national football league

"With this book, Segal focuses on the NFL, and provides a vast collection of poorly aged predictions and analysis from NFL media members and personalities about some of the most famous teams and players in the league's history"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at pro football, including statistics and records, players, and history.

"[Presents] narrative play-by-plays of record-making Super Bowl moments sports fanatics should know"--Back cover.

Traces the history of the NFL over the last fifty years, focusing on how the sport and its image have evolved and exploring how increasing commercialization have impacted its place in American culture.

Presents some of most exciting and consequential NFL Super Bowl championships ever played. It will explore the players, coaches, and moments that made these championship games become an unforgettable part of pro sports history.

Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi takes readers on the ultimate journey through the NFL's history to present his calls on the greatest players and coaches the sport has ever seen. From Monday Night Football to Super Bowl Sunday, the NFL is a dominating force in the lives of millions of fans who tune in and passionately cheer for their favorite teams. And when the games are over, the conversation is just getting started. Who's the greatest player of all time? Which coaches truly shaped the game we known and love today? What was the most unforgettable game? Why is professional football such an undeniable part of our culture? Three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi has done it all-from scout to executive to coach-and now he sets the record straight on these questions and more.

Provides an overview of the history of the merger between the National Football League and American Football in 1966 which led to the first Super Bowl Game.

"Learn all about the National Football League. Discover fascinating facts, from record-breaking stars to winning teams and important positions"--Provided by publisher.

"An . . . overview of the Las Vegas Raiders football team, covering their origins, their home stadium, their mascot, famous players and coaches, and well-known plays throughout the team's history"--Provided by publisher.

"As eighteen-year-old Sid Luckman made headlines across New York City for his football exploits at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, his father, Meyer Luckman, was making headlines in the same papers for a very different reason: the gangland murder of his own brother-in-law. Amazingly, after Sid became a star at Columbia and then led the Chicago Bears to multiple NFL championships, all while Meyer wasted away in Sing Sing, the connection between sports celebrity son and mobster father was ignored by the press and then overlooked for eight decades. "Tough Luck" traces two historic developments connected by a single immigrant family in Depression-era New York: the rise of the National Football League through the dynastic Chicago Bears, whose famed owner George Halas convinced Sid Luckman to help him turn the sluggish game of pro football into America's favorite pastime; and the demise-triggered by Meyer Luckman's crime-of the Brooklyn labor rackets and of Louis Lepke's infamous organization Murder Inc."--Provided by publisher.