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Author name: John Ed Bradley

 : It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium: Football and the Game of Life
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.33263092
EAN num: 9781933060330
ISBN number: 1933060336
Label: ESPN
Manufacturer: ESPN
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: September 04, 2007
Publishing house: ESPN
Release Date: September 04, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 186221
Studio: ESPN




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'It was the biggest high you could have. No drugs could match it. The way it felt to run out there with the crowd yelling for you. I wish every kid could experience that.'Such was the charmed life of 21-year-old John Ed Bradley, All-SEC center for the Louisiana State University Tigers. But after his final football game, a 34-10 Tiger romp over Wake Forest in the 1979 Tangerine Bowl, he firmly closed the door to his locker and to his past. He moved on, seemingly untouched by the game, to become a successful journalist and novelist.But Bradley couldn't help looking back, and soon that past was right in front of him. After the deaths of his old coach, Charles McClendon, and a fellow lineman, Bradley could no longer fight off his Tiger memories. Twenty-three years later, he still knew the names, weights, and jersey numbers of the teammates he had called brothers, and whom he had been neglecting ever since.It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium is inspired by Bradley's classic essay 'The Best Years of His Life,' which appears in Sports Illustrated: Fifty Years of Great Writing. It chronicles his rediscovery of the team that he had long forsaken but never forgotten, and his search for forgiveness from teammates who had never forgotten him.



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User popularity level:  out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - Disappointment
This book has its moments, but too few of them. The author, a former LSU football player shares his experiences of playing at LSU and afterwards as he tries to put his days in Baton Rouge behind him and become a writer.
I found it most interesting when he was sharing his experiences as a player. The rest of it is kind of ho hum. I never was too clear on just how much he wanted to stop being an LSU Tiger and how much he wanted to be a writer. He protesth a bit much. He included some really unrelated personal relationship stuff that was not unlike eveyone's experiences. At the end he lapsed into sort of a "what ever happenned to" treatment of former teammates. In the acknowledgements section the author admits that some of the content of the book was taken from earlier articles. It shows.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Wonderful!
A great read for LSU fans or college football fans in general. Great insight and also very well written. As close as most of us will ever get to Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Nothing like LSU Football
I could not put this book down! The way he moved back in forth in his life keep me on the edge of my seat to see what was coming next. Thank you Mr. Bradley for this wonderfull book.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - The best reading material for any Tiger fan!
This book contains several stories within the book about former tiger football player, John Ed Bradley along with his teamates and Coach, Charlie McClendon. It was interesting to hear a player's perspective on tiger stadium and LSU football. Bradley shares other stories within his own about teamates and life experiences that are interesting enough to make you want to re-read the book as soon as you finish it the very first time! This book is everything and more that I imagined it would be! I highly recommend it. ***GEAUX TIGERS***



Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - Dont get the praise for this One!

I see that some people loved it but I thought it was boring and wouldn't recommend it .

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