Mike Lupica's Official Website - Million Dollar Throw Challenge

Will Tyler can fly on a football field. He may not be the biggest running back around, but no one can touch him when it comes to hitting the hole and finding the end zone. And no one can match his love of the game. When Will has a football in hand, he may as well be flying for real because life can't touch him - his dad isn't so defeated, his town isn't so poor, and everyone has something to cheer for. All of which does him no good if the football season is canceled. With no funding for things like uniforms and a cared-for playing field, with seemingly every other family moving to find jobs, there simply isn't enough money or players for a season. Unless one kid can rally an entire town and give everyone a reason to believe...

Mike Lupica Tour Dates for The Underdogs

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Tuesday, September 20
B&N Tribeca (tentative)
97 Warren Street
New York, NY

Wednesday, September 21
RJ Julia
768 Boston Post Rd
Madison, CT 06443-3047

Thursday, September 22
Harleysville Books
672 Main Street
Harleysville, PA 19438-1679

Friday, September 23
Anderson's Bookshop
123 West Jefferson
Naperville, IL 60540

Sunday, September 25
Anderson's (Naperville, IL)
Books & Books
9700 Collins Ave # 204
Bal Harbour, FL 33154-2216

Tuesday, September 27
Quail Ridge
3522 Wade Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27607-4048

Wednesday, September 28
Book Ends
559 Main Street
Winchester, MA 01890-2914

Thursday, September 29
B&N, Nashua (tentative)
235 Daniel Webster Highway
Nashua, NH 03060

Just about everybody who'd ever seen Will Tyler play said the same thing—that he could fly on a football field.

He was definitely flying now.

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