Bob Dylan, Vladimir Putin, Princess Di, Julie Andrews, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia. Timothy McViegh, Liberace, Michael Jackson (just to drop a few names) and the NFL? YES, In THE MOST INTERESTING LEAGUE IN THE WORLD you'll find stories linking this eclectic group to the NFL in surprising and interesting ways. Also inside are a few cameo appearances by Queen Elizabeth, Pope Francis, Muhammad Ali among others in this unique look at the history of the National Football League. Some questions that are answered inside are: What connects Bob Dylan and the Green Bay Packers? Which former NFL coach is the subject of an opera? What is Steve Jobs enduring connection to every Super Bowl? What does Blind Sheikh Omar have to do with the Kansas City Chiefs? And how did a former NFL player contribute to the popularity of the Chinese National Anthem? Along with other tantalizing facts from the worlds of ... MUSIC--Marvin Gaye, Sinatra, Eminem, Drake, Prince, Jimmy Buffet, Lil Wayne, Fats Domino, Eminem and more FILM--Tom Hanks, Julie Andrews, Charlton Heston, Robin Williams, Robert Duvall and Star Wars CULTURE-Thomas Hart Benton, George R R Martin, Leon Uris, the Kardashians Even the animal kingdom represented by an alligator, a gorilla, a shark, a monkey, chickens, pigeons, a goat, a gentleman chimpanzee, and more. Stories involving politics, including Presidents Harry Truman, LBJ, JFK, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Donald Trump, Rutherford B. Hayes. In addition, a story about Herbert Hoover's wife and one tidbit about Nancy Pelosi, three stories about Al Capone, six stories about JFK, and six, count'em, six tales about curses. Stories about an astronaut, a hangman, an alleged hit man and a couple of murders thrown in here and there. Fans, Owners, Sex, Gambling, War, Crime, and sadly murder- kind of like the Bible. All inside the pages of THE MOST INTERESTING LEAGUE IN THE WORLD Altogether an array of tales that should pique the interest of every football fan and those who are not so familiar with the game in what may be the most unique book on pro football EVER written.

In 1903, a small league in California defied Organized Baseball by adding teams in Portland and Seattle to become the strongest minor league of the twentieth century. Calling itself the Pacific Coast League, this outlaw association frequently outdrew its major league counterparts and continued to challenge the authority of Organized Baseball until the majors expanded into California in 1958. The Pacific Coast League introduced the world to Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio, Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ted Williams, Tony Lazzeri, Lefty O'Doul, Mickey Cochrane, Bobby Doerr, and many other baseball stars, all of whom originally signed with PCL teams. This thorough history of the Pacific Coast League chronicles its foremost personalities, governance, and contentious relationship with the majors, proving that the history of the game involves far more than the happenings in the American and National leagues.

World War II threatened to ruin Major League Baseball. By 1945, over 500 major leaguers and 3,000 minor league prospects had been enlisted for the war effort, leaving a dearth of talent for the Big Leagues. The St. Louis Browns, like other AL and NL clubs, would be forced to fill holes in their roster with scrubs-4-F players (those dismissed from the military due to physical ailments), retired major leaguers, and youngsters not yet ready to leave the minors. But there were still some top level players to be had, and 1944 Browns manager Luke Sewell assembled the franchise's most successful team ever, taking the St. Louis ball club to its first and only Fall Classic.

This text on artificial locomotion systems includes video files of prototypes of wheeled and worm-like locomotion systems, E-learning software on the mechanical background, and MAPLE programs for the dynamic solution of locomotion systems.