The beauty of the tailgate / Zach Posner and Daniel Furlong -- Introduction -- The league today. The mayor of Philadelphia gives a press conference / Christing Nangle -- The 1920s: the NFL as a struggling startup. The house of DuPuy / Andy Richter -- The 1930s: the NFL as a teenager. So, your team has to make a change / Donick Cary -- Thank God for the catch rule / Zach Posner and Daniel Furlong -- The 1940s: fighting against the war. Who's who on an NFL sideline / Brian Kelley -- The 1950s: big league on campus. Football fun! (a crossword) -- Peace & love & war & rivalry. The biggest super bowl halftime scandals / Broti Gupta -- (The disparity of) the 1970s: the "haves" and the Detroit Lions. You can't spell childhood trauma without the letters c, f, and l / Robert Cohen -- The 1980s: a decade between the '70s and '90s. THe 1990s: the NFL on cruise control. Operation : football fan / Michael Price -- The 2000s and beyond: heavy is the head that wears the helmet. The beauty of the tailgate / Zach Posner and Daniel Furlong -- The league today.
Summary:
"The Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football is a love letter to America's favorite game, full of highlights, history, great plays and players, scandals, Super Bowls, and a series of lies, idiotic theories, baseless conspiracies, a diet that may kill you and, of course, a poorly-written haiku"-- Provided by publisher.
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