Fans of sport will love these books and reviews curated by the sport and fitness fanatics at Fitrena.
"America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation" by Michael MacCambridge
This is as thorough and definitive a re-telling of NFL history from the post-World War II era to the near-present as there is. The tale kicks off with the Rams' move west to L.A. from Cleveland, delves into the AFL-NFL merger that ultimately launched the league into the sports stratosphere and ends around Janet Jackson’s time’s "wardrobe malfunction" during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII.
"Blood, Sweat and Chalk: The Ultimate Football Playbook" by Tim Layden
This book gives a quick breakdown of the history and invention of many of the formations and schemes we see in modern football with interviews from the people who were closest to the innovation and evolution.
"The Courting of Marcus Dupree" by Willie Morris
On its face, this is a story about high school football and college recruiting through the lens of Philadelphia, Mississippi, running back Marcus Dupree, one of the nation’s top prospects, and how football captivates the whole of the South. Morris uses the attention cast on Dupree and his hometown, where three civil rights activists were murdered in,1964 to assess Mississippi’s changing racial landscape from the 1960s to the 1980s. It’s about football and also very much not.
"The GM: A Football Life, a Final Season, and The Last Laugh" by Tom Callahan
I'm a sucker for an excellent behind-the-scenes book, and this one certainly fits the bill. Callahan gets excellent access with former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi throughout a season to give readers a glimpse of what life is like as an NFL GM. (On a personal note: This was also one of the books that nudged me toward sports writing and away from a possible career in politics, for which I am eternally grateful.)
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