Any football fan knows that scrambling is the way a quarterback can gain more time and more opportunity. But anyone familiar with Bernie Kosar s football career knows he didn t beat you with his physical prowess. Possessing slow feet, an awkward throwing motion and unorthodox mechanics, the kid from tough, blue-collar Youngstown, Ohio did not look like a prototype NFL quarterback. How he beat you and he beat a lot of people over the course of his college and NFL career was with a savant-like level of football intelligence and an indomitable will to win. Chronicling his rise from the hard-up steel town of his birth, to prominence as the leader of the University of Miami s first national championship team, and then to glory in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, the ride was not smooth and seldom came without a high cost. Kosar s well-documented struggles came largely after his playing career ended, and the combination of physical, marital, familial, and financial issues transcended his uncanny ability to break down Xs and Os and ultimately cost him heavily. Exploring his personal battles, Learning to Scramble is an unvarnished and completely authentic account of an extremely talented man s ability to not only learn from his mistakes, but to evolve and develop new ways of approaching life. It s a distillation of what can be done with just a little more time and a little more opportunity all you can accomplish when you learn to scramble.

Bernie Kosar: Learning to Scramble

Bernie Kosar

Craig Stout

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Game Day! Today in Cleveland Sports History

Budd Bailey

Larry Pantages

Sports & Outdoors

Cleveland's Towering Treasure celebrates the diamond anniversary of the city's most famous landmark, the Terminal Tower Complex. Amply illustrated with 176 photos and drawings, the book starts with the planning for the landmark, covers construction, and details its subsequent history to the present time, including the major renovations and new construction which converted the old railroad station into The Avenue shopping mall of Tower City Center. 
The book should be of interest to students of architecture, railroad history, and retail merchandising.

Cleveland's Towering Treasure: A Landmark Turns 75

Toman, James A.

Cook, Daniel J.

A Shaker Rapid Album is a pictorial history of the rapid transit cars that have carried passengers between downtown Cleveland and suburban Shaker Heights. Drawing on their extensive collections of Shaker Rapid photos, co-authors Jim Toman and Jim Spangler trace the different kinds of cars used on the line since 1920, from the 1200-series center-entrance fleet, through the colorful PCC car era, to the current fleet of Breda LRVs which have operated the line since 1982. Each photo section is preceded by a short essay giving the basic history of the various fleets. The photo selection covers the two branches of the Shaker line from its outer terminals at Green and Warrensville-Center roads, through Shaker Square, to the Cleveland Union Terminal station, on to the 1996 Waterfront extension, and many stops in between. The album shows the cars in all kinds of weather and in many different paint schemes. A Shaker Rapid Album contains 173 photos in all, with a 16-page center spread in full color. The "rapid" made the development of Shaker Heights possible, and it continues to be one of the most distinctive features identifying that classic Greater Cleveland suburb.

A Shaker Rapid Album

James A. Toman

James R. Spangler

Cleveland fans are a unique fraternity. They have had to cope with more losing seasons over a longer period of time that any other fans in the country. This book tells the story of how fans have dealt with 43 years of not having a championship- the longest drought among the 48 major league cities. It provides a statistical look at how the Cleveland scene compares with those in other major league cities, and details some of the heart-wrenching, frustrating, and even embarrassing moments that Cleveland fans have had to endure.

Surviving the Drought: Cleveland Sports Fans Since 1964

Gregory G. Deegan

Vintage Cleveland (Photographs of Yesteryear)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Superman. Tom Hanks. Nirvana. Devo. What do they all have in common? The answer might surprise you: Northeast Ohio. Equal parts reference book, trivia guide, photo album, and love letter, Pop Goes Cleveland! celebrates the symbiotic relationship between the region and its residents, many of whom have helped define American culture as we know it today.

Pop Goes Cleveland! The Impact of Cleveland (and Northeast Ohio) on Pop Culture

Peter Chakerian

Humor & Entertainment

This reverent book honors the history of the Diocese of Cleveland's closed churches. Through both text and photographs, the book illuminates the great faith that built and sustained these churches. It also describes the role these parishes played in the spiritual and cultural life of their local communities. The book constitutes a great keepsake for all who cherish the rich history of the Catholic Church in Cleveland, Ohio.

Founded in Faith: Cleveland Lost Catholic Legacy

Debra First

This tribute to Cleveland's famous Euclid Beach Park explores the amusement park during 1969, its last of operation. From the Flying Scooters to the Flying Turns, from the Log Cabin to the Laff in the Dark, and everything in between, the scene is captured in black and white and color photographs, none of which has been previously published. The book is a heartwarming return visit to the place which holds wonderful memories for so many Clevelanders.

A Euclid Beach Park Album

Dr. James A. Toman

Short in distance but long in memories, East Fourth Street's story has mirrored downtown Cleveland's dynamic rise, decline, and rebirth. Once the home to Cleveland's opera house, central markets, and five and dime stores, Fourth Street fell into disrepair in the second half of the 20th Century. Relive the stories and follow the renaissance of an urban Cleveland hotspot.

East Fourth Street: The Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of an Urban Cleveland Street

Alan F. Dutka

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