Big game the NFL in dangerous times

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"Like millions of Americans, Mark Leibovich has spent more of his life tuned into pro football than he'd care to admit. A lifelong fan of the New England Patriots, he kept his obsession quiet, making a nice career for himself covering that other playground for rich and overgrown children, American politics. Still, every now and then Leibovich would reach out to Tom Brady to gauge his willingness to subject himself to a profile. He figured that th...

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ISBN:

9781984827685

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

xxix, 530 pages (large print) : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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

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2586327

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