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Author Almond, Steve, author.

Title Against football : one fan's reluctant manifesto / Steve Almond.

Publication Info. Brooklyn : Melville House, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GV954 .A56 2014    Available  ---
Description xiii, 178 pages ; 20 cm
Contents I wasn't out cold, but I was out -- A brief and wildly subjective history of football -- A deep and true joy penetrated my being -- You knock my brains out this Sunday and I knock your brains out the next time we meet -- This eager violence of the heart -- "Get money!" on three -- Love song of Richie Incognito -- Blind spot -- Their sons grow suicidally beautiful -- All games aspire to a condition of war -- Bill Simmons draws the line -- Stop being a fan, start being a player.
Summary Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethically troubling behavior.
Subject Football -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Football -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Football.
Football fans -- United States -- Attitudes.
Football fans.
United States.
ISBN 161219415X (hardback)
9781612194158 (hardback)
9781612194165 (e-book)