The League how five rivals created the NFL and launched a sports empire
The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus taking in $14 billion in annual revenue and provoking intense national debate over issues from player safety to political protest. Yet its current dominance obscures a surprising origin story. As it turns out, in the beginning...
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New York :
Basic Books-Hachette Book Group
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Part One. Chapter 1: Halas: The founder
- Chapter 2: Mara: The promoter
- Chapter 3: Marshall: The showman
- Chapter 4: Bell: The profligate son
- Chapter 5: Rooney: The gambler
- Part Two. Chapter 6: Almost broke
- Chapter 7: New ideas
- Chapter 8: Benny and the Giants
- Chapter 9: Instituting a draft
- Chapter 10: Betting bonanza
- Chapter 11: Move to DC
- Part Three. Chapter 12: Brotherhood of rivals
- Chapter 13: A step forward
- Chapter 14: The greatest rout
- Chapter 15: Same, old Pirates
- Chapter 16: Political winds
- Chapter 17: Dog meat
- Chapter 18: Two wars
- Chapter 19: The right guy in charge
- Part Four. Chapter 20: Back across the color line
- Chapter 21: Scandal
- Chapter 22: Everyone loses
- Chapter 23: The little black box
- Chapter 24: All-white Redskins
- Chapter 25: Forty million viewers
- Epilogue.
