Michael Weinreb
1) Bigger than the game: Bo, Boz, the punky QB, and the making of the modern athlete in the eighties
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
ix, 260 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every Saturday in the fall, it happens: on college campuses, in bars, at gatherings of fervent alumni, millions come together to watch a sport that inspires a uniquely American brand of passion and outrage. It's a sport that so often hinges on the unpredictable: a hook-and-lateral, a Hail Mary, or a play so implausible that it is only known as The Play. It's a sport that, in these moments, feels a bit like life and death, if only slightly more important....