Paper Lion still delivers
George Plimpton’s Paper Lion immediately discounts the notion anyone can step into professional sports and perform. The book also does little to reduce romance in the idea. Professional sports can turn intelligent and capable men into fanatics and fools. And…
Stupid Moneyball Arguments
Earl Weaver once posited a theory regarding baseball success: the best teams will lose 60 games, the worst teams will win 60 games – it’s what you do with the other 42 games that matter. Never before in the history…
Review: The Man Who Invented Pro Football by George Cantor
Paul Brown’s legacy casts a long shadow into the modern version of professional football. In Paul Brown: The Man Who Invented Pro Football, George Cantor touches on some of Brown’s modern innovations and chronicles his journey through Ohio football from…