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Title: Bloody Sundays : Inside the Dazzling, Rough-and-Tumble World of the NFL by Mike Freeman ISBN: 0-06-008919-9 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Football Without The Glitz
Comment: Now that ESPN has bowed to the pressure of the NFL and cancelled the show "Playmakers," it's left to Freeman's book to look inside the NFL and show it warts and all. A lot of attention has been given to the author's chapters on 'Steven Thompson' the pseudonym for a closeted gay football player. That chapter simply confirms what everyone already knows - that gay men are in football but they are not out nor are they likely to come out in the near future. The rest of the time Freeman draws upon his contacts and years as a reporter to analyze the people he spotlights both in an historical sense, as well as through direct access to the people and those around them. He paints pictures of people who may get the shaft in their professional lives, but who came to the game and keep going despite hardships because they truly love football. You can debate his picks for the best of all time in various positions, but you have to give Freeman the slack to express his opinions after spending time reporting on his topic, and he tries to reason out his choices. The person who does not know the NFL won't really be served by using this as an introduction, but readers familiar with the game and the players (not necessarily fanatics) will find the peek behind closed doors interesting.
Rating: 5
Summary: Unbelievable amount of information
Comment: This is one of those books that gives you a "wow" feeling afterward, you can hardly believe what you just read. The author knows a lot of people and goes behind the scenes and undercover, he shows how the teams actually spy on their players! And how a player is actually drafted.
It's tough reading because you see how mean and unforgiving the game and the team is to a player. You see how ruthless a game football can be. You respect the football players a lot more, because you see how much pain they always have to suffer in their job, and how much they damage their bodies. The author talks a lot about history and individual stories here, which makes his book familiar and very interesting.
Rating: 5
Summary: on point
Comment: this Book doesn't back down or shy away from various topics&Covers Players,Coaches,etc.. really well.the NFL is the Pasttime Sport of now.
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Title: Going Long : The Wild Ten-Year Saga of the Renegade American Football League In the Words of Those Who Lived by Jeff Miller ISBN: 0071418490 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 24 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: LT: Over the Edge: Tackling Quarterbacks, Drugs, and a World Beyond Football by Lawrence Taylor, Steve Serby ISBN: 0060185511 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Do You Love Football?: Winning with Heart, Passion, and Not Much Sleep by Jon Gruden, Vic Carucci ISBN: 0060579447 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Sundays Heroes: NFL Legends Talk About the Times of Their Lives by Richard Whittingham, Pat Summerall ISBN: 1572435178 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Black and Honolulu Blue: In the Trenches of the NFL by Keith Dorney ISBN: 1572435658 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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