Overview
Gridiron football is the king of sports - it's the biggest game in the strongest and richest country in the world. In The King of Sports, Easterbrook tells the full story of how football became so deeply ingrained in American culture. Both good and bad, he examines its impact on American society. The King of Sports 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 way football helps American colleges (it's not bowl revenue) and American cities (it's not Super Bowl wins). * What happens to players who are used up and thrown away (it's not pretty). * The hidden scandal of the NFL (it's worse than you think). 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 major-college head coach while also graduating players, Easterbrook shows how one big university ""does football right."" Then he reports on what's wrong with football at the youth, high school, college and professional levels. Easterbrook holds up examples of coaches and programs who put the athletes first and still win; he presents solutions to these issues and many more, showing a clear path forward for the sport as a whole.
Full Product Details
Author: Gregg Easterbrook
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.70cm
Weight: 0.313kg
ISBN: 9781250012609
ISBN 10: 1250012600
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 30 September 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Praise for The King of Sports Read this book with a highlighter in hand. It is the most significant book you will ever read on football. -Brian Kenny, former anchor, SportsCenter I've long admired Gregg Easterbrook's writing. Now I admire his conscience. The King of Sports is an important book for football America.'' --Peter King, senior writer, Sports Illustrated The King of Sports provides a vivid, authoritative, insightful and above all provocative account of the role of football in American life. --Michael Mandelbaum, author of The Meaning of Sports The King of Sports is a must-read for all of us who love the game of football. --Aaron Schatz, editor-in-chief, Football Outsiders.com College and professional football generates billions of dollars annually in revenue. Easterbrook, the author of ESPN's popular column Tuesday Morning Quarterback , looks beyond the dollar signs, examining many of the sport's darker issues... A valuable analysis that will significantly alter the ways that readers view football. -- Booklist Easterbrook presents muchto consider and discuss in his diagnosis and treatment plan, which should be of interest to a broad audience. - Library Journal , starred review Praise for Tuesday Morning Quarterback One of the Web's surprise cult hits. -- The New York Times Hilarious entertainment . . . Tuesday Morning Quarterback has pretty much locked up the genre of humorous football poetry. -- National Public Radio, All Things Considered
Author Information
GREGG EASTERBROOK is the author of a dozen books, including The Leading Indicators, The Progress Paradox, The Here and Now and Sonic Boom. He is a contributing editor of The Atlantic Monthly and The Washington Monthly, and a columnist for ESPN.com. He has been a distinguished fellow of the Fulbright Foundation, a visiting fellow of the Brookings Institution, and a political columnist for Reuters.
