Football

Fiction

Football, Friendship and the Surprising Ways We Find Each Other

I didn’t set out to write Changing Cadence: Friendship, Football, and the Art of Transition. It came out of a restlessness I couldn’t quite name. Football had always been the one place where I didn’t second-guess myself. On the field, everything was immediate. Instinct took over. There was no time to wonder…

Andra DouglasMay 8, 2026

Miscellany Nonfiction

Ratings, Revenue and Relentless Power: Inside the NFL’s Path to Total Dominance

Sports fans have more choices than ever to watch sports. But no matter how many leagues are created or other sports that take massive leaps forward in popularity, in America, the NFL reigns supreme as the most dominant sports organization. Via the Hollywood Reporter, NFL ratings continue to remain high…

Justin GoodrumJanuary 30, 2026

Nonfiction

Colin Kaepernick Signs $1 Million Deal with Random House Imprint

Football players have been making headlines about their behaviors off the field for years, but last year, ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made headlines for very different reasons. In order to bring attention to the oppression of people of color, Kaepernick decided he would kneel and continue to kneel…

BookTribNovember 3, 2017

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Football Star Shows It’s Never a Bad Time to Pick Up a Book

As Editorial Director of BookTrib, if I was caught watching a football game during work hours, there’d be hell to pay. So why is a football player caught on the sidelines in the middle of his workday on a nationally televised post-season playoff game being hailed as a hero for…

Jim AlkonJanuary 15, 2025

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A Former NFL Offensive Lineman and a Financial Expert Map Out the Top Economic Plays

How is it that professional athletes were signing contracts in the millions and then finding they’d have to work at a second job in the offseason to make ends meet? The answer can be traced to a lack of awareness about how the monetary system works and a lack of…

Jim AlkonAugust 29, 2022

Nonfiction

DATELINE November 16, 1907 — “Masters of the New Football”

Not only “masters,” the Carlisle Indians are moneymakers. When it comes to box-office draw, they’re No. 1 in the nation, taking in $45,000 at the gate in 1907 (President Roosevelt’s salary is $50,000.) Why such a draw? Every “footballist” in America wants to see how a crew of ingenious Indians…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2017

Nonfiction

DATELINE Nov. 23, 1907 – The Carlisle Indians Play a Final Game That Changed the Rules

In the last game of the season, the Carlisle Indians (9-1) took on the Big Ten champs, the heavily favored University of Chicago. Worse, the Indians had lost their star quarterback, Frank Mt. Pleasant, to a broken thumb. Over 27,000 Chicago fans (below) were eager for a “massacre at Marshall Field.”…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 11, 2017

Nonfiction

DATELINE 1907 — The Carlisle Indians are First in Firsts

First all-Indian football team (1894) First non-college team to play against and beat the Ivy Leagues First to travel cross-country for a game (U. of California, 1899) First to launch the passing game and game-changing “single wing” (1907) First to send scouts to spy on other teams in prep…

BookTrib Guest AuthorDecember 22, 2016

Nonfiction

DATELINE 1907 – Football Formation or the Top View of a Birthday Cake?

Both! On Oct. 26, 1907, the “single wing” offense was unleashed on UPenn by Pop Warner and the Carlisle Indians. With the center able to snap the ball to three backs (TB, FB, QB), the options of run, handoff or pass were endless. The birth of the single wing (now…

BookTrib Guest AuthorDecember 14, 2016

Nonfiction

DATELINE 1907 – Olympian Jim Thorpe’s Weaknesses and the Invention of the Halftime Show

Jim Thorpe, circa 1907 (Photo by Pro Football Hall of Fame/NFL) Five years in the future, The Carlisle Indians’ Jim Thorpe will win gold in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics. The King of Sweden will tell Jim, “You sir, are the greatest athlete in the world.” Jim…

BookTrib Guest AuthorDecember 7, 2016

Nonfiction

DATELINE 1907 – Football Trickery Abounds

Brian Meehl is the author of Blowback ’07 (MCP Books, November 1, 2016) and this article is the seventh in a new series discussing the radical changes in football from the 1905 to 1907. No one masterminds trick plays like Pop Warner and the Carlisle Indians. If “there’s no rule against”…

BookTrib Guest AuthorNovember 30, 2016

Nonfiction

High School Sports: Lost Arizona History Preserved in ‘Who is Gym?’

After officiating high school football and baseball in Arizona for nearly 30 years, it occurred to Scott Hanson that there was a piece of Arizona history that was slipping away: the who and the why high schools, their football stadiums, baseball fields and gymnasiums were named. Here Hanson discusses how…

BookTrib Guest AuthorNovember 8, 2016

Nonfiction

DATELINE 1906 — The Rules of Football are Re-Written

Brian Meehl is the author of Blowback '07 (MCP Books, November 1, 2016) and this article is the second in a new series discussing the radical changes in football from the 1905 to 1907. Last year, President Teddy Roosevelt threw the gauntlet: Football, reform your brutal ways or be abolished! His…

BookTrib Guest AuthorOctober 26, 2016

Nonfiction

DATELINE 1905: Why Did Teddy Roosevelt want Football to be Banned?

Brian Meehl is the author of Blowback '07 (MCP Books, November 1, 2016) and this article is the first in a new series discussing the radical changes in football from the 1905 to 1907. If you think football is dangerous today, take a look at the early 1900s. In 1903, 25 players…

BookTrib Guest AuthorOctober 19, 2016

Business Nonfiction

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Fran Tarkenton, veteran entrepreneur and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback

We're thrilled to welcome Fran Tarkenton for a #BTLiveChat this month! Tarkenton is a veteran entrepreneur and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants. He is the founder of Tarkenton Companies and the Tarkenton Institute, which is focused on entrepreneurial education and development. As…

BookTribJune 4, 2015

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Trent Shelton on Unlocking “The Greatest You”

Trent Shelton, former wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts may not be a household name. In fact, longtime followers of the Colts franchise might not even recognize him since he never played a game—yet Shelton has made a name for himself outside of the NFL, not in spite of his…

Jeff DaughertyMay 10, 2019

Football, Friendship and the Surprising Ways We Find Each Other

Ratings, Revenue and Relentless Power: Inside the NFL’s Path to Total Dominance

Football Star Shows It’s Never a Bad Time to Pick Up a Book

A Former NFL Offensive Lineman and a Financial Expert Map Out the Top Economic Plays

DATELINE November 16, 1907 — “Masters of the New Football”

DATELINE Nov. 23, 1907 – The Carlisle Indians Play a Final Game That Changed the Rules

DATELINE 1907 — The Carlisle Indians are First in Firsts

DATELINE 1907 – Football Formation or the Top View of a Birthday Cake?

DATELINE 1907 – Olympian Jim Thorpe’s Weaknesses and the Invention of the Halftime Show

DATELINE 1907 – Football Trickery Abounds

High School Sports: Lost Arizona History Preserved in ‘Who is Gym?’

DATELINE 1906 — The Rules of Football are Re-Written

DATELINE 1905: Why Did Teddy Roosevelt want Football to be Banned?

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Fran Tarkenton, veteran entrepreneur and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback

Trent Shelton on Unlocking “The Greatest You”

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