Hockey Night in Canada has been a national institution since it premiered on CBC radio in 1931. Foster Hewitt's familiar Hello, Canada! ushered hockey fan into the era of television in 1952. This book captures the great rivalries, the stars, and classic commentary moments from the days of radio.

Discusses the hockey team originally known as the Quebec Nordiques, which became the Colorado Avalanche in 1995, noting the contributions of such players as Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy, and Adam Foote.

A look the the Washington Capitals and how they went from underachievers to one of the most successful teams in the NHL.

Baseball "by The Book."

This book dives deep into the life and career of Florida Panthers superstar Matthew Tkachuk. The book also includes a table of contents, a map of where Tkachuk's biggest accomplishments took place, a list of Tkachuk's accolades, additional resource links, a glossary, and an index.

A team of award-winning sports reporters takes down the Great Satan of college sports: the Bowl Championship Series. Every college sport picks its champion by a postseason tournament, except for one: Division I-A football. Instead of a tournament, fans are subjected to the Bowl Championship Series, an arcane mix of polling and mathematical rankings that results in just two teams playing for the championship. It is, without a doubt, the most hated institution in all of sports. A recent Sports Illustrated poll found that more than 90 percent of sports fans oppose the BCS, yet this system has remained in place for more than a decade. Built upon top-notch investigative reporting, Death to the BCS at last reveals the truth about this monstrous entity and offers a simple solution for fixing it. Death to the BCS includes findings from interviews with power players, as well as research into federal tax records, Congressional testimony, and private contracts, revealing: ?The truth behind the "Cartel"-the anonymous suits who run the BCS and who profit handsomely by protecting it ?The flawed math and corruption that determine which teams participate in the national championship ?How the system hurts competition by perpetuating "cupcake" schedules ?How "mid-major" teams are systematically denied a chance to play for the championship ?How a comprehensive sixteen-team playoff plan can solve the problem while enhancing profitability The first book to lay out the unseemly inner workings of the BCS in full detail, Death to the BCS is a rousing manifesto for bringing fairness back to one of our most beloved sports.

How many times have you found yourself in front of the television, muscles tense, nervously watching the last few seconds of a basketball game? The constant movement and action, the suspense as the shot clock runs out, the elation at the end of a championship season ... this is what makes professional basketball appealing to people around the world. Above the Rim is a basketball fan's dream. Each book tells the history of each division and the teams that make it up and is filled with the kinds of statistics and fun facts that readers of any age will love. We can't all fly like Michael Jordan, but we can still enjoy learning about and following our favorite teams and players in Above the Rim. Book jacket.