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PIGSKIN BOOKS
A Guide to American Football Books
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The $1 League, Jim Byrne
Shane Richmond
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January 22, 2023
The Birth of Football’s Modern 4-3 Defense, TJ Troup
Paul Brown: The Man Who Invented Modern Football by George Cantor, review
America’s Trailblazing Middle Linebacker by Joe Zagorski, review
Best Shots by Tom Barnidge (Ed), review
TOP FIVES
Top five: books for Cincinnati Bengals fans
January 22, 2021
Five of the best books for fans of the Cincinnati Bengals.
Top five: the NFL in the 1970s
December 29, 2020
Top five: books for New Orleans Saints fans
November 22, 2020
Top five: The NFL and the Presidency
October 26, 2020
Top five: books for Autumn 2020
August 16, 2020
STRATEGY
The Birth of Football’s Modern 4-3 Defense, TJ Troup
A year-by-year breakdown of how the modern 4-3 defense evolved in NFL football in the 1950s.
January 15, 2023
Review: Blood, Sweat and Chalk, Tim Layden
Tim Layden breaks down 22 different plays, schemes and formations that changed football strategy.
October 11, 2018
The Games That Changed the Game, Ron Jaworski
October 6, 2018
The Genius of Desperation​, Doug Farrar
September 25, 2018
The Blind Side, Michael Lewis
August 1, 2018
INSIDE THE TEAM
No Medals for Trying by Jerry Izenberg, review
Review: About Three Bricks Shy… by Roy Blount Jr
Review: The Last Season of Weeb Ewbank by Paul Zimmerman
FOOTBALL HISTORY
The $1 League, Jim Byrne
The story of the ill-fated United States Football League, which took on the NFL in the 1980s.
January 22, 2023
NFL Football by Richard C Crepeau, review
October 11, 2020
Any Given Sunday by Matthew Sherry, review
September 19, 2020
The NFL’s Greatest Day by Brad Schultz, review
January 20, 2020
NFL 100 by Craig Ellenport, review
November 1, 2019
COACH BIOS
Paul Brown: The Man Who Invented Modern Football by George Cantor, review
Perhaps the most influential head coach of all time, Paul Brown is profiled in 10 games from his career in George Cantor's book.
January 7, 2023
Chasing the Bear by Lars Anderson, review
August 1, 2020
The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam, review
July 26, 2020
Sid Gillman by Josh Katzowitz, review
March 10, 2020
Shula by Mark Ribowsky, review
October 22, 2019
INTERVIEWS
Brian Billick: How do we take Trubisky at one and let Mahomes fall to 12?
Matthew Sherry: Everything goes back to Bert Bell
Jeff Benedict: My motto is ‘story, story, story’
Neil Reynolds: Interviewing Joe Montana at his house was a ‘pinch yourself’ moment
CATEGORIES
Books
123
Top Fives
29
Football history
25
Features
22
Coach bios
18
Football & Society
13
Strategy
5
Team history
12
Player bios
10
Coffee table books
9
Football business
7
Inside the team
7
Team building
6
TEAM HISTORY
Loser Takes All by Ed Fowler, review
An angry examination of the mismanagement of the Houston Oilers franchise and the organisation's departure for Tennessee.
Shane Richmond
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November 8, 2020
The Dynasty by Jeff Benedict, review
The New England Patriots have dominated the NFL for two decades. With unprecedented access to the organisation’s key figures, Jeff Benedict examines the reasons for their success.
Shane Richmond
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September 2, 2020
From Colts to Ravens by John Steadman, review
John Steadman covered Baltimore football for more than 50 years. This book shares his inside view.
Shane Richmond
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June 21, 2020
The Yucks by Jason Vuic, review
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost their first 26 games as a franchise. The Yucks tells the story.
Shane Richmond
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February 22, 2020
Review: Beyond Broadway Joe by Bob Lederer
Bob Lederer's Beyond Broadway Joe looks, as the title suggests, at the other players that formed the Super Bowl III-winning New Yorks Jets.
Shane Richmond
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April 3, 2019
PLAYER BIOS
America’s Trailblazing Middle Linebacker by Joe Zagorski, review
February 21, 2021
Kansas City Chiefs legend and Hall of Fame Willie Lanier gets a long-overdue biography, written by Joe Zagorski.
Review: Instant Replay by Jerry Kramer
September 6, 2019
Instant Replay, Jerry Kramer's diary of the Green Bay Packers' 1967 season, has rightly earned its place among the great football books.
Review: Snake by Mike Freeman
June 24, 2019
An enthusiastic but honest biography of one of football's legendary figures, Ken 'Snake' Stabler.
TEAM BUILDING
The Q Factor by Brian Billick and James Dale, review
September 29, 2020
Crunching Numbers by Fitzgerald and Natarajan, review
May 31, 2020
Gridiron Genius by Michael Lombardi, review
November 13, 2019
COFFEE TABLE
Best Shots by Tom Barnidge (Ed), review
January 13, 2021
’69 Chiefs by Michael MacCambridge, review
October 16, 2019
Review: The Pro Football Experience by David Boss
October 3, 2019
Review: NFL 100 by Rob Fleder
September 25, 2019
FOOTBALL & SOCIETY
Football’s Fearless Activists by Mike Freeman, review
September 15, 2020
Love, Zac by Reid Forgrave, review
September 8, 2020
Growing Up On the Gridiron by Vicki Mayk, review
August 31, 2020
The King of Sports by Gregg Easterbrook, review
April 29, 2020
FOOTBALL BUSINESS
Glory For Sale by Jon Morgan, review
January 7, 2021
Review: Brand NFL by Michael Oriard
August 6, 2019
Big Game, Mark Leibovich
December 6, 2018
The Billion Dollar Game, Allen St John
September 2, 2018
Top five: books for LA Rams fans
Shane Richmond
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May 24, 2020
Top five: books for New England Patriots fans
Shane Richmond
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April 2, 2020
Top five: NFL 100 books
Shane Richmond
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February 29, 2020
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