Football history

The two NFL playoff games on December 23, 1972, were so good that the day was the best in NFL history, argues Brad Schultz.

The 100 greatest moments from the NFL's first 100 years is one of those ideas that was waiting to be done. Craig Ellenport, former senior editor at NFL.com, has taken up the challenge.

Joe Horrigan, who spent 42 years as the Pro Football Hall of Fame's resident historian, examines the history of the NFL as the league celebrates its 100th season.

ESPN journalist Sal Paolantonio's book, How Football Explains America, frequently feels like the material is being squeezed to fit the narrative.

City of Champions is an exhaustively-researched book about a high school football team that brings to life small-town America in the late 1930s in ways that are genuinely moving.

The AFL changed football in many ways but perhaps one of the most important was in the role of black players.

John Eisenberg examines the early decades of the NFL through the careers of five key figures who helped to shape it.

Jeff Pearlman delivers the chaotic - and frequently hilarious - story of the USFL.