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absolutely brilliant!
Not only does this capture a time (1945-70) when the CFL was great but it really shows how truly a special part of Canadian sports culture the CFL once was. Sure, the CFL has never gone away but in the days before cable TV and the NFL being beamed into every Canadian home, the CFL was all we had. Although I only experienced the period after this, it reminded me so much of stories my father used to tell of the greats--Jackie Parker, Normie Kwong, Sam Etcheverry, etc. It made the CFL's rich history really come alive and wish I could have been alive to see it all in its glory. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on July 17, 2007. The length of the article is 1839 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: In the Huddle with Ed Tait; First & 10One man's take on the latest goings-on in the Canadian Football League...(Sports)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 17, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on February 18, 2007. The length of the article is 442 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Canadian football league; Bombers look 'great': new halfback Bush.(Sports)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 18, 2007
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This completely updated price guide includes full listings for every set of Canadian football cards.An alphabetical index allows the collector to quickly locate any player card. Included in this edition are the checklists for university and college player alumni.If you are a fan of Canadian Football, then this is the book for you. ... Read more

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A TOP NOTCH GUIDE TO CFL CARDS
Although the Canadian Football League is not well known outside of our North Country neighbor, the hobby of collecting CFL cards is alive and thriving. The 4th Edition of THE CHARLTON CANADIAN FOOTBALL CARD PRICEGUIDE is a concise, top notch compendium to CFL cards that covers all thebases and then some. Football fans and card collectors who follow the CFLknow that the wild, three-down game boasts a long history of outstandingplayers. The hobby of CFL card collecting likewise features some greatcards. From post World War II stars like Russ Jackson, Jackie Parker,Normie Kwong, and Angelo Mosca, to more modern attractions like AmericansJoe Theismann, Warren Moon, and Doug Flutie, the CFL has seen it all. This4th Ed. guide by W. K. Cross and Richard Scott is an essential informationsource for collectors wishing to broaden their hobby focus to include ourCanadian gridiron cousins. Arranged chronologically, complete checklists ofthe major sets and suggested prices are included throughout. Thealphabetical checklist at the end, showing the colleges attended by everyCFL player who has a card, is a feature of special interest to alumnicollectors. All in all, this is a superior price guide to a small,fascinating hobby, reasonably priced and attractively bound. By MikeBonner, author of COLLECTING FOOTBALL CARDS, A COMPLETE GUIDE WITH PRICES.(Published by Krause Publications.) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2006. The length of the article is 8436 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sports related concussion and spinal injuries: the need for changing spearing rules at the National Capital Amateur Football Association (NCAFA).(Clinical report)
Author: Jacques C. Pelletier
Publication: Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2006
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Volume: 50Issue: 3Page: 195(14)

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Football for the serious researcher
This book is an excellent source for the true sports historian. Please note this book is of serious academic nature - there are no lionized descriptions of teams, coaches, or players, but instead a thoughtful and thorough analysis of the early origins of football, soccer, and rugby in the United States and Canada. Smith has broken down football into the components which he considers essential (carrying the ball and the system of downs) and explains how convention has held us from correctly identifying early field games as soccer/rugby/football. I myself have researched college football for nearly 20 years and I have long thought considering 1869 as the 'first' season was never fully correct since more than one sport can be traced to that game (and even before). Smith has done an excellent job of allowing me to see the picture more clearly. Very much looking forward to his follow up on football after 1883! ... Read more

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The Canadian Football League: Facts Figures and Records 1995 ... Read more

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Get this good CFL publication while you can! The last year of US teams in the CFL. Sigh...
Yes, Virginia and all other 49 states, we once
had real football here in the good old USA and
it wasn't the National Facsist League either!
And low and behold, the Baltimore Stallions
ACTUALLY won the Grey Cup! Praise the lord!
I still go to the Grey Cup every year and
it gets better every time. On the horizon,
2012? The 100th Grey Cup, the oldest Pro
Football Championship on planet earth!
Simply the truth! ... Read more

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North American football was born in Canada in the 1860s. For decades, though,the growth of Canadian football was slow to change from its rugby traditions. In recent decades, it has been in the shadow of its largest competitor, the National Football League. Although hockey is held up as Canada's number one sport, the CFL has enjoyed as rich and storied a tradition in Canadian sports history. This book is not the usual general history detailing on-field accomplishments, Grey Cup winners etc. Instead, it combines an historical look through 2003 with discussion of continuous themes which have shaped the League. These include the role of the Canadian player, competition from other pro sports, the media's role in creating an image of the CFL, Canadians' attitudes towards pro sports, and how the CFL continually struggles to survive - often in spite of itself. ... Read more

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Aren't many books written about the CFL
As a previous reviwer mentioned this is somewhat of a hard book to read.I did not know that the CFL per se was not formed until 1958.I did not know that until the last couple of decades that all the western teams (smaller cities) except Vancouver were community owned teams.

I watched the Grey Cup growing up in the 60s on ABC Wide World of Sports.I remember the 1962 Grey Cup which was fogged out.It was between Winnipeg (Bud Grant's team) and Toronto.Through the years I've always followed the CFL whenever I could get it on cable.

For a football fan the first 6 or 7 chapters are the most interesting.There much emphasis on the American expanison in the mid-90s.The last six chapters or so would be enjoyed more by a Canadian, as it talks more about their culture.

Apparently there was a lot of mismanagement by the league & owners.The books provides a lot of recall about the promoters and charlatans who bought franchises in new sports leagues or expansions.They had balls, though more often than not very limited funds.

I visited Canada several times, but never picked up on the psychology of their citizens.Canada basically has an inferiority complex when thinking of itself compared to the U.S.The BoSox Yankee rivalry, as is most rivalries, is due to Bostonians self-perceived inferiority to New York.

Not That Good
The reading of this book was incredibly hard,I purchased it wanting a good history of the CFL (being interested as an American) but I did not want to read a "thesis" about the CFL.It is obvious the author has done his research on the subject but I would not recommed it to a casual fan wanting to know about this League.I also do not like its' cover with the grave markers beind that two of the leagues represented are technically still around (the AFL and AAFC).

Knowing the author, we met at the Grey Cup in Ottawa in '04, I know how hard he worked on this 'doctoral thesis'
The very good painstaking research that
Mr. O'Brien did on this fine (but some-
what flawed) book, was done to get his
History degree at the University of
Maine. The low rating and critisms of
the character B. Maitland are uncalled
for. I for one think, as being an Amer-
ican Sports Writer, who attends the Grey
Cup every year (for 13 in-a-row!), that
the CFL's expansion into the US was the
greatest thing that ever happended to
Pro Football! I was a season tix holder
for the two-time Grey Cup Baltimore Stal-
lions. We were the only team THAT WILL
EVER win the Grey Cup and am very happy
to have supported the League during it's
1993-95 US expansion. We Amer-I-can fans
probably saved the League (along with our
Canadian CFL fans)! Mr. Maitland, who cares
what the cover is like. I also disagree with
your synopsis that the book is mostly about
the 'ill fated US expansion'. Baltimore lead
the League in attendence for two years in a
row! Sacramento, who lost to Balt. in the So.
Final in 1995, probably would have won the
Grey Cup if they had not lost to the Stallions
then. There was one other US team that broke
even and didn't lose money. I wished the best
Pro Football League on planet earth would come
back to the US! Long live the CFL! And can't
wait for Steve's next book...Oh, the mistakes
Steve has are minor but don't take away from
the contents or context of the book's thesis.
Steve, when he reads this will know what we
talked about back in Nov. '04 in Ottawa, Ont.

Informative, Entertaining Study of the CFL
Mr. O'Brien's book is an excellent analysis of how the CFL has been able to sustain itself over the years.Ultimately, though, this is a book about how the league has been able to define itself as an indelible piece of Canadian culture.

I was already a fan of the CFL when I picked this book up, but I came away from my reading of it with a new depth of respect for and awareness of the league's complexities.

I definitely commend Mr. O'Brien for his painstaking research and can't wait for his next installment on the league's history.

what is up with this?
All due respect, the cover is the worst. This is supposed to be a book about the CFL. If you want to sell a book about football, even if it's a discussion of the backroom dealings of such a sport/league, put an action pic on the cover. Brutal marketing!

Next the focus seems to be mainly on the foolish expansion into the States. OK, maybe this is a book marketed at Americans but even so...talk about a too narrow focus. ... Read more

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Football in Lotus Land. The West Coast's contribution to the CFL. Over 400 pages of the characters and circumstances that have come to surround the CFL's B.C. Lions. The book has something for everyone: human interest stories, snapshots of the team's history, statistics, a card catalogue, and hundreds of pictures. While the emphasis is on the players and their exploits on and off the field - and in some cases incidents after the game - this book also includes stories of die-hard fans and behind the scenes workers. ... Read more

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Unlike the Lions' history, this is simply brilliant
You have to love the amount of unreal research the author did. Also, the organization of the book flows as he basically focuses each "chapter" on a certain player, owner or other football topic. It could be a bit tighter but that's a moot point. He does tell it like it is/was and doesn't mince words. I can attest based on his observations of the brutal '70s that he is spot on on his take on that decade's characters.

Personally, any book on the CFLthat mentions Paul Brothers is worth its weight in ...well, not gold, if you know who Brothers was. I would have loved to read about Jim Evenson or Johnny Musso but those are pet faves. There is so much arcane but fascinating trivia packed in here, it is really a treasure trove of both sports and local Vancouver history from 1954.

What is pleasing is the author does not stop at the Lions and delves into local teams long gone in one section on the other sports teams in town. I would have loved to see a listing of Lions W-L and playoff records along with average attendance year to year just as reference points maybe in a glossary but again that's nitpicking.

Every Lions' fan should pick up a copy and there are hopes that the author may do a 50th anniversary update. ... Read more

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Football players will spend hours working on conditioning and strategies for an upcoming game, but what do they do to mentally prepare for game day? What do they do to insure that the decisions they make during competition best supports their team in winning the game? Mastering The Mental Side Of Football is a book specifically written for the mental side of football. From amateur to professional players, this remarkable book will show you why you may be struggling with your performance and what you can do to change struggle to success on the football field. It will also help you minimize and/or eliminate those mental errors during your game that adversely affects the outcome. It is said that football is 95% mental and 5% physical. When you have finished reading Mastering The Mental Side Of Football you will understand why football is 100% mental. ... Read more