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1) Sooley
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Follows a college wrestler in his senior season, when every practice, every match, is a step closer to greatness and a step further from sanity. Profane, manic, and tipping into the uncanny, it's a story of loneliness, obsession, and the drive to leave a mark"--
Author
Series
Innocent years volume 5
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Dalton Temple's dream of a career as a professional football player comes to an end with a severe knee injury during his junior year in college. Dalton finds unexpected help in the New Orleans' French Quarter from a woman with a shady past.
Author
Publisher
Outreach
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Jake Taylor is at college thousands of miles apart from his girlfriend Amy. Separated by thousands of miles, they find their lives moving in very different directions. Befriending a young girl with a traumatic history leads Amy back to the father who abandoned her. Jake's position on the Louisville basketball team lands him in the midst of parties, beautiful women...and one decision that will shake him to the core. When everything Jake believes is...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football player. Brady has always followed her lead, including becoming a member of the church's "Celibacy Circle". Now in his senior year at college, Brady is a lead contender for the Heisman Trophy and a spot...
Author
Series
Beyond the play volume 1
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"James - Football is my everything. I live, eat, breathe the sport. But when I transfer to McKee University to escape the distractions that nearly cost me my future in the NFL, I'm faced with another consequence: retake and pass the writing class I failed at my last college, or lose any chance I have at making it big. That's where fellow senior Beckett Wood -- gorgeous, stubborn, and just my type -- comes in. She's the key to my success in this class......
Author
Series
Beyond the play volume 2
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Cooper, as a pro-bound college athlete with a good-time reputation, I usually have my pick of puck bunnies. But lately, I've been in a dry spell that feels more like a curse, and the stress is affecting my game-the one thing that can't happen if I'm going to keep building my case for a future in the NHL, starting with making team captain. Enter Penny Ryder. She's my coach's daughter, but the moment she pulls me into that ice rink closet and lets me...