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The 1976 National Champion Pitt Panthers. David Finoli.

The 1976 National Champion Pitt Panthers. David Finoli. Miracle on Cardiac Hill. It is not often that fans get to see their favorite college football team win a championship. It is even more extraordinary when that happens during the first year of ever attending games for your favorite college football team. Well, that was exactly my experience in the fall of 1976, as a 9-year-old, when I was afforded the great luxury and opportunity with my family to attend University of Pittsburgh football games that season for the first time. It was a historical season for many reasons but also an exciting time for sports in western Pennsylvania as the Pittsburgh Steelers were winning super bowls and the Pittsburgh Pirates were regular contenders for the National League pennant. Author David Finoli explains how the local University captured some of that Esprit De corps in hi...

Uninvited: The 1963 Pitt Panthers. David Finoli & Gary Kinn.

It seems hard to believe that a team with only one loss could be left out of a post season in any sport. However, that is exactly what happened to the University of Pittsburgh’s football team upon the completion of the 1963 season. Pittsburgh writer and sports authority David Finoli and his co-author Gary Kinn wrote about this underrated team and their surprising success through what was not only challenge in western PA but also took place during a turbulent time throughout the nation. Finoli and Kinn go through each game of the season explaining the important details of each contest, even including the box score and statistics. We like that they provided key plays but did not overwork the explanation in each chapter. The authors mostly kept to the facts at hand without offering personal opinions about the quality of play and performance. Instead, they let the quotes from ...

Iron in the Blood. Jay Busbee.

Iron in the Blood. Jay Busbee. How the Alabama vs. Auburn Rivalry Shaped the Soul of the South. As far as college football rivalries go the annual game between the two biggest schools in the state of Alabama ranks among the best in the nation. The game, played at the end of the regular season, is known as the Iron Bowl because it traditionally took place in Birmingham, the state’s largest city. However, the Pittsburgh in the south, happened to be fertile region blessed with iron-ore resources at one point during the 20th century, hence the moniker that sticks to this day. Veteran author Jay Busbee decided to add another literary resource, for which there is seemingly no shortage of documentation, describing this rivalry and fascinating topic by publishing his book Iron in the Blood . This is a book that gives equal quarters to both of the prominent state schools and fervently discusses...

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