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The boys of Riverside a deaf football team and a quest for glory

In November 2021, an obscure email from the California Department of Education landed in New York Times reporter, Thomas Fuller's, inbox. The football team at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside, a state-run school with only 168 high school students, was having an undefeated season. Afte...

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Main Author: Fuller, Thomas (Journalist) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Deaf athletes > California > Riverside.
Deaf youth > California > Riverside.
High school athletes > California > Riverside.
Football players > California > Riverside.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Phillip
  • Hell week
  • A school among the orange groves
  • A taste of victory
  • Hearing with your eyes
  • On a roll
  • Stamina
  • The sound of the sun
  • Frowned upon by the gods
  • The facetime revolution
  • Deafness as a choice
  • Fame
  • The deaf brain
  • Avalon
  • Battered
  • A football? But it's not round
  • Underdog meets top dog
  • Finishing with a bang
  • Unfinished business
  • "Full sprints!"
  • "Be hungry for it! Be angry!"
  • "They think we are nothing"
  • Deaf vs. deaf
  • Playing a deaf legend
  • Felix
  • The speech
  • "I'm playing! I'm playing!"
  • The wicks and the bombs
  • An apparition on the practice field
  • Playing with fire
  • The psychology of winning
  • The throw
  • Blocking and tackling
  • College dreams
  • "That kid can play anywhere"
  • "You guys deserved this".

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