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In these pages you'll find fascinating facts and invaluable information about just about every type of athlete and sport you can imagine--from home run hitters to hometown heroes, triumphs and tragedies, record-setters to barrier-breakers, upsets and upstarts, names and games, from draft pick to pick-and-role, winners and whiners, routes and routs, from servers to surfers, and from running backs to come-backs. You'll meet a one-legged mountain-climber, a surfing survivor, backward runners, an elephant polo player, and champions and All-Stars across the athletic spectrum. And don't miss the fifty-two quizzes to test your knowledge and memory. Most important, you'll discover points and principles from the Bible and sports to apply to competition and life.

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Dave Veerman played high school basketball and football and college football, has finished six marathons, and is a die-hard Cubs fan. A graduate of Wheaton College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Dave has written more than sixty books. He also served as a Senior Editor of the Life Application Study Bible and Student's Life Application Study Bible. The father of two daughters and a founding partner of The Livingstone Corporation, Dave and his wife, Gail, live in Naperville, Illinois. Dana Niesluchowski played a variety of sports in junior high and high school and received her B.S. degree in Kinesiology from Wheaton College and her M.A. in Exercise Physiology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She loves all sports and is an avid runner, and she especially enjoys cheering for the Chicago Cubs, Bears, Blackhawks, and Fire. While with Livingstone, Dana contributed to many resources, including the Legacy Bible, Lose It for Life, and iStand--the Power of Courageous Choices. Dana recently left Livingstone to be a stay-at-home mom for her new son, Edmund. She and husband, Walter, live in Oswego, Illinois. Formed in 1988, The Livingstone Corporation partners with Christian Publisher to produce Bible, books, Bible studies, curricula, and other resources.

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