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008    130613s2013    nyu      b    001 0 eng   
010      2013023495 
020    9781250011718|q(hardcover) 
020    125001171X|q(hardcover) 
020    1250012600|q(trade paperback) 
020    9781250012609|q(trade paperback) 
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035    (OCoLC)827257025 
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100 1  Easterbrook, Gregg. 
245 14 The king of sports :|bfootball's impact on America /
       |cGregg Easterbrook. 
250    First Edition. 
264  1 New York :|bThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,|c2013. 
300    354 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tPreface --|tThe view from Fancy Gap --|tIf the call is 
       gun weak Trey Dallas --|tHow the NFL pretends to be the 
       Nonprofit Football League --|tToo bad you weren't invited 
       to the Fiesta Frolic --|tAre college football players 
       exploited? --|tYour knee can be fixed, but your brain is 
       expendable --|tHow 307 pounds became undersized --|tThe 5-
       star invitation-only elite showcase --|tUsed up and thrown
       away --|tWith liberty and football for all --|tInside a 
       football game --|tThe future of football. 
520    "Gregg Easterbrook is one of the country's best-known 
       football commentators, having analyzed football on-air for
       ESPN and the NFL Network. MSNBC calls his ESPN blog "the 
       best and most compelling football column anywhere." The 
       King of Sports takes an expansive look at our biggest 
       sport. Easterbrook explores these and many other topics: 
       The real harm done by concussions (It's not to NFL 
       players) The real way in which college football players 
       are exploited (It's not by not being paid) The reason 
       football helps American colleges to be great institutions 
       (It's not bowl revenue.) The way football has aided the 
       revival of American cities (It's not Super Bowl trophies) 
       The hidden scandal of the NFL (You'll have to read the 
       book) Using his year-long exclusive insider access to the 
       Virginia Tech football program, where Frank Beamer has 
       compiled the most victories of any active NFL or college 
       head coach, Easterbrook shows how VT does things right. 
       Then he reports on all the things wrong with football and 
       moves to examples of how the sport can be reformed to keep
       it just as popular and exciting, but not as notorious. 
       Rich with reporting details from interviews with current 
       and former college and pro football players and coaches. 
       The King of Sports promises to be the most provocative and
       best-read sports book of the year"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Football|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  7 SPORTS & RECREATION / Football.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports.|2bisacsh 
994    02|bWHP