Tennis: The Mind Game

Marlin M. Mackenzie, Ed.D.

Ken Denlinger

Sports & Outdoors

Dell Trade Paperback

<p>In this rich history of the team that has long brought together Washingtonians of all backgrounds, the renowned Washington Post sports staff-using fresh interviews as well as the historic record-weaves compelling tales about Washington's team. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword (George Solomon) Introduction (Thomas Boswell) Chapter 1: In the Beginning (William Gildea), George Preston Marshall (Shirley Povich), Sammy Baugh (Shirley Povich), Trivia Quiz 1 Chapter 2 - The 1950s and 1960s: Trying to Kick the Losing Habit (Ken Denlinger), Trivia Quiz 2, Sonny Jurgensen (Anthony Cotton) Chapter 3 - The 1970s: Heading Down the Glory Road (Leonard Shapiro), Fans from Someplace Else (Michael Wilbon), Trivia Quiz 3 Chapter 4 - The 1980s: As Good as It Gets (David Sell), Art Monk (Richard Justice), Trivia Quiz 4 Chapter 5 - The 1990s: Another Championship - And Beyond (Richard Justice), Trapped in a Joke (Tony Kornheiser), Trivia Quiz 5 Chapter 6 - The Stadium That Jack Kent Cooke Built (Thomas Heath) Names and Numbers: All the Players and Games Trivia Quiz Answers Index</p>

Redskins: A history of Washington's team

The Washington Post

Anthony Cotton

Washington Post Books

The best history of the Washington Redskins has gotten even better with this new updated edition.  Now you'll find:  An Expanded Introduction by the inimitable Tom Boswell A New Chapter on the Snyder Years by Liz Clarke and Mark Maske New Color and Black-and-White photos Updated compilations of all the Games and all the palyers since 1937 A New Trivia Quiz to test how much you really know  Indeed, You'll find lots about the home team in this book that few know well or at all.  Are you familiar with the great Redskins team captain whose playing career ended when he injured himself running off the field after a coin toss?  Can you name the head coach who had the best winning percentage in Washigton Redskins history (no,it wasn't Joe Gibbs) and which had the worst? Do you know which players made up the Papoose Backfield? Or the Washington coach who invented the screen pass? You'll learn about this and much more:  How legendary quarterback Sammy Baugh got the name "Slingin' Sammy" from playing baseball, not football  The innovations and bigotry of George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to intergrate his team and the one who had "Dixie" played before games  President Nixon's 1971 play-calling suggestion for a key playoff game that the Redskins lost

The New Updated Edition Redskins: A History Of Washington's Team

Liz Clarke

Tony Kornheiser

Shirley Povich

Leonard Shapiro

William Gildea

Thomas Boswell

Richard Justice

Mark Maske

David Sell

Michael Wilbon

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