The League

How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire

John Eisenberg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2019
Basic Books (Verlag)
978-1-5416-1864-0 (ISBN)

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The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $14 billion in annual revenue. But it was not always a success. In The League, John Eisenberg focuses on the pioneering sportsmen who kept the league alive in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s,when its challenges were many and its survival was not guaranteed. At the time, college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing dominated America's sports scene. Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell believed in pro football when few others did and ultimately succeeded only because at critical junctures each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the league.

At once a history of a sport and a remarkable story of business ingenuity, The League is an essential read for any fan of our true national pastime.

John Eisenberg is the author of nine previous books, including That First Season and Ten-Gallon War, and a former sportswriter for the Baltimore Sun. He also has written for Sports Illustrated and Smithsonian Magazine. Eisenberg lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.02.2019
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 208 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-5416-1864-5 / 1541618645
ISBN-13	978-1-5416-1864-0 / 9781541618640
Zustand	Neuware