Five Books for Super Bowl Sunday
February 5, 2012 | M | Comments (0)
It's a big day for sports fans. It always seems to me that the Super Bowl broadcast lasts for an entire weekend while the game itself is relatively brief. If you get bored during the pre-pre-pre-game show or the post-post-post-game analysis, you might like to read one of these books about football.
That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set in on the Path to Glory by John Eisenberg
Everyone loves a comeback story. In a single season, legendary coach Vince Lombardi took the Green Bay Packers from laughing stocks to champions.
The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Game Changed Football Forever by Frank Gifford
Frank Gifford, MVP of the 1958 Championship Game, sometimes called "the best game ever", discusses the game and its impact on football.
The Making of the Super Bowl: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Sporting Event by Don Weiss
Weiss, one of the founding fathers of the Super Bowl, describes the creation and history of the event.
Scoreboard, Baby: a Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry
Investigative reporters Armstrong and Perry discovered that behind the 2000 Rose Bowl winning season of the University of Washington Huskies lay a network of law enforcement officers, university administrators and citizens who ignored, excused and abetted the criminal behaviour of the team's players.
War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team by Michael Holley
Holley looks at the wide-spread influence of New England Patriots coach Belichick on other teams and on football in general.
