| Description |
xxiv, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Brief portions of this work, some in slightly different form, first appeared in The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-358) and index. |
| Contents |
Football, in spite of itself -- Respite -- The Super Bowl without jock straps -- The monkey's ass -- Nuggets -- "Tom Brady here" -- "Beware the pissed off pretty boy" -- Garish fist ornaments -- Ballghazi -- Cheater -- No one buys tickets to watch a morality play -- Dings? -- Whuppings -- "We pay him damn well to be neutral" -- No broke dicks -- Roger and me -- The big splat -- Immortality gets old -- "Start blow-drying Teddy Koppel's hair 'cause this one's done" -- American carnage -- Patriotism -- Cheesehead elegy -- "We don't want you in Los Angeles" -- "I'm drunk, I'm stupid, I'm a Pats fan," the man told police -- The TV reporter in the Belichick underwear -- Clocks and sitcoms -- Turn-ons -- This man's liver belongs in Canton -- "Faith, family, and football...probably not in that order" -- "We need a black Charlton Heston" -- Just compartmentalize, baby -- The last visit. |
| Summary |
The "New York Times Magazine" chief national correspondent and lifelong Patriots fan presents a scathing analysis of professional football in the present climate of high success, dangerous injuries, and scandal. |
| Subject |
National Football League.
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National Football League. (OCoLC)fst00547559
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Football -- United States.
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Football -- Social aspects -- United States.
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SPORTS & RECREATION / Football.
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Football. (OCoLC)fst00931362
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Title |
NFL in dangerous times |
| ISBN |
9780399185427 (hardcover) |
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0399185429 (hardcover) |
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9780399185434 (ebook) |
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