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1 online resource |
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text file rda |
Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Welcome; Dedication; Epigraph; Part I: Before; Prologue: A Football Metabolism; 1. Combine; 2. Brothers; 3. Tape Don't Lie; 4. An Inexact Science; 5. The Sound of Silence; 6. The Game Face Is On; Part II: During; 7. Training Camp; 8. Dime Spike 1 (Vegas); 9. The World Changes; 10. Dispatches from a Losing Streak; 11. Softness; 12. Revis Island; 13. Football Is My Father; Part III: After; 14. Rex in Winter; Afterword: Not For Long; About the Author; Also by Nicholas Dawidoff; Praise for Nicholas Dawidoff's ""Collision Low Crossers |
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Appendix I: Principal Characters-2011 New York JetsAppendix II: Schedule for a Typical Week During the Season; Source Notes and Acknowledgments; Newsletters; Table of Contents; Copyright |
Summary |
"Football is the country's most popular pastime, and yet most of what happens in today's NFL is a mystery. The New York Jets gave Nicholas Dawidoff a security code, a locker, an office in the scouting department, and for an entire year he lived with the team. He has written a vivid, funny, and moving narrative about an emblematic NFL season that deepens the way we know the game. In COLLISION LOW CROSSERS, Dawidoff introduces us to a memorable cast of characters: brilliant, polarizing head coach Rex Ryan; the defensive coaches and their offensive counterparts and rivals; the best defensive player in football Darrelle Revis and the young, whimsical, and erratic quarterback Mark Sanchez; and the brotherhood of American characters who come together to form a team. Here finally is the definitive work on the elusive game, a story that is part Paper Lion and part Moneyball, part Deliverance and part The Office"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
Subject |
New York Jets (Football team)
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National Football League.
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National Football League. |
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New York Jets (Football team) |
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Football -- United States.
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Football. |
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United States. |
Genre |
Electronic books. |
Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Dawidoff, Nicholas. Collision low crossers New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013 9780316196796 (DLC) 2013030013 (OCoLC)827082597 |
ISBN |
9780316251846 : $87.00 |
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0316251844 : $87.00 |
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