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ENJOY YOUR STRESS!

By • May 15th, 2012 • Category: Reviews

ENJOY YOUR STRESS! by: Karen Handel For the majority of us fitness-business owners, we are in this business first and foremost for the love of the game. But, as we’ve all heard over and over, sometimes love just isn’t enough.  New challenges will inevitably present themselves, and in order to stay in this competitive business [...]



The Shadow Party

By • May 15th, 2012 • Category: Reviews

Book Description: America is under attack. Its institutions and values are under daily assault. But the principal culprits are not foreign terrorists. They are influential and powerful Americans secretly stirring up disunion and disloyalty in the shifting shadows of the Democratic Party. Radical infiltrators have been quietly transforming America’s societal, cultural, and political institutions for [...]



Sports For Dorks: College Football

By • Apr 26th, 2012 • Category: Articles, Reviews

ABOUT SPORTS FOR DORKS Sports for Dorks College Football provides ground-breaking, innovative content to readers seeking unique insights into the world of college football. Co-edited by National Coach of the Year Mike Leach and Ferhat Guven, Sports for Dorks aims to address the information needs of college football fans who seek a deeper understanding about [...]



Swing Your Sword by Mike Leach

By • Apr 26th, 2012 • Category: Articles, Reviews

  Description: SWING YOUR SWORD is the first ever book by one of the most fascinating and successful coaches in sports today. A maverick who took an unlikely path to coaching through law school, Mike Leach talks about his unorthodox approach to coaching and the choices that have brought him success throughout his career. A [...]



Wishbone Wisdom by: Al Pickett as told to by Emory Bellard

By • Mar 29th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

Had a chance to attend a Texas A&M luncheon in which Emory Ballard was the guest speaker. Was a great opportunity to listen to an innovator of the game and a great Texas Coach. This book is a great read and an important one for many coaches to read. A quick read the book discusses [...]



Book Review: The Real All Americans by Sally Jenkins

By • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

If you love football and American History you will do like I did and read this. A wonderful book about the early beginnings of football and will only take a short amount of time to read. It reads like a novel and details Pop Warner’s days at Carlisle Indian School where Jim Thorpe became famous. [...]



Life Lessons of a Legend by Captain Tony Tarracino & Brad Manard

By • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

Mike Leach sent me this book. In 1990 Mike and I took a recruiting trip for Iowa Wesleyan College, we went to Florida and got several good players including a kicker from Key West. Our first trip to Key West so we go to Captain Tony’s Saloon one night and Mike and I end up [...]



Book Review: Bear – The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama’s Coach Bryant

By • Aug 11th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

This is an older book first published in 1974 by Sports Illustrated. Personally this is one of my favorite books about a high profile coach in our business. As a coach early in my career I asked my father what would be a great book to read to give me insight into the crazy football [...]



Book Review: “Play the Next Play” by June Mumme

By • Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

This is a biography about the Mumme Family and a wife/mother’s triumph over breast cancer. Cancer is a devastating and severe disease that affects families across the nation in some capacity. Breast Cancer cases will reach almost 200,000 this year, however due to awareness and medical advancements the mortality rate is declining. June Mumme is [...]