from the Miller Library, Keystone College, La Plume, PA
If Football’s a Religion, Why Don’t We Have a Prayer? 796.332 L856i 2005, by Jere Longman, is a very funny look at the dedication of Philadelphia Eagles fans. Longman focuses specifically on the 2004 Super Bowl. All of Philly was caught up in Eagles Fever even the governor of PA.
In How March Became Madness,796.323 E35h 2005, Eddie Einhorn tells the tale of how he turned college basketball into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. In 1968 when college basketball was just basketball he had an idea to broadcast these games and the rest is history.
Murderball, DVD 796.333 M974 2005, is an amazing documentary about quadriplegic rugby players. They’ve all ended up in wheelchairs for different reasons but they all have the same goal….to win. These games are rough and no one wears a helmet. The stereotypes of the disabled do not apply here.
Alone in the Trenches by Esera Tuaolo 796.332 T883a 2006 tells the tale of a Samoan man playing in the NFL for nine years with a deep dark secret. Tuaolo writes about his troubled childhood of abuse and confusion. He explains how difficult it was too live with the knowledge that he was gay when he felt no one, in the world of professional football, would understand.
