"An expansive and detailed history of the N.F.L....MacCambridge
deftly integrates well-chosen accounts of games with profiles of
league visionaries and tales of television negotiations and
internal meetings...MacCambridge combines prodigious interviewing
and research with a savvy use of anecdotes."
--"New York Times" Book Review
"A thorough, admirably researched and exceptionally interesting
account of football's rise to its present eminence."
--"Washington Post" Book World
"MacCambridge's sweeping history of pro football starts just before
WWII, when the National Football League was still largely a
regional organization, and ends with Janet Jackson's wardrobe
malfunction at Super Bowl XXXVIII. Though there are plenty of vivid
descriptions of remarkable games, what sets this chronicle apart
from a slew of other recent football books is the depth and breadth
of its stories about players, coaches and owners...This magisterial
history is a fitting acknowledgment of the sport's legacy."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"America's Game tells the beguiling story of pro football-from
Johnny Unitas's high-topped shoes to Janet Jackson's exposed
breast. It is both rollicking and scholarly, definitive and
distinctive. You will never find more concise or pleasurable
portraits of some of the names that are already storied, including
Vince Lombardi, Pete Rozelle, Jim Brown, and Joe Namath, and some
giants of the game whose luster is harder to recall, including Bert
Bell, Kenny Washington, Ed Sabol, and George Allen. It is
indispensable to understanding pro football, and a wonderful
enhancement to enjoying it."
-SCOTT SIMON, host, NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday "The authentic
story ofhow the NFL won America's heart has never been told-until
now. Michael MacCambridge weaves a fabulous tale, guiding us
through sixty years of professional football. It is a sports story,
of course, filled with great games and rich characters. But it is
also a big American story. Anyone wondering what makes our vast,
violent, adoring, breathless, late-charging, hard-hitting,
face-painting, high-fiving, touchdown-celebrating, Super
Bowl-partying country tick will find some fascinating answers
here."
-JOE POSNANSKI, columnist, "The Kansas City Star"
"Michael MacCambridge's prologue begins with the 1958 NFL
Championship game, the first pro football game I remember. The
league is dramatically different now, and MacCambridge captures
every essential aspect of that evolution in this revealing history
of what is now America's most popular sport."
-BOB COSTAS, host, HBO's Inside the NFL
"Michael MacCambridge has written a lively, highly entertaining
book on the ascent of the NFL into the center of America's DNA. If
there is a better book on the subject, I'm not aware of it."
--DAVID HALBERSTAM
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