter for the school newspaper, invites him to join her in writing a blog, mainly about sports.
20) At all costs
Author
Publisher
Darby Creek
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
103 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kyle doesn't see much game time. Mike is more successful-even if he's taken some hits. When Kyle realizes a hole in the concussion detection program, he has to decide whether to tell his friend"--