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Synopsis
A Super Bowl-winning coach, an Emmy Award-winning analyst, and the namesake of the Madden NFL video game shares his extensive knowledge in an ultimate football resource that traces the sport's history, profiles prominent players, reveals game-making plays, and much more.
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About the Author
John Madden has spent his entire professional life as a football player, coach, or commentator. As head coach of the Oakland Raiders, he led his team to victory in Super Bowl XI. He has won fourteen Emmy Awards for his work in the booth and is the author of four New York Times bestsellers. Mr. Madden lives in Pleasanton, California, with his wife, Virginia.
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Grade 3–6—This title traces the evolution of professional football from its humble beginnings as an Ivy League-college pastime in the 19th century to one of the most popular spectator sports in the United States. In a somewhat dry narrative, Madden focuses on the development of the game, presenting chronological chapters that introduce significant time periods and identify key players and teams. The text emphasizes rules, prominent athletes, and strategies with sidebars and full-color photographs offering additional information. The author's name recognition through video games and his visibility as a sports commentator will be a natural lure for young readers. This clear, well-organized account is appropriate for report writers and is a solid choice for libraries needing to update their sports-history collections.—Michael Giller, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville
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The emphasis in this picture-book-size volume is on pro rather than college football. The book relates how the game changed from a rough-and-tumble league sport centered in small Midwestern cities into the corporate powerhouse that it is today. Along the way, the authors discuss rule and strategy changes and major stars who made the modern game. Lots of photographs and sidebars are included, although many fans will wish for more pictures instead of the sometimes redundant text. Of course, John Madden has become a brand name, but his distinctive voice, heard in his TV color commentary, is apparent only in his brief, somewhat confusing introduction. Most of the text is rather workmanlike, so this is recommended only for libraries needing additional material on the history of the professional sport. A few additional sources, Web sites, and a glossary are appended. Todd Morning
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