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1) Game changer
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Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery--and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident. Was this an inevitable result of playing a violent sport, or was something more sinister happening on the field that day? Told in an innovative, multimedia format combining dialogue, texts, newspaper...
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"Recovery--physical and mental--is a red-hot topic, and the worlds of sports, technology, and commerce have all taken note. This second edition of The Athlete's Guide to Recovery helps readers sort through the hype to focus on the practices and devices that really make a difference in recovery and lead to peak performance"--
3) Dinged
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Fourteen-year-old star freshman quarterback Caleb Springer watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport, forcing Caleb to consider whether playing football, the sport of his dreams, is worth risking irreparable physical harm.
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The Concussion Crisis brings an explosive but largely unseen epidemic out of the shadows. It puts a human face on a pressing public health crisis through poignant stories of athletes (from the peewees to the pros), soldiers, and others whose lives have been forever changed by jolts to the head and brain. Weaving their cautionary tales with a clear and accessible explanation of the advancing science and medicine, The Concussion Crisis is the definitive...
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"Annie Sullivan had always envisioned returning to her hometown and starting a life with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But then Ty pursued a career in professional baseball and committed numerous infidelities--including an affair that ended with a three-year-old son on his doorstep. His betrayal cost her the family and the future they'd once planned. Now Annie is committed to her career as a physical therapist at the Corner Spa, the all-female...
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In recent years recovery has become a sports and fitness buzzword. Anyone who works out or competes at any level is bombarded with the latest recovery products and services: from drinks and shakes to compression sleeves, foam rollers, electrical muscle stimulators, and sleep trackers. In Good to Go, acclaimed FiveThirtyEight science writer Christie Aschwanden takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour through this strange world. She investigates...
7) Concussion
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Concussion is the riveting, unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite sport and puts him in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL.
8) Blow out
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Lacy spent the winter recovering from a knee injury that still gives her nightmares. Raven is a tough-as-nails player who plays the same position as Lacy-and she's going after Lacy's starting spot.
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Colin O'Brady's awe-inspiring memoir spans his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident to his gripping 932-mile solo crossing of Antarctica. Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support and completely human powered. Yet, Colin O'Brady was determined to do just that, even if, ten years earlier, there was doubt that he'd ever walk again normally. From the depths of a tragic accident, he...
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When injured figure skater Willow takes the position of hockey goalie as part of her rehabilitation, the team captain starts to fall for her.
One unlucky injury and now Willow's in rehab. With the boy's hockey team. Figure skating was her whole world and Brodie, captain of the team, seems to think she is nothing but sequins and twirls. He's been working his tail off to get the team in a position to win the championships-- hopefully in front of major...
11) Rumor has it
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"Katie Quaid could never refuse a dare. It was the quality that had once made her a world-class equestrian. And it was the reason she'd been elected to introduce herself to Briarwood's intimidatingly gorgeous new resident. It took one week to make Nick Leone the focus of the Virginia town's rumor mill. So far he was a CIA agent, a male model, a fugitive--maybe all three. Whatever Nick was, Katie learned one thing right away: she liked him. And that...
12) Hit hard: one family's journey of letting go of what was--and learning to live well with what is
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"Life hit Pat and Tammy McLeod hard when their son Zach collapsed on a high school football field; he had sustained a severe brain injury. Facing the devastating possibility that things would never be the same for their beloved son, they committed to staying strong as a family and finding a way to maintain their footing. But the journey would reshape their faith, their family, and their future in ways they never saw coming. What would it take for...
13) The mighty oak
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"Tim O'Connor is paid to be violent. He plays for the El Paso Storm in the West Texas Hockey League. People call him Oak. He's been an enforcer for longer than his hip or shoulder or back have been able to hold together. He is a broken machine of gristle and rage. And he has been away from home for too long. He's called back to Boston by his mother's death. There he confronts a life he failed to live, a daughter he doesn't know, and a body that is...
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Former NFL wife Cyndy Feasel tells the tragic story of her family's journey into chaos and darkness resulting from the damage her husband suffered due to football-related concussions and head trauma--and the faith that saved her. "If I'd only known what I loved the most would end up killing me and taking away everything I loved, I would have never done it."- Grant Feasel. Grant Feasel spent ten years in the NFL, playing 117 games as a center and a...
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