Author: Rick Telander

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The ultimate record of a great franchise”s greatest season as told by none other than Da Coach himself In Ditka”s own words, this 30th anniversary volume of The ”85 Bears is packed wit …

Heaven Is a Playground was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball. Rick Telander, a photojournalist and former high school basketball player, spent part of the summer …

The Divine Nature of Basketball: My Season Inside the Ivy League describes a season spent as a virtual coach in the Ivy League. Shadowing head coach of Yale mens basketball James Jones and …

A detailed expose on the corruption in college football by acclaimed sportswriter Rick Telander, with a foreword by Rick Reilly! In 1989, when Rick Telander first published The Hundred Yard Lie, he …

The ultimate record of a great franchise”s greatest season as told by none other than Da Coach himself  In Ditka”s own words, this 30th anniversary volume of The ”85 Bears is packed with special …

The ’85 Bears: We Were the Greatest is Coach Mike Ditka’s memoir of a season Chicago will never forget and opponents would rather erase from their minds. Packed with unforgettable behind-the-scenes …

With 42 original poems by author Rick Telander and an equal number of full-page, full-color illustrations from 42 different artists from four countries, Sweet Dreamsis a beautiful, easy-to-read …

While searching in the weeds for the first ball he ever hit for a home run, ten-year old Billy Lawson finds instead a battered old baseball half-buried in the mud far beyond the outfield fence. Soon …