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From Shibe Park to "The Vet" to the Philly Fanatic, this is the ultimate trivia book and crossword pacakge all rolled into one. So get your soft pretzel and settle in for a lot of baseball fun. The Philadelphia Phillies are a major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and are the reigning 2008 World Series champions. The Phillies are a member of the East Divison of Major League Baseball's National League. Since 2004, the team's home has been Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia section of the city. The Phillies have won two World Series championships(against Kansas City in 1980 and Tampa Bay in 2008) and six National League pennants. The franchise has also experienced long periods of struggle. The age of the team combined with its history of adversity has earned them the distinction of having lost the most games of any team in the history of Major League Baseball. The Phillies are also the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of American professional sports.Phillies who have been inducted into the Hall-of Fame include: While not all of these players were enshrined with a Phillies cap, each of them was a part of the Phillies franchise at one point in his career. Ed Delahanty Grover Cleveland Alexander Sparky Anderson Richie Ashburn Dave Bancroft Chief Bender Dan Brouthers Jim Bunning Steve Carlton Roger Connor Ed Delahanty Hugh Duffy Johnny Evers Elmer Flick Jimmie Fox Billy Hamilton Bucky Harris Ferguson Jenkins Hughie Jennings Harry Kalas Tim Keefe Chuck Klein Nap Lajoie Tommy McCarthy Joe Morgan Kid Nichols Tony Perez Eppa Rixey Robin Roberts Ryne Sandberg Mike Schmidt Casey Stengel Sam Thompson Lloyd Waner Hack Wilson Harry Wright Filled with trivia questions about the Philadelphia Phillies, their great lineage of ball players and Baker Bowl Citizens Bank Park itself, this is a great gift for anyone slightly interested in Philadelphia's past and future. ...
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Go Nittany Lions! If you're a graduate or just a crazy fan, this trivia filled set of crossword puzzles is just right for you! From Papa Joe Paterno going all the way back to 1887, the Penn State Nittany Lions have been one of the most fabled football programs in collegiate sports. Penn State has earned invitations to 41 bowl games. The Nittany Lions have complied a record of 26-13-2 (0.659), the highest winning percentage of any Division 1 FBS team, including a 14-6-1 (0.690) record in the so-called "major" BOWLS (Rose, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta, and Cotton). Five Hall of Famers Went to Penn State: Jack Ham Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers 1988 Franco Harris Running back Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks 1990 Mike Michalske Guard New York Yankees(AFL/NFL), Green Bay Packers 1964 Lenny Moore Flanker/running back Baltimore Colts 1975 Mike Munchak Guard Houston Oilers 2001 Other players include: John Cappelletti- 1973 Richie Lucas- 1959 Glenn Ressler- 1964 Mike Reid- 1969 Chuck Fusina- 1978 Kerry Collins- 1994 Larry Johnson- 2002 LaVar Arrington-1999 Paul Posluszny- 2005,2006 Dan Connor- 2007 Bobby Engram- 1994 A.Q. Shipley-2008 Bruce Clark- 1978 Todd Blackledge-1982 Michael Robinson-2005 And many, many more including Matt Millen, Bruce Clark, Kyle Brady, Matt Bahr, and many others. ...
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THE FOOTBALL LOVERS’ COLLECTION! Fans of the gridiron—pro or college level—we’re throwing you a pass you’ll want to catch! These four crossword puzzle books will score a touchdown with football enthusiasts, and give them a super-bowl quality challenge.
It’s a great opportunity to show how much you know about the team you root for. For example, Cowboys’ devotees: in what year was the city of Dallas granted an NFL expansion franchise—1958, 1960, 1962, or 1964? Fighting Irish fanatics, of course, know that Notre Dame has won the most consensus national championships and produced more All-Americans than anyone else. But do you know how many Heisman Trophy winners it’s had? And Ohio State and Michigan have been battling it out on the field for years; now their supporters can battle it out on the page! ...
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Sharpen your pencil, sit back, and get ready to test your mettle! With 64 pages of puzzles and trivia, this book is the perfect challenge for every diehard Wolverines fan!...
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From the legendary foundations of all of American football laid by the great Walter Camp, and includes such names as Matt Birk, Charley Brewer, Charles Brickley, Dave Campbell, Frank T. Caprio ,Eddie Casey, Charles Cobb, Oliver Cutts, Charles Dudley Daly, Clifton Dawson, Paul DePodesta, John Dockery, Malcolm Donald, Hamilton Fish III, Bob Fisher, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tim Fleiszer, Stephen Galatti, Erwin Gehrke, Herman Gundlach, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Everett J. Lake. Mike Lynch, Torbert Macdonald, Eddie Mahan, A. David Mazzone, Pat McInally, Marshall Newell Christopher Nowinski, Endicott Peabody, Stan Pennock, Chris Pizzotti, Andrew Puopolo, Bill Reid, Ben Ticknor, Percy Wendell, Paul Withington, Barry Wood. From “ Bloody Monday” to something called “The Boston Game,” Harvard has contributed much to American collegiate football. The Harvard Crimson have been playing football for more than centuries. Here are a series of wonderful and fun crossword puzzles highlighting some of the best trivia down through the decades. Also includes trivia from “The Game” which is the Harvard-Yale Game held each year. The 1894 Harvard-Yale game, known as the "Hampden Park Blood Bath", resulted in crippling injuries for four players; the contest was suspended until 1897. ...
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What’s better than a crossword? That’s right: a crossword with no black squares! Well, actually, there are black squares, but you have to figure out where they go using the clue’s number and your own wits. And the best part is, when you’re done, some of the crosswords will reveal a picture related to the puzzle’s theme! Veteran New York Times puzzlemaker Brendan Emmett Quigley constructed each grid, so you know you’re in for the freshest, hippest puzzles with the most devious clues. ...
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There is no more loyal fan base then those who follow the Boston Red Sox. And since the Red Sox Nation—and it is a nation, as the Sox draw bigger and bigger crowds across America—is made up of people who pride themselves on their knowledge of Boston names, stats, and history, they’ll love showing off their smarts with these fun crosswords. Why is seat number 21, in row 37 of section 42, painted red? What was Ted Williams’s career batting average? Filled with clues about the Red Sox, players past and present, legends and facts, and even Fenway Park itself, this is a great gift for anyone dedicated to New England’s hometown team. ...
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Go Trojans! If you're a graduate or just a crazy fan, this ultimate book of trivia and crossword puzzles is for you! The USC Trojans football program, established in 1888, is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A and the Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) under head coach Pete Carroll. The Trojans have been a football powerhouse throughout NCAA history making claim to 11 national championships. In recent years, USC has consistently ranked in the top 5 of the final BCS and AP Polls. The football team is regarded as the centerpiece of an athletic program that has won more NCAA men's individual and men's team titles than any other university and is third in co-ed team titles, behind fellow Pac-10 schools UCLA and Stanford....
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Fans of the Bronx Bombers will give a cheer for this cool collection of crosswords. Considered by most (except for Red Sox devotees, of course) to be the best baseball franchise ever, the New York Yankees had the greatest roster of players ever to grace a diamond. From Babe Ruth to Lou Gehrig, “Joltin’” Joe DiMaggio to Mickey Mantle, the amazing names just kept on coming. Yankee enthusiasts will enjoy testing their knowledge of past and present line-ups, and team trivia to see if they hit a home run and can fill in the grid—or strike out, with blank puzzle boxes awaiting their letters. A reinforced back board provides a built-in desk so puzzlers can solve right at the ballpark while waiting for a winning game to start! ...
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From the legendary foundations of all of American football laid by the great Walter Camp, and includes such names as Gary Fencik, Nate Lawrie, Calvin Hill, Dick Jauron, Eric Johnson, Brian Dowling, Larry Kelley, Century Milstead, John Spagnola, Chuck Mercein, and many more. The Yale Bulldogs have been playing football for more than centuries. Here are series of wonderful and fun crossword puzzles highlighting some of the best trivia down through the decades. Also includes trivia from " The Game" which is the Harvard-Yale Game held each year. The 1894 Harvard-Yale game, known as the " Hampden Park Blood Bath", resulted in crippling injuries for four players; the contest was suspended until 1897....
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