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Discovered by the former quarterback she was hired to tail, detective Piper Dove pretends to be the athlete's stalker and is subsequently hired as his bodyguard, an arrangement threatened by their growing chemistry.

One of the best quarterbacks in the history of college football traces his path to success, discussing his childhood as the son of Christian missionaries and how his faith combined with his drive to succeed have made him the person he is today.

After abandoning his family and a series of disappointing injuries and job setbacks, former football player Walter Clemons returns home to attend the reading of his father's will. Old hurts are revisitied. Walter is determined to create a new future with his family and learns that with love and faith, you can go home again.

Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation,...

"Illustrated profiles of twenty-eight football stars"--

Looks at some of the most famous records in football history, including most touchdowns, single-season rushing yardage, and the coldest and hottest game temperatures.

ESPN Films continues its commitment to exceptional storytelling with the return of 30 for 30, partnering with a wide array of filmmakers to tell incredible stories that capture how sports inspire and entertain.

In Russell Wilson, young readers get a close-up view of the famous quarterbacks inspiring journey from his childhood, through his college years playing for both North Carolina State University and the University of Wisconsin, and then all the way to NFL stardom.

"From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. Stadiums struggled to contain him. Clocks failed to capture his speed. His strength was legendary. His power unmatched. Video game makers turned him into an invincible character -- and they were dead-on. He climbed (and walked across) walls, splintered baseball bats over his knee, turned oncoming tacklers into ground...