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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN num: 9781933060675
ISBN number: 1933060670
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: October 07, 2008
Publishing house: Ballantine Books
Release Date: October 07, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 44871
Studio: Ballantine Books
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'The best sports book of the year.'
- Sports Illustrated
'John Ed Bradley says that all he ever wanted to do was to leave behind a pretty piece of writing. Here it is-a wonderful blend of honest introspection, passionate reporting, and superb storytelling. One of the best books I have read in years.'
- Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Season of Life
Inspired by a classic essay about a visit to a dying coach, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium explores in gorgeous detail the inescapable pull of college football-the cocky smiles behind the face masks, the two-a-day drills, the emotionally charged bus rides to the stadium, the curfew checks, the film-study sessions, the locker room antics, and the yawning void left in one’s soul the moment the final whistle sounds. To understand why it’s so painful to give up the game, you must very first understand the intimacy of the huddle. 'It ends for everybody,' writes John Ed Bradley, 'and then it starts all over again, in ways you never anticipated. Marty Dufresne sits in his wheelchair listening to the Tiger fight song...Ramsey Darder endures prison by playing the games over in his head...Big Ed Stanton never took up the game of golf, and yet he rides the streets of Bayou Vista in a cart nearly identical to Coach Mac’s, recalling the one time the old man invited him for a ride.' Far more than a memoir, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium is a brutally honest, profoundly moving look at what it means to surrender something you love.
An Amazon Editors’ Best Book of 2007
'John Ed Bradley is a rare gem, a gifted writer trapped in the body of a football player. It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium will send chills down the back of anyone who loves the game and will echo in the minds of former players long after they’ve put it down.'
- Tim Green, best-selling author and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
'A mesmerizing read...achingly sentimental in some parts, brutally truthful in others...'
- Chicago Tribune
'The best memoir I have ever read on how a particular game, win or lose, can linger with us.'
- Josh Levin, Slate
'An unsparing and often beautiful chronicle of [Bradley’s] endeavor to join polite society.'
- Play Magazine
'A lyrical memoir...about his teammates, his coaches, his parents and the magnetic power of football in Louisiana.' - National Public Radio
'Heart-wrenching, honest, insightful and hard to put down.' - The Franklin Sun
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John Ed Bradley's book, out in paperback, is just a heartrendingly pretty and loving glimpse into a former college football player's life after the cheering stops. Mr. Bradley wrote an article for Sports Illustrated back a few years ago that the book is based on, detailing the death of his beloved LSU head coach and Bradley's conflicting emotions concerning his playing days and the aftermath of what was a solid playing career that ended in 1979.
This book is simply wonderful. I read it in a matter of hours, and enjoyed every page, every word. I have not read any of Mr. Bradley's fiction, having only grown familiar with him through his contributions to SI, bit can't recommend this book highly enough for any reader, no matter their age of devotion to college football.
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