Follett Distributes Sporting Chance Press Winning Ways

sportingchancepress.com Winning Ways Books

Libraries have many choices these days on where they can buy their books.  It's not easy to secure partners who can sell your books to libraries.  For libraries and schools using Follett Corporation to provide their books, our Winning Ways Series is now available from them. Our Papa Bear and the Chicago Bears' Winning Ways (middle grades) and Baseball's Winning Ways (young adults) are now available through Follett.

Baseball’s Winning Ways is written for enjoyment, inspiration, and information by the author of The 10 Commandments of Baseball, J. D. Thorne. Baseball’s Winning Ways examines baseball eras and their backgrounds, along with profiles of great current and past players. The drama of the game, its history, baseball superstitions, statistics, and the story of trading cards are presented clearly for readers from age 12 on up. The central theme of the book is baseball’s principles that are essential to the best baseball programs. The author points out that baseball promotes certain virtues that are so important today. These are the values that parents, grandparents, teachers, and coaches want to pass down to the next generation—as important now as ever.

 

Papa Bear and the Chicago Bears' Winning Ways by Patrick McCaskey tells the dramatic story of George Halas and his crucial role in professional football--all written for middle grades and young adult readers. Papa Bear's leadership took professional football from its beginning into the modern age. In Papa Bear and the Chicago Bears' Winning Ways, highlights of history are presented with vintage photographs so readers are not only  exposed to story of football, but they get  American history as well. Halas's important words of wisdom, his winning ways, are also explored and are tied into Ben Franklin's self-help methods for young people. A glossary, quiz, and discussion questions offer young football fans plenty of  learning opportunities whether at home or used in a school setting. Grandparents and parents will want to get this guide for their children and help expose them to some of the history, culture, and virtues that so important.

2020 Sportsmanship

Our 2020 Sportsmanship is the most ambitious book in Patrick McCaskey’s popular Sports and Faith Series. The iconic cover photo of George Halas and Vince Lombardi says a lot about the book!

First, readers are treated to a wonderful Chicago Bears Calendar of historical events that celebrate one piece of Bears’ history for each day of the year. Facts surrounding many Bears’ players and their achievements are found here reflecting the hundred year history of the team. 

Next, individual chapters feature interesting stories, sports segments, personal reminiscences, faith experiences, and the author’s humorous musings. Reflecting the practice of classic sports journalist memoirs, McCaskey has frequently written about his favorite athletes and coaches. In Sportsmanship, the author adds a new twist to this practice by including a chapter on favorite writers who have inspired him. 

Perhaps a surprise for some readers will be the author’s chapter on biblical poems based on the four Gospels. Towards the end of the volume are McCaskey’s speeches that have been used at social and civil events, motivational presentations to churches and schools, and all types of occasions relating to his passion, the Chicago Bears.

As a Bears’ Vice President who is immersed in community outreach and personal charitable pursuits, McCaskey writes about many exceptional people that he has known along the way. Writing and speaking for many decades, the author is an athlete in his own right whose tastes in literature have influenced his career. McCaskey has always followed his grandfather George Halas’s advice to maintain a positive outlook. At the same time, readers will recognize his own enthusiasm for respecting those around him and taking time to smile and enjoy himself in his efforts.

Specifications: 

• Paperback : 368 pages
• ISBN-10 : 1734586303
• ISBN-13 : 978-1734586305
• Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
• Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.92 x 8.5 inches
• Publisher : Sporting Chance Press, Inc. (February 5, 2020)
• Price: $20, write publisher for quantity discounts. 

Sporting Chance Press Announces Publication of New Book: Poems About the Gospel

Poems About the Gospel features 150 short works written by Patrick McCaskey. Each poem provides the author's own take on an individual passage of one of the Evangelists that are often read at Mass and other Christian services. The poems reveal the thoughts and feelings of a modern man responding to the Gospel with faith, humility, and humor. The author’s poems remind us that the Christian faith is just as alive today as ever, and the inspired writings live alongside all our foibles and culture. The author’s sense of reality rushes in at unexpected times with a “time out” for humor. Readers are struck with all the author’s variety of thoughts that fall as they might, but never take away from the faith distilled. A 45+ year veteran and Vice President of the Chicago Bears, Patrick McCaskey is the grandson of founder George Halas. McCaskey has written many books on sports and faith. He serves as Chairman of Sports Faith International an initiative which recognizes people who are successful in sports while leading exemplary lives. The author also chairs WSFI Catholic Radio that broadcasts to northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin.