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In late 1975 and early 1976, at the height of the Cold War, two of the Soviet Union¿s long-dominant national hockey teams traveled to North America to play an eight-game series against the best teams in the National Hockey League. The culmination of the ¿Super Series¿ was HC CSKA Moscow¿s faceoff against the reigning champion Flyers in Philadelphia on January 11, 1976. Known as the ¿Red Army Club, ¿ HC CSKA hadn¿t lost a game in the series. Kn...

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The day of the Ice Bowl game was so cold, the referees' whistles wouldn't work, so cold, the reporters' coffee froze in the press booth, so cold, fans built small fires in the concrete and metal stands, so cold, TV cables froze and photographers didn't dare touch the metal of their equipment, so cold, the game was as much about survival as it was about skill and strategy. On New Year's Eve, 1967, the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers me...

Bringing The Monster to its Knees: Ben Hogan, Oakland Hills, and the 1951 U.S. Open is the first full-length book on a victory that the four-time U.S. Open champion always maintained was the "most satisfying" of his long and storied Hall of Fame career. It fills an important void in previous books on Hogan's tournament play, books covering his championship quests from Merion in 1950 to the Olympic Club in San Francisco in 1955 to Cherry Hills ...

Ed Gruver¿is an award-winning sportswriter¿and¿the author of several books, including¿Hairs vs. Squares: The Mustache Gang, the Big Red Machine, and the Tumultuous Summer of ’72¿(Nebraska, 2016) and¿From Baltimore to Broadway: Joe, the Jets, and the Super Bowl III Guarantee.¿Jim Campbell has¿worked at the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was a member of the Steelers’ organization during their dynasty decade in the 1970s. He has written for numero...

The day of the Ice Bowl game was so cold, the referees' whistles wouldn't work, so cold, the reporters' coffee froze in the press booth, so cold, fans built small fires in the concrete and metal stands, so cold, TV cables froze and photographers didn't dare touch the metal of their equipment, so cold, the game was as much about survival as it was about skill and strategy. On New Year's Eve, 1967, the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers me...

Unable to buy into an existing team and rebuffed by National Football League owners who had no desire to expand, 27-year-old Lamar Hunt, the son of Texas billionaire H.L. Hunt, formed the American Football League in 1959. Unlike the NFL, the American Football League featured wide open offenses and innovative coaching strategies, capturing a new generation of fans dedicated to the league and its players. The AFL aggressively pursued college sta...

Ed Gruver¿is an award-winning sportswriter who has covered the Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles as a columnist and has reported on MLB All-Star Games, playoffs, and the World Series. He is the author of six sports books, including¿Koufax¿and¿The Ice Bowl: The Cold Truth about Football’s Most Unforgettable Game. ¿ ¿

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Featuring the larger-than-life personalities--and talents--of Joe Namath and Johnny Unitas, "From Baltimore to Broadway" tells the complete story of Super Bowl III from the recollections of those who were there.