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For the page-turning sports fan
America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation, by Michael MacCambridge, $27.95
This isn't a book for the casual NFL fan--or for the casual reader. This 458-page tome details the meteoric rise of professional football after World War II and provides an all-encompassing look at the game. MacCambridge's portraits of the key characters in football are riveting and the details overwhelming. The perfect pick for the die-hard NFL enthusiast.
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Wrigley Blues: The Year the Cubs Played Hardball With the Curse (But Lost Anyway), by William J. Wagner, $16.95
Wagner calls the Cubs "a symbol of eternal hope in the face of constant, blistering defeat." The former truth shines through in this wonderful book, and so, sadly and hilariously, does the latter truth--which, like any lifelong fan, Wagner has suffered vividly.
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The Last Season: A Team in Search of its Soul, by Phil Jackson, $24.95
You've got to read it--if only...
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