Review: Mavericks, Money and Men, Charles K Ross

1
The AFL changed football in many ways but perhaps one of the most important was in the role of black players.

Review: Bringing the Heat, Mark Bowden

1
Mark Bowden spends a year following the 1992 Philadelphia Eagles.

Review: Son of Bum, Wade Phillips

1
Wade Phillips reflects on more than 40 years of coaching, including a decade spent coaching with his father, Bum Phillips.

Review: Collision of Wills, Jack Gilden

4
It would benefit from a tighter focus but this book on the tension between Don Shula and Johnny Unitas contains plenty of good anecdotes.

Not For Long, Robert W Turner

6
A timely book about the rights of players and what happens to them after their careers are over.

Finding the Winning Edge by Bill Walsh, review

9
One of the treasures of NFL books. Bill Walsh offers an in-depth view of the job of a head coach.

Blood, Sweat and Chalk by Tim Layden, review

4
Tim Layden breaks down 22 different plays, schemes and formations that changed football strategy.

The League, John Eisenberg

6
John Eisenberg examines the early decades of the NFL through the careers of five key figures who helped to shape it.