Madden: A BiographyNo person in the sports world is as popular 80-year-olds as well as 8-year-olds. And in Madden, Bryan Burwell gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the 'Boom!' in our Sundays. From Al Davis and the Raiders to Canton, from the booth to the bus to Turduckens on Thanksgiving Day, this is the definitive Madden book, a wild collection of stories from Madden's 50 years in the NFL. |
Contents
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PART | |
The Making of a Coach | |
Tracing the Seeds of Fear | |
Game Changer | |
The Players Coach | |
Were Gonna Win It All this Year | |
The Road to Salvation | |
The Super Bowl and Saying GoodBye | |
PART THREE | |
Discovering Television | |
The Making of a TV Star | |
To You Its a Show but to Me Its a Goddamned Game | |
The Hall Finally Calls | |
Three Simple Rules | |
The Raiders Mystique | |
The Controversial Pass Deflection | |
Always a Bridesmaid Never a Bride | |
The End is Near | |
This is My Game | |
Acknowledgments | |
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