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"One day in 2002, the fifty-year-old body of the one-time All-Pro center for the Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster had experienced depression, confusion, and violent mood swings near the end of his life. But when Dr. Omalu first cut into Webster's brain, it appeared to be normal. Then he began studying slides of Webster's brain tissue. And the world of contact sports would never...
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Scope and content: Nomination packet compiled by Henry L. Bledsoe, Jr. in an effort to nominate Coach Bob Cummings to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. (As of 2010, Cummings has not been inducted.) Materials primarily concern Cummings' career as a high school football coach at Isaac Litton High School in Nashville, Tenn. from 1947 to 1953 and consist mostly of photocopies of both newsclippings and school yearbooks. Detailed win-loss records have...
969) The option
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The Central High Trojan's star quarterback, Shane, was arrested for drunk driving and Coach Z may have covered up, so when Shane gets in trouble again, back-up quarterback Gary must decide whether to expose them both.
972) Lose you to find me
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"After Raine Copelin turns down her long-time boyfriend Caleb Anders's marriage proposal, the two are barely speaking, barely coping as they enter graduate school at Lindon University. Caleb doesn't understand what happened--their relationship has been picture-perfect since high school. He always imagined starting a family together, the same happily ever after his parents had. Until the day she broke his heart, he thought Raine wanted that, too. But...
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"The queen b*, Alexis Windham, has only three rules when it comes to dating the star quarterback, Brett Pederson: 1. No obligations to spend every waking hour together. 2. No public displays of affection while at Eastline High. 3. And absolutely, under no circumstances, will she ever go to the homecoming dance. But as her life is completely upended time and time again, she begins to wonder if some rules are meant to be broken."--Page 4 of cover.
979) Interference
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Kate Hamilton is a congressman's daughter, used to the world of Washington politics, but after some pictures of her cause a mild scandal, she finds herself exiled to her aunt's West Texas farm and animal shelter, in the district where her father is planning to run for office--and then she discovers that politics in a small town can be even nastier than Washington, especially when it involves the local high school football team.
980) At all costs
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"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"--