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Turning of the Tide: How One Game Changed the South 10 reviews
Don Yaeger, Sam Cunningham, ...
Center Street, 2006
Turning of The Tide - Pretty good book :)
I thought that Turning the Tide was a very good book. It was about a game in 1970 featuring USC and Alabama. USC was a fully integrated football team and Alabama consisted of all white players. The Alabama coach, Bear Bryant, beleived in integration, but the school policies wouldn't allow it. When the teams got a chance to choose who they would be playing in the season opener, Bear stratagized. ...
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Undue Process: The NCAA's Injustice for All 3 reviews
Don Yaeger
Sagamore Publishing, 1991
Bruce Pearl is a criminal!
Great book! This book really illustrates how heavy handed the NCAA is. The book also shows what a horrible person UT coach Bruce Pearl is. Illinois and LSU really were treated unfairly by the NCAA.
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Tiger in a Lion's Den: Adventures in Lsu Basketball4 reviews
Dale Brown, Don Yaeger
Hyperion Books, 1994
Great lessons of life but better basketball stories
WOW! Great, fast, informative and fun. Dale Brown beats to a different drummer and this book let's you see the world from his perspective. My respect for him goes up immensely. But the highlight of the book is the basketball stories. My favorite subjects were 1.his relationship with John Wooden, 2. recruiting top-notch players, 3. Shaq and how he met him, 4. dirty recruiting, 5. why he ...
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Ya Gotta Believe!: My Roller-Coaster Life as a Screwball Pitcher and Part-Time Father, and My Hope-Filled ... 10 reviews
Tug McGraw, Don Yaeger
Signet, 2005
A crazy and honest ride
Tug McGraw was a bonafide original. From his thigh slap to his screwball to his love of a good time, Tug did things his way. But as he says during the book, sometimes his way was the selfish way. The most compelling part of the book for me was him discussing his relationship with his son Tim. From refusing to acknowledge his fatherhood to completely ignoring him (other than one visit in ...
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The Senior: My Amazing Year as a 59-Year-Old College Football Linebacker3 reviews
Mike Flynt
Thomas Nelson, 2008
Inspiring...
Mike Flynt, Don Yaeger
Thomas Nelson, 2008
ISBN: 9780849920639
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 10/08
5 stars
Inspiring...
Mike Flynt grew up in a tough family. He learned to fight when he was young. During his senior year at Sul Ross State University, he was the Captain of the football team. Unfortunately, he was kicked off the team for fighting.
Flynt married and ...
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It's Not About the Truth37 reviews
Pocket Books, 2007
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!
Exceedingly well written book. I have not stopped talking about it. This is not just a simple story of a high profile case. It focuses on how innocent people were directly affected in their every day lives by scandalous lies. The media never revealed this side of the story. It's unimaginable how this horrific mess could've happened. You can't stop but think what you would do had this happened to ...
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Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton41 reviews
Don Yaeger
Topeka Bindery, 2002
Great Bio
Bought this for my boyfriend, who is a huge Walter Payton fan. He loves it. Great book for any fan who remembers and loved Sweetness.
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Pros and Cons28 reviews
Grand Central Publishing, 1999
A very disturbing book...
NFL fans beware, this book will shake you to your boots. We've all heard the occasional stories in the press of an NFL player being arrested for this or that, or someone serving time for an offense, but Benedict and Yaeger make a compelling case for much more widespread criminal problems in the league. This book is meticulously documented and brutally direct in accusing the NFL of cow-towing ...
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Tarnished Heisman: Did Reggie Bush Turn His Final College Season into a Six-Figure Job?4 reviews
Don Yaeger
Pocket, 2008
RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "IS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE? - HEISMAN? NCAA? USC? REGGIE BUSH?"
I have been an avid football fan my entire life. I played competitive football when I was younger and have been a devoted student and fan of football for almost half a century. In the last 13 years alone I have attended 135 NFL games in person and watched thousands of college and professional games. During that time I have only seen two players that could literally be running full speed ahead at ...
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Sole Influence: Basketball Corporate Greed and the Corruption of America's Youth 14 reviews
Dan Wetzel, Don Yaeger, ...
iPublish.com, 2000
A Classic Hoops Book!!!
Buy this book. Love it. A great look at how the big corporate money of the shoe industry has tainted high school level and college basketball, not to mention all of those who are involved in it. A surprising aspect of the book is the names of villians who you would not believe; Billy Packer, Dickie V, George Raveling, and Roy Williams are a few who are found "guilty" of killing the game that I ...
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Under The Tarnished Dome: How Notre Dame Betrayd Ideals For Football Glory 18 reviews
Don Yaeger
Fireside, 1994
Great Read
This book is a MUST read for every college football fan. The authors get deep inside the nd football program and shines a light on the dark underbelly that is nd. The lily white image of nd is truly tarnished, it just took two great writers to expose the myth that nd has on the sports world. It is always the ones who scream that they are perfect that are the most corrupt.
Perfect book, ...
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This Game's the Best : So Why Don't They Quit Screwing With It 2 reviews
Don Yaeger, George Karl
St. Martin's Press, 1998
This game's the best, why not write a good book about it?
I like basketball. I think Karl can coach. I don't think he wrote a good book. Maybe the problem is his agent or the publisher, because there isn't enough substance here to fill a pamphlet let alone a book written by a pro coach with "insights" into the game. The book is principally a look back on George's most successful seasons with the Sonics (he now coaches the Bucks). As for his ...
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Shark Attack: Jerry Tarkanian and His Battle With the Ncaa and Unlv 2 reviews
Don Yaeger, Jerry Tarkanian
Harpercollins (Mm), 1993
Tark is the man
I enjoyed this book, mainly because I am a fan of Jerry Tarkanian. I would read this again because I found it enjoyable. I did not live in Vegas while Tark was there, so I can't verify if it's truthful or not, but it is a good read.
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A Shark Never Sleeps18 reviews
Drew Rosenhaus, Don Yaeger
Atria, 1997
GREAT BOOK
This was a great book...i dont care what anyone says..yeah Drew's a show off but hey hes the BEST in the buisness and he tells u how he got there in this Book. And for that idiot that said he put a modeling Pic of his girl in the picture part of the book didnt even read it!...the pic isnt there....GO DREW GO!!!!!!!
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Running for My Life2 reviews
HarperCollins e-books, 2008
RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "WITH HOMAGE TO HIS MOTHER... WARRICK IS A TRUE ROLE MODEL!"
When the first page of the first chapter of a book takes the reader on a trip to *DEATH-ROW-AT-ANGOLA-STATE-PRISON-IN-LOUISIANA* you can be sure you're not at the beginning of a typical sports book! The author Warrick Dunn is assuredly a star football player in the NFL... and a former college All-American at Florida State University... and a first round draft choice of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers... ...
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