John Eisenberg
Auteur van That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory
Over de Auteur
John Eisenberg is the author of nine previous books, including That First Season and Ten-Gallon War, and a former sportswriter for the Baltimore Sun. He also has written for Sports Illustrated and Smithsonian Magazine. Eisenberg lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Werken van John Eisenberg
That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory (2009) 72 exemplaren
My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak with America's Favorite Horse (1709) 54 exemplaren
Ten-Gallon War: The NFL's Cowboys, the AFL's Texans, and the Feud for Dallas's Pro Football Future (2012) 22 exemplaren
The Mammalian Radiations 1 exemplaar
Advances in the Study of Mammalian Behavior 1 exemplaar
Man and Beast 1 exemplaar
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Although I enjoy watching and supporting my team - The Ravens (coincidentally the author, John Eisenberg, turns out to be a member of The Ravens staff), I’m not really a fan of the sport overall as such.
But this turned out to be a fascinating story of the faith that five very different men put in the idea and potential future of pro-football. Covering the years from the formation of a league no one cared about in the 1920s to its ground breaking deal in the late 50s that positioned it as the TV sport of the future this is a no-holes barred look at the people who made it happen.
Ironically the book does loose some momentum when it diverts away from the human story into gameplay and match descriptions. But overall it’s an engrossing story of passion, rivalry, friendship, and above all a shared common belief.… (meer)