Scrimmage Scramble

Anais is having a hard time dealing with a new exchange student, and decides to challenge him in a sport. This works until the whole school gets drawn into an intergalactic showdown with a made-up sport as the battle field.

A guide for women football fans explains each component of the game of football, describes the role of each position player, outlines common plays, and provides descriptions of some of the most memorable moments in NFL history.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.

When Anais goes to Darwin and Gumball for help in learning about sports to prove she can beat the new exchange student, things get out of hand when the whole school gets involved in a fake sport that her brothers totally -no, really- know how to play. Anais is having a hard time dealing with a new exchange student, and decides to challenge him in a sport...only, she doesn’t know how to play any sports. Deciding that Gumball and Darwin will be the help she needs, she asks her brothers to show her how it’s done. Gumball and Darwin don’t want to let her down, but also have no idea what they are doing, and so they decide to invent their own sport to show off how cool they are. This works until the whole school gets drawn into an intergalactic showdown with their made-up sport as the battle field. Written by Megan Brennan (Steven Universe, Pencil Pup) and illustrated by Kate Sherron (Regular Show), The Amazing World of Gumball: Scrimmage Scramble is a slam dunk on the football field, you won’t want to miss out on these sporty hijinxs -- no matter what planet you’re on!

When Gumball sleeps through the delivery of his favorite new toy and it goes missing, it’s up to him and Darwin to set off through town to solve the mystery of the missing toy. Gumball has his sights on one thing: getting the new limited-edition action figure of video game hero Knife Fightgood…except the package turns up missing when he sleeps through the delivery. Knowing the worst has happened--that someone’s stolen Knife Fightgood--it’s up to Gumball and Darwin to find him! Along with Anais, the boys set off through town following the clues to a mysterious underground system beneath Elmore and uncover a truth they never thought possible. From writer Megan Brennan (Steven Universe, Pencil Pup) and artist Kate Sherron (Regular Show) comes Elmore’s greatest detective caper yet as Gumball and Darwin channel their favorite fictional heroes to unravel the mystery of the Tunnel Kingdom.

NFL coaches love to say that quarterbacks always get too much credit for winning or too much blame for losing. Football fans know better. The great quarterbacks are difference makers. They make the split-second decisions that produce big plays, elevate their teammates, and lead the way to Super Bowl glory. The great quarterback is, in short, the most irreplaceable player on the field. The San Francisco 49ers could not have won their first four Super Bowls without Joe Montana, a genius at picking apart defenses and pulling out last-minute victories. The Pittsburgh Steelers would not have won four Super Bowls in six years without the powerful arm and irrepressible leadership of Terry Bradshaw. The New York Jets could never have pulled off the most famous NFL upset of all time, a Super Bowl III win over the Baltimore Colts, without the swagger and skill of Broadway Joe Namath. He guaranteed a victory, then made good on his guarantee. In Riddell Presents The Gridiron's Greatest Quarterbacks, fans will meet the legendary field generals who grace the annals of professional football. Author Jonathan Rand ranks the top 25 quarterbacks of all time and recalls the greatest triumphs, extraordinary talents, and powerful personalities that made them and their teams winners. From Sammy Baugh and Sid Luckman, who put the quarterback position on the map, to Bart Starr, John Unitas, Bradshaw. Montana, John Elway, Dan Marino and Brett Favre, these are players of diverse skills, sizes, and temperaments who each arrived at the destination of greatness. Rand also details the rise of the African-American quarterbacks, who overcame decades of racism and cynicism to make their mark, the trade secrets of thegreat comeback quarterbacks, and how it feels to get buried under enormous defensive players and be the most marked man on the field. Through the words of these great quarterbacks and their teammates, coaches and opponents, readers will gain an understanding as to why the gridiron's greatest quarterbacks and the gridiron's greatest players are so often the same people.

Includes the short story "Hidden value" by Jeremy Lawson.