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Veteran player Gage Heyward retired from the league following a successful career. Now the Titans need him, but does he have what it takes to get back on the ice and pull this team together?After achieving the goals I set for myself, I walked away from my professional hockey career. It was a tough decision, but the right one at the time. When the Titans organization approached me about joining the team they were rebuilding following a devastating plane crash, I felt a passion for the game and a competitive spirit I hadn't felt in years. The opportunity to make a huge difference to a lot of people spoke to me, and I accepted their offer and headed to Pittsburgh without a second thought.Jenna Holland is also new to town, having moved from Phoenix to Pittsburgh to take a job with the Titans. Her past has left her with scars-both physical and emotional-and she's slow to trust others. But the more I learn about Jenna, the more I want to know. The more I need to know. Because the beautiful blonde with honey gold eyes and a wall around her heart has me enamored.My game on the ice is the best it's ever been, but it's my game off the ice I'm focused on these days. Because while Jenna may not be willing to take a chance, I know the potential is there for something big. Something life changing. Now I just need to convince her to take the shot.

The start of an epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid-book two in her fan-favorite Game Changers series.Nothing interferes with pro hockey star Shane Hollander's game.Now that he's captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won't let anything jeopardize that-definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate.Boston Bears captain Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane's not. The self-proclaimed king of the ice, he's as cocky as he is talented. No one can beat him-except Shane. Publicly, they're enemies. Privately, they can't stop touching each other. The smart thing to do? Walk away, once a few secret hookups turn into a struggle to keep their relationship out of the press. The truth could ruin them both. But for Shane and Ilya, secrecy is soon no longer an option…Game ChangersBook 1: Game ChangerBook 2: Heated RivalryBook 3: Tough GuyBook 4: Common GoalBook 5: Role ModelBook 6: The Long Game

When Ruby Mullen took the job as the public relations director of the Valley Falls Strikers, her only concern was working with professional athletes. She despised them. Turns out, the guys on the team were amazing. Well, except one guy. Dallas Ramos. He irritated her. Drove her crazy. His partying ways and womanizing were exactly why she hated athletes. Nevermind that it seemed like he'd made a change in his life. Tigers didn't change their stripes. As the star midfielder for the Strikers, Dallas was used to hard work. He had no problem knocking a guy out of the way, or sliding to take the ball away. His life off the field was different. He could walk into a bar and he'd have women flocking to his side. He didn't have to work for them. Or at least he used to have them flocking to his side. That was before. Before he decided he wanted more out of life than one night stands and women who didn't understand him. Enter. Ruby Mullen. She was constantly on him about something, yelling and arguing with him whenever they were in the same room. Somehow, that turned him on. He wanted her and it was time to do something about it.

After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called off the bench, the legend begins.

The Tales Of Two Bunnies is about two bunnies, Benjamin and Bradley. Benjamin is the active one and Bradley is not interested in being active and just want to stay at home and play video games all day. So Benjamin had to come up with a plan to get Bradley out of the house to interact with his friends and do more in the community . Benjamin ended up taking the batteries out of the game controller to get Bradley out of the house to ask his other friends for batteries so he can continue playing his video game....

Broken Bat SingleBy: James ThibodeauThis daily journal tells the story of Dave Nichols, a veteran minor league catcher who finally earns a job in the major leagues when he makes the 1993 National League expansion team in Colorado at an age when most playing careers are ending. In a season full of losses, unexpected gains are made through his chronicling of its highs and lows, however. Nichols' discovery of his talent for writing and the healing effect his son's birth has on his troubled marriage make the season memorable for him, even if play on the field is often forgettable. The book's central message is one of gain arising from loss, which ought to be universally relevant. We all lose more often than we care to, but some of our greatest gains could not have come about without losses. The unique feature of Broken Bat Single is the combination of the historical events of the actual games of the 1993 National League season and the narrator's fictional team. Author James Thibodeau simply hopes readers take pleasure from his words, whether baseball fans or not.

Facing my own mortality, I take a stranger to bed so I can feel alive. I'm in a foreign country and will never see him again, so what's the harm?The only thing worse than cancer at twenty-four is having to keep it a secret.Worse still is trading knuckle wraps for head scarfs and mouth guards for IV drips.Like I sought the best coach, my search for the best cancer researchers lands me in Kansas City, far from home and alone.But when I take the handsome and funny Rory Dennis home, I learn there is more between us than an insatiable physical attraction.I want to see him again, but can I keep my illness a secret from yet another person?

Ever wondered why college football coaches wear visors at night and always chew gum with their mouths open?Though the Southeastern Conference football season is still months away, the fans' obsession is year-round. So head coach Von Driver will take his motivational magic and his Isosceles Triangle of Success on a Pigskin Cavalcade to the small towns in the state. Raymond Love, a young coach unfamiliar with the banquet circuit of big-shot boosters and chat-room gurus, will go along as his wide-eyed errand boy. Also on the trip is the athletic director's daughter, whom Love has tried to win by joining her book club―a dubious strategy at best. The football aspects of the Cavalcade will prove child's play compared to the literary hazards he faces.>"(A) delightful new comic novel about SEC football."WALL STREET JOURNAL "(A) funny, irreverent and savvy sports novel." PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY "One of the 20 best books of 2012." BOOKPAGE "A sardonic, fun take on big-time college football, where booster money plays first-team offense." KIRKUS REVIEWS "Love's Winning Plays is witty and razor-sharp throughout. "BOOKLIST "It is a gem of a comedic novel, so laugh-out loud funny that readers might not even notice that if also captures the essence of the sport with humanity and grace." KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL "A fast, fun book. Reads like a mixture of Dan Jenkins and Larry McMurtry." BARRY SWITZER, FORMER COACH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS "A book that explores the gamut of experiences behind the scenes of collegiate football. Best of all, it's a great read where loyalty still means something in our 'money talks' world." JON GRUDEN, ESPN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ANALYST "I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud this much reading a book." METROPULSE "One of our sharpest, funniest writers." THE CLASSICAL "A rollicking tale of Southeastern Conference gridiron madness." RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH "Majors targets the ridiculousness of hype and hysteria over college football teams and is very funny doing it." BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE "Majors...gleefully skewers the sacrosanct Southern institution of college football...Genuine laughs on nearly every page." BOOKPAGE "Inman Majors has written a great novel about college football." TOMMY TOMLINSON "A suberb read by a fine young writer who understands football." BRENT MUSBURGER, SPORTSCASTER, ABC SPORTS

What do we seek as we grow older? Is it love, is it peace, is it understanding? We ask questions of ourselves and others, and sometimes the answers come from the most unexpected sources. A teenage Mark spends his days like many other teenage youth, playing sports, hanging out with friends and finding his way through school. In a moment of vulnerability, his existing life is upended. The rollercoaster of adventures that follows takes him places and shows him people that he never would have imagined. Remaining true to yourself and becoming someone new is a fine line and delicate balance, one that many people face as they grow older. This tale shows that the evolution of our growth is often different than even our own expectations, while we are influenced by people of all ages and backgrounds.

Dalla Prefazione di Nando Mura: Lo ha raccontato, con rabbia, molti anni dopo: "Dovevo uscire al termine del primo tempo, questi erano gli accordi con Ferruccio Valcareggi, perché pochi giorni dopo dovevo giocare a Madrid il match di ritorno di Coppa dei Campioni contro l'Atletico e non era il caso di forzare i tempi". A dire il vero "non avrei dovuto neanche disputarla quella partita, peraltro amichevole contro l'Austria, a Vienna, in quel maledetto 31 ottobre del 1970, pochi mesi dopo la conquista dello Scudetto". Gigi Riva era reduce da una brutta influenza, nel ritiro di Coverciano era stato imbottito di antibiotici. "Ma volli giocare lo stesso, perché era un po' che non segnavo in azzurro e volevo sbloccarmi". Soltanto 45 minuti ma, nello spogliatoio durante l'intervallo con l'Italia in vantaggio per 2-1, "convinsi Valcareggi a farmi fare un altro quarto d'ora, poi esco, lo giuro"...

Basketball, Mystery, and MurderThe palms of sunny Southern California should be a balm for the MS-shadowed, middle-aged soul of Ernie Creekmore. The retired coach from rainy North Fork, Washington is offered an opportunity in the Golden State to get back into his beloved game, guiding a team of elite young athletes to the prestigious Pacific Waves basketball tournament.The beach trip quickly tips off into trouble. Some of the kids can't handle the dark temptations of this sun-kissed paradise.Ernie can't seem to handle his own love life. And soon he's got his hands full trying to handle unfinished business from its past as it blasts back into his present. And murder? Definitely out of bounds for Ernie...But when Gordon Alderete, tournament director, and Ernie's long-ago nemesis, turns up toes-up next to a trash bin, the coach is not only dragged into another murder investigation but one in which some think he might be the murderer. So while Ernie works to clear his name and keep his crew of troubled young players on track, he finds there's no shortage of suspects - and no shortage of people in his orbit eager to protect their own secrets.Cold Wonderland is part of the Coach Ernie Creekmore mystery series from T.R. Kelly, a sure shot for fans of Harlan Coben's books and other sports-themed mysteries.

I THINK ANYONE WHO HAS EVER PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SUIT UP JUST ONE MORE TIME AND IN A WAY THIS GIVES MY GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT THROUGH THIS IMAGINARY SEASON THAT UNFOLDS. FURTHERMORE, THE TEMPLATE THAT IS USED TO RANK THE TEAMS IS ADJUSTABLE TO ANY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AND COULD BE USED FOR OTHER FANS OR COACHES TO DO THE SAME THING WITH THEIR FAVORITE TEAMS. EVEN THOUGH THE ACTION IS IMAGINARY AND REGIONAL, I FEEL AS THOUGH FOOTBALL FANS CAN FIND SOMEONE OR SOME TEAM THAT THEY WILL IDENTIFY WITH IN THIS BOOK AND THEY WILL PULL FOR THEIR FAVORITE TEAM AS IF IT WERE REALLY HAPPENING.THIS BOOK IS MY OFFERING TO ALL FANS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BUT ESPECIALLY TO ALL FORMER PLAYERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO LOVE AND MISS THE GAME THEY PROBABLY PLAYED SINCE THEY WERE YOUNG KIDS IN RECREATION LEAGUES.ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME OF CORONA VIRUS PUTTING THE FOOTBALL SEASON IN DOUBT THIS WILL OFFER FANS A CHANCE TO READ ABOUT FOOTBALL COMPETITION AT A HIGH LEVEL AND CAN GET THEM THROUGH UNTIL THE REAL THING IS BACK AT FULL STRENGTH.AMERICANS LOVE FOOTBALL AND THIS BOOK IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THAT DESIRE FOR GRIDIRON ACTION.