Allan Maki

Over its 105-year history, the NFL has built franchise empires, created icons, integrated itself into the fabric of American culture and captivated fans around the globe. At the core of the NFL are the stories of the iconic players and leaders who drove the NFL from a modest association struggling to define itself against the college game to the most exciting and profitable sports league in the world. Through snappy prose and historic photographs, NFL Moments catalogs the league's larger-than-life characters and their defining stories. The book features these and many more moments: the founding of the NFL the stories of the Forgotten Four and the emergence of Black athletes Joe Namath's guarantee Franco Harris and the Immaculate Reception the unrivalled improvisational skills of Patrick Mahomes. From the foreword: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the matriarch of a fabled political dynasty, once reflected, "Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments." For football fans everywhere, whatever their rooting interest, this sentiment could not be truer. Moments of inspiration. Moments of achievement. Moments of sorrow. Moments of high drama and of low comedy. Moments that survive years, even decades, after they actually occurred. The people, places, innovations and exploits that define a franchise, a league, a sport, and the eras that spawned them.

The NFL’s best players, all in one action-packed volume. Over a century after the formation of the American Professional Football Conference, the precursor to the National Football League, pro football continues to excite and captivate millions of fans across the globe. At the core of the NFL is its legendary players — the incredible athletes who have thrown, caught, run, tackled and kicked their way into the annals of sports history. NFL Heroes presents the best of the best in pro football. From the pioneers, to the current stars, to the alltime legends that occupy the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, they’re all here, including: Tom Brady, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Dick Butkus, Johnny Unitas, Deacon Jones, Reggie White, Joe Montana, Antonio Brown, Walter Payton, Aaron Donald, Lawrence Taylor, Dan Marino, Terry Bradshaw, Emmitt Smith, Brett Favre, Roger Staubach, Rob Gronkowski, LaDainian Tomlinson, Deion Sanders. Featuring 100 riveting stories and over 120 photos of the game’s best, this updated, second edition of NFL Heroes is a must-read for any fan of America’s favourite sport.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of America's greatest game. From its inauspicious beginnings as 'The First World Championship Game between the AFL and NFL' in 1967 to the raucous worldwide cultural event that was Super Bowl 50, Allan Maki and Dave Naylor count down the greatest moments in each staging of the first 50 Super Bowls. Be it Joe Namath's guaranteed victory in Super Bowl III or the Miami Dolphins' perfect ending in Super Bowl VII or David Tyree's helmet catch in Super Bowl XLII, all the iconic moments are recounted here, and more! MVP performances and game-changing plays are all included in this action packed book, filled with photos, informative stat boxes and essays that deliver a complete picture of how the biggest game in sport played out, year by year. One-name heroes like Brady, Montana and Bradshaw share top billing with lesser-known, big-time contributors, like: Max McGee, Timmy Smith and Rod Martin. And what compendium of Super Bowl stories would be complete without a mention of the media moments, famous commercials and controversial plays that sometimes shared centre stage with the on-field heroics? From the highest highs to the lowest lows, Maki and Naylor cover it all in 50 Super Bowls.