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Founded in 1920, the National Football League chose famed athlete Jim Thorpe as its first president, a position he held briefly until a successor was elected. From 1921 to 1939, Joe F. Carr guided the sport of professional football with intelligence, hard work, and a passion that built the foundation of what the NFL has become: the number one sports organization in the world. During his eighteen-year tenure as NFL President, Carr created the organization's first Constitution & By-Laws; implemented the standard player's contract; wrote the NFL's first-ever Record and Fact Book; helped split the NFL into two divisions and establish the NFL's World Championship Game; started keeping league statistics; and developed the NFL Draft. But Carr's greatest achievement was creating a vision for the NFL as a big-city sport. By skillfully recruiting financially capable owners to operate NFL franchises in big market cities, he created the solid foundation for the league's successful future. While the sport has grown to unheard of heights, Carr's name and accomplishments have been lost and forgotten. The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr captures the life and career of this pivotal figure in professional sports, chronicling the many achievements of a man whose vision helped shaped what the NFL is today. With unlimited access and complete cooperation from the Carr family—including family interviews, personal letters, and family photos—as well as NFL League Minutes, Willis recounts the fascinating life and career of a man dedicated to the game.

Founded in 1920, the National Football League chose famed athlete Jim Thorpe as its first president, a position he held briefly until a successor was elected. From 1921 to 1939, Joe F. Carr guided the sport of professional football with intelligence, hard work, and a passion that built the foundation of what the NFL has become: the number one sports organization in the world. During his 18-year tenure as NFL President, Carr created the organization's first Constitution & By-Laws; implemented the standard player's contract; wrote the NFL's first-ever Record and Fact Book; helped split the NFL into two divisions and establish the NFL's World Championship Game; started keeping league statistics; and developed the NFL Draft. But Carr's greatest achievement was creating a vision for the NFL as a big-city sport. By skillfully recruiting financially capable owners to operate NFL franchises in big market cities, he created the solid foundation for the league's successful future. While the sport has grown to unheard of heights, Carr's name and accomplishments have been lost and forgotten. The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr captures the life and career of this pivotal figure in professional sports, chronicling the many achievements of a man whose vision helped shaped what the NFL is today. With unlimited access and complete cooperation from the Carr family—including family interviews, personal letters, and family photos—as well as NFL League Minutes, Willis recounts the fascinating life and career of a man dedicated to the game.

48-3939 GV954 2010-5351 CIP Willis, Chris. The man who built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr. Scarecrow, 2010. 461 ? bibl index afp ISBN 0810876698, $39.95; ISBN 9780810876699, $39.95

RUGBY PRO12 LEAGUE/Aironi 6 Leinster 22: THE 16-POINT winning-margin flattered Leinster in the end, but Joe Schmidt wasn't about to complain after watching his side equal Munster's 14-game unbeaten streak. AIRONI: G Toniolatti; R Pavan (G Pavan 69), R Quartaroli, G Pizarro, S Sinoti; N Olivier (L Orquera 54), T Tebaldi (T [Tyson Keats] 54); M Aguero (A de Marchi 44), R Santamaria (c) (F Ongaro 77), L Romano (S Perugini 44); G Biagi, C del Fava (F Ferrarini 24); N Cattina, S Favaro, J Sole. LEINSTER: L Fitzgerald; A Conway, E O'[Malley], B Macken (N [Noel Reid] 62), F Carr (D Hudson 74); I [Ian Madigan], I Boss (J Cooney 77); H van der Merwe (J McGrath 72), R Straus (A Dundon 75), N White (J Hagan 62-67); D Browne, D Toner; K McLaughlin, S Jennings (c) (D Ryan 60), R Ruddock (L Auva'a 54) .

PREDICTION: Funding will pick up for local startup firms, with software makers Revionics and Ignite Logic and wireless innovator TotalMass among those raking in dollars. PREDICTION: Swedish retailer IKEA will announce plans for its first Sacramento-area store -- in Natomas. REALITY: And how. First, in March, upstart carrier JetBlue Airways began offering service between Sacramento and New York. It added service to Washington, D.C., in May, the same month that Continental started Sacramento-Newark, N.J., flights. Then, in June, United jumped in with its own Sacramento-D.C. service.

DONATION IN KIND: The 84 Lumber Co. recently made a $2,390 donation in building materials to Habitat for Humanity of San Luis Obispo County. The donation will be used to support the opening of the Habitat ReStore program in the North County. BRIEFLY: Jessica Kahel, a licensed acupuncturist, was recently certified as a Diplomate in Oriental Medicine by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She has a clinical practice in Chinese acupuncture and Oriental medicine in Morro Bay. She specializes in quality of life issues for seniors and pain management. --Chenoa Demarest, a sales representative with Centex in San Luis Obispo, was recently named the Central Coast division's Sales Representative of the Year by the company. She is the current sales representative for Knollwood homes.

Joaquin Navarro-Valls, head of the Vatican press office, said in a statement on June 23 that there was no official word about the fate of Bishop Peter Zhao Zhendong of Xuanhua, 84, who was arrested on May 27. * Pope John Paul II's recent proclamation of a \"eucharistic year\" and his advancement of 13 Mexican sainthood causes has fueled speculation that he plans to travel to Mexico in October. Mexican organizers of the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara on Oct. 10-17 long ago invited the pope to attend. * A Ugandan archbishop, in an effort to stop a decades-long conflict in his archdiocese, called on the U.S. government to stop supplying military aid to his goveminent. Almost four out of five Catholics said me church's opposition to the death penalty would make no difference in how they voted. * The television series \"Joan of Arcadia,\" \"The Bernie Mac Show\" and \"Little Bill\" each picked up two nominations in the 30th annual Humanitas Prize competi- tion, which honors screenwriters whose work honestly explores the complexities of the human experience and sheds light on the positive values of life.