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Sports Illustrated Presents The Giants: A Season to Belive - Commemorative Issue Deluxe Edition

Editors of Sports Illustrated

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

The strong point of this book are the pictures. 4 out of 5 stars.
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The pictures are definitely top-notch! Would've given a top rating if the verbage matched it.

The Rise And Self-Destruction Of The Greatest Football Team In History: The Chicago Bears And Super Bowl XX

John Mullin

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

The Title Raises Eyebrows 3 out of 5 stars.
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I believe a book on the so-called "greatest football team in history" should be a more scholary effort than what we have here. This is a long ways from what we would get from an author such as David Halberstam who has done books on great teams. Leafing through the book it appears to have been put together in a very short time. I read the book in one sitting, a couple hundred pages with less than the usual amount of information on each page. This "greatest football team in history" may have been great, but it was so for only one year. Several of the things that caused this team to self-destruct are also found in other teams in other sports. The reasons are hardly unique to the 1985 Chicago Bears. The book is entertaining, but it lacks the meat and potatoes a book of this sort is trying to project. I found this book to be of similar quality to "'63: The Story of the 1963 World Champion Chicago Bears." Neither one is destined to become a classic in a sports' library. I enjoy reading books on George Halas and his legacy in pro football with the Bears, but both of these books need someone else to tell the story.

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The 1985 Bears, with their explosive concoction of talent, personality, eccentricity, and ego, were unlike any other collection of professional athletes that came before them. They changed the way Americans view their sports teams, and no other team since has even approached the phenomenon that swept the nation during the Bears’ run to Super Bowl glory. But the volatility that helped make the 1985 Bears the greatest football team on the planet also contributed to their inevitable implosion. This is the real story of one unique team’s rise to glory and a behind-the-scenes look at their fall from grace.

True Blue: The Colts Unfogettable 2006 Championship Season

Indianapolis Colts

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True Blue 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book captures the essence of the Colts' fabulous unforgettable season. A wonderful item for any Colts fan.

True Blue - Okay 3 out of 5 stars.
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The pictures and content in this book were great - more of a picture book than anything. The editing was horrible though - there were numerous gramatical errors throughout the book. I would still recommend bying it if you want a good history of the Super Bowl season.

Editorial Review:

The goal of the Indianapolis Colts is to have a franchise continually synonymous with success. Under the supervision of Jim Irsay, the Colts have been one of the NFL's top teams for the past eight seasons. The club has been a regular playoff participant, and the quest of the club was culminated with the Super Bowl XLI title. True Blue chronicles the Colts 2006 journey, a ride that produced a 9-0 start in consecutive regular season for only the second time in NFL history and the club's first world championship in 36 years. True Blue provides editorial and pictorial coverage of the players and staff from the start of the season in New York until the final gun at Miami brought the Super Bowl XLI title. The club's wonderful season is captured in True Blue.

Tough as Steel: Pittsburgh Steelers: 2006 Super Bowl Champions

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Official Super Bowl XLII 42 Game Program: New York Giants / New England Patriots

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

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• Official 288 Page Super Bowl® XLII game program
• Filled with colorful feature stories, photos and profiles
• Includes detailed scouting reports of the AFC and NFC champions
• Review of some of the great moments in Super Bowl® history
• A week-by-week review of the 2007 season

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New York Giants / New England Patriots Official Super Bowl XLII Game Program. Product Features * Official 288 Page Super Bowl XLII game program * Filled with colorful feature stories, photos and profiles * Includes detailed scouting reports of the AFC and NFC champions * Review of some of the great moments in Super Bowl history * A week-by-week review of the 2007 season

The Super Bowl of Advertising: How the Commercials Won the Game

Bernice Kanner

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The Super Bowl is not just the crowning glory of football. It is the ultimate arena for advertising-- the most watched, most anticipated, most expensive, most influential venue for major-league television commercials. It is the place for advertisers to be seen and to showcase their best work to some 800 million viewers around the world and is of intense interest to advertising, marketing, and branding professionals. Many tune in just for the ads, which cost millions to produce and air. From the Bud Bowl and "Whassup?" to "Mean" Joe Greene and Michael Jordan, the commercials have tickled the nation's funny bone and tugged at its heartstrings. The commercial spectacle has grown in magnitude along with the same itself to become an integral part of the annual event. This book is a tour of that advertising evolution--nothing the triumphs and embarrassing flops, lassoing behind-the-scenes stories of ads that are significant--because they broke new ground, inaugurated a major campaign, defined a new movement, set a milestone, or reflected life t the time in a unique way. Illustrated throughout with color stills from the commercials, "The Super Bowl of Advertisingwill bring back memories and remind us of how, for many, the commercials are the best part of the game.

Won for All : The Inside Story of the New England Patriots' Improbable Run to The Super Bowl

Pepper Johnson, Bill Gutman

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In a year when patriotic fervor swept across this country, another group of Patriots also staked a claim to a part of football history that will not soon be forgotten. A last place team in 2000, they won their division in 2001, then finished with three upset playoff victories, including the stirring last-second victory over the high-octane and heavily favored St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl. From training camp to Adam Vinatieri's dramatic game-winning field goal and its aftermath, Won for All is the inside story of how the team, maligned at the start of the season, overcame injuries and distractions to win it all - and the inside story from Pepper Johnson, the Patriots inside linebackers coach and a 13-year NFL veteran. Told in first-person narrative, Pepper will give the reader an intimate and unmatched perspective on the Patriots' amazing season. Observant and perceptive, he's willing not only to talk about what occurred on the field as the season progressed and began to crescendo toward its unlikely finale, but also address a number of other topics, many of which contibuted to their success, and some that will give fans an glimpse into everyday life in the NFL. Divided into 12 chapters, the narrative will reconstruct the season with intervening material on the inner workings of a team that remained largely invisible to Patriot followers. By showing what the team was like in all its dimensions and replaying all the defining moments of their magical season, Won for All has a chance to find a lasting place among football books.

The Super Bowl: An Official Retrospective

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Includes the NFL Network DVD In Their Own Words, featuring amazing footage from Super Bowls past and first-hand accounts from the players and coaches who lived these moments.

The Super Bowl: It’s not just a game, it’s a genuine cultural phenomenon viewed by hundreds of millions around the world. Written in conjunction with the National Football League, The Super Bowl: An Official Retrospective recreates all the glory, the spirit, and the magic of the biggest day in sport. From Lombardi, Starr and Namath to Bradshaw, Montana and Brady, The Super Bowl regales us with the teams, men, and memories that have transformed the Super Bowl into a global event.

Lavishly illustrated and featuring chapter introductions from NFL legends and Super Bowl MVPs Terry Bradshaw, Phil Simms, Roger Staubach, Bart Starr and Tom Brady, The Super Bowl is a story of dazzling individual performances, brilliant team efforts, fierce rivalries, improbable stars, and gifted players who have dominated pro football’s signature day.

The Super Bowl brings to life astonishing feats and unforgettable moments. There’s Joe Namath running into the tunnel after leading his upstart New York Jets to victory in Super Bowl III; Kansas City head coach Hank Stram parading up and down the sideline exhorting his Chiefs as they won Super Bowl IV; Lynn Swann’s incredible catches in Super Bowl X; Phil Simms’ near perfect game in Super Bowl XXI; the Dallas “triplets” — Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin — leading the Cowboys to three Super Bowl wins in the ‘90s; John Elway finally breaking his Super Bowl jinx in XXXII; Kurt Warner pacing the St. Louis Rams over the Tennessee Titans in a game not decided until the last play; and the cool self-assurance of Tom Brady leading his Patriots to three Super Bowl victories in four years.

The Super Bowl celebrates the game’s great teams and coaches: Lombardi’s Packers; Don Shula’s “perfect” Dolphins; Chuck Noll’s guidance of a star-studded Pittsburgh Steelers squad to four titles in six years; Bill Walsh’s 49ers, the team of the ‘80s; Bill Parcells’ two Super Bowl victories with the New York Giants–the first with superior firepower, the second through tactical prowess; Marv Levy’s sustained excellence in bringing his Buffalo Bills to four straight Super Bowls; and the quintessential man with the plan, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

The Super Bowl: An Official Retrospective is a must-have keepsake for any football fan. Filled with compelling anecdotes and images, this book perfectly captures the majesty and emotion of America’s biggest game.


“The feeling that you get running onto the field for that game is incredible. There’s no other thing that I’ve found I can do in my life that can measure up to that. There’s so much excitement and energy in your body. It’s the greatest rush of emotion that you could ever have.”
–Tom Brady, Patriots quarterback, two-time Super Bowl MVP




Rare Air Ltd. is a Chicago-based publishing and marketing communications company specializing in sports and entertainment properties and programs. The company combines state-of-the art technology and processes with award-winning graphic design, production and editorial to service clients such as Michael Jordan and JUMP, Inc., The National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, and The National Football League. Rare Air conceived, designed, and produced For the Love of the Game and is the exclusive provider of Michael Jordan publishing properties. Rare Air also produced The New York Yankees: 100 Years–The Official Retrospective.

Storybook Season : The 2000 Baltimore Ravens' Run to the Super Bowl

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No Sour Grapes Here 5 out of 5 stars.
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"A Reader" should get his facts straight before posting an idiotic review like that one. At least those in Cleveland got to keep their team name and colors. And you only had to wait three years, knowing the entire time that you were getting a team back. Baltimore had to wait 13 years - each of them uncertain. In you checked your facts, you would know that Art Modell had to move the team, and that there is no way that the Browns would have been able to pay players who wound up with the Ravens because he was losing money.

On to the book....A great book of memories from a great season. The 2000 Ravens was a great team full of characters. A great season for Baltimore!!!!

Editorial Review:

The Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl-winning season is brought to life in "Storybook Season." With over 150 vibrant, color photographs, together with extensive coverage by the Ravens' hometown newspaper, The Baltimore Sun, "Storybook Season" is a must-have for every football fan, and certainly every Baltimore Ravens' fan. Complete with per-game season statistics, it just doesn't get any better than this!

Contesting the Super Bowl

Dona Schwartz

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The Super Bowl is an annual American rite. Around the country, friends gather together around the television with beer and potato chips and gear up for the game of the season. A multi-million dollar event produced by the NFL, corporate sponsors and broadcast networks, the Super Bowl is a carefully crafted spectacle that seems more about revenue than football.

But what happens to your town when the Super Bowl comes to visit? Dona Schwartz seized the opportunity to find out when Super Bowl XXVI came to her home town, Minneapolis. The result is Contesting the Super Bowl, an alternative, non-NFL-sponsored examination of the event and its impact on the host community.

Since the Super Bowl is a visual spectacle, Contesting the Super Bowl employs visual means as part of its analytical arsenal. To cover the event, a team of nine photographers fanned out across the city in search of images that might tell a different story than the photographs dispatched by the press or the NFL. Issues probed by the lens include visible manifestations of race, class, and gender divisions, the roles played by local elites in marshaling the spectacle, and the function of the NFL and the media as storytellers. It integrates newspaper clips, quotes from "players" both on and off the field, NFL rules and regulations, photographers' first-person accounts of their experiences, along with photographs and a series of critical essays heading each chapter. In addition to offering an analysis of power, patriarchy and professional sport, Contesting the Super Bowl critiques its own narrative apparatus and the process of representation.

A humorous, and at times disturbing, portrait, Contesting the Super Bowl provides a peek at a different side of this enormously popular event.