Download When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak AudioBook Free
The book that motivated the ESPN documentary 151: THE BEST Streak is currently revised and kept up to date! By 2002, The Streak - a traditional 13-12 months run of consecutive wins by the Spartans, a high-school basketball team from Concord, California, that couldn't be beat - was still heading strong. In such a revised release of When the Game Stands Extra tall, writer Neil Hayes, who had unrestricted usage of the De La Salle team, writes from the within about the game titles, the players, and their visionary trainer, Bob Ladouceur, who were able to amass the best winning ratio in football background (.995) through located for something higher than winning. The book, which also features interviews with major sports figures like Costs Walsh and John Gruden, is a revealing family portrait of the trainer who believed most importantly in instilling basic life skills where winning is not the target, but simply the byproduct of playing the game. The Streak had become a nationwide story a long time before it concluded in Sept 2004. In such a modified paperback, Neil Hayes catches up on the lives of the key characters and will take readers through the ultimate tumultuous 12 months. What results is a timeless and inspirational storyline of have difficulties, tragedy, and triumph.
