Description:
"After four decades inside the NFL, Peter King has stories no one else can tell." --Troy Aikman
"[A] joyful, insightful, colorful, remarkable look at the modern rise and reign of the NFL through the lens of football's greatest chronicler and storyteller." --Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author
With his signature blend of history, insider reporting, sharp opinion, and vivid anecdote, Peter King offers?an extraordinary front-row-seat chronicle of the modern NFL, taking us into the defining moments, teams, controversies, and more.
Brief description: Peter King wrote for Sports Illustrated from 1989 to 2018, including the weekly multiple-page column "Monday Morning Quarterback." He is the author of five books, including Inside the Helmet. He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year three times. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Review Quotes: For decades, Peter King was required Monday morning reading for passionate, intelligent football fans who wanted to know what was going on in the league. With The Game, Peter steps back and gives us the long view, showing how the nation's most popular sport evolved over the past 40 years into an American cultural monolith with global aspirations.--Michael MacCambridge, author of America's Game