Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times by Mark Leibovich
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I loved this book and the humorous voice of Mark Leibovich (as read by the narrator--excellent job!), even when talking about quite serious issues. Lots going on in the NFL in recent years--the so-called "Not For Long" league--and Leibovich does an excellent job in employing sarcasm and unflinching truths about it, in an engagingly irreverent tone. I gave it 4-1/2 stars in my Reading Log. Especially loved the "slant" that Leibovich has as an avid Patriots' fan, given that he grew up in the Boston area (and the olden non-golden years of the awful Pats), and the access he gained to both Brady, Belichick, and RKK (ah, Robert Kraft, as he likes to be referred to, while looking directly into people's eyes...or was it he being "directly looked" at in his eyes?). Published just prior to the season where the Patriots won their 6th Super Bowl--and seem poised, possibly, to going on with Brady & Belichick to win SB #7...we hope. And, surely, we'll watch those rewinds/replays over & over again...Borrowed this audiobook from the library.


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