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America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation MacCambridg
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- 9780375504549
- Book Title
- America's Game : the Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Football
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 34.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 576 Pages
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It's difficult to imagine todaywhen the Super Bowl has virtually become a national holiday and the National Football League is the country's dominant sports entitybut pro football was once a ramshackle afterthought on the margins of the American sports landscape. Yet in the span of a single generation in postwar America, the game charted an extraordinary rise in popularity, becoming a smartly managed, keenly marketed sports entertainment colossus whose action is ideally suited to television and whose sensibilities perfectly fit the modern age. Pro football's ascent is an epic American story, and America's Game does it full justice. Beginning with the World War II years, when the NFL was fighting for its very existence, Michael MacCambridge traces the game's grand transformation, with particular attention paid to six key franchisesthe Rams, Browns, Colts, Cowboys, Chiefs, and Raidersand how their fortunes reflected the larger growth of the game itself. Along the way we meet the sport's legendary architects, men such as Pete Rozelle, George "Papa Bear" Halas, Bert Bell, Tex Schramm, and Lamar Hunt, as well as a wide range of its memorable charactersincluding Johnny Unitas, Paul Brown, Vince Lombardi, Jim Brown, Al Davis, Joe Namath, Bill Walsh, and Deion Sanders. In the process we witness the rivalries, the games themselves, and the passion that have made professional football the nation's signature sport. MacCambridge continues the story through the turbulent 1980s and 1990s, when labor disputes and off-field scandals shook the game to its core, and up to the sport's present-day preeminence under Paul Tagliabue. The unique portrait of the modern game's inner workings and relentless competitiveness sheds light on contemporary stars such as Ray Lewis and Peyton Manning, as well as on the men whose leadership skills are scrutinized and second-guessed by much of the country, celebrated coaches such as Bill Parcells, Dick Vermeil, Tony Dungy, and Brian Billick. Magisterial and sweeping, definitive and unprecedented in scope, America's Game is cultural history at its finest. A thoroughly entertaining account of the entire universe of professional football, from locker room to boardroom, from playing field to press box, it is a unique lens through which to view the past sixty years of American history.
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375504540
ISBN-13
9780375504549
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30540680
Product Key Features
Book Title
America's Game : the Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Football
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
34.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv954.M32 2004
Reviews
"An expansive and detailed history of the N.F.L….MacCambridge deftly integrates well-chosen accounts of games with profiles of league visionaries and tales of television negotiations and internal meetings…MacCambridge combines prodigious interviewing and research with a savvy use of anecdotes." --New York Times Book Review "A thorough, admirably researched and exceptionally interesting account of football's rise to its present eminence." --Washington Post Book World "MacCambridge's sweeping history of pro football starts just before WWII, when the National Football League was still largely a regional organization, and ends with Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at Super Bowl XXXVIII. Though there are plenty of vivid descriptions of remarkable games, what sets this chronicle apart from a slew of other recent football books is the depth and breadth of its stories about players, coaches and owners…This magisterial history is a fitting acknowledgment of the sport's legacy." --Publishers Weekly "America's Game tells the beguiling story of pro footballfrom Johnny Unitas's high-topped shoes to Janet Jackson's exposed breast. It is both rollicking and scholarly, definitive and distinctive. You will never find more concise or pleasurable portraits of some of the names that are already storied, including Vince Lombardi, Pete Rozelle, Jim Brown, and Joe Namath, and some giants of the game whose luster is harder to recall, including Bert Bell, Kenny Washington, Ed Sabol, and George Allen. It is indispensable to understanding pro football, and a wonderful enhancement to enjoying it." SCOTT SIMON, host, NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday "The authentic story of how the NFL won America's heart has never been tolduntil now. Michael MacCambridge weaves a fabulous tale, guiding us through sixty years of professional football. It is a sports story, of course, filled with great games and rich characters. But it is also a big American story. Anyone wondering what makes our vast, violent, adoring, breathless, late-charging, hard-hitting, face-painting, high-fiving, touchdown-celebrating, Super Bowl-partying country tick will find some fascinating answers here." JOE POSNANSKI, columnist, The Kansas City Star "Michael MacCambridge's prologue begins with the 1958 NFL Championship game, the first pro football game I remember. The league is dramatically different now, and MacCambridge captures every essential aspect of that evolution in this revealing history of what is now America's most popular sport." -BOB COSTAS, host, HBO's Inside the NFL "Michael MacCambridge has written a lively, highly entertaining book on the ascent of the NFL into the center of America's DNA. If there is a better book on the subject, I'm not aware of it." --DAVID HALBERSTAM
Copyright Date
2004
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2004-052003
Dewey Decimal
796.332/640973
Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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