Almond, Steve.

Against football : one fan's reluctant manifesto / Steve Almond. - 1st ed. - xiii, 178 pages ; 20 cm

I wasn't out cold, but I was out -- A brief and wildly subjective history of football -- A deep and true joy penetrated my being -- You knock my brains out this Sunday and I knock your brains out the next time we meet -- This eager violence of the heart -- "Get money!" on three -- The love song of Richie Incognito -- The blind spot -- Their sons grow suicidally beautiful -- All games aspire to a condition of war -- Bill Simmons draws the line -- Stop being a fan, start being a player.

9781612194158

2014018038


Football--Moral and ethical aspects.
Football fans--Attitudes.--United States

GV954 / .A56 2014

796.332