The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL
by Mark Bowden
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Author: Mark BowdenReader: Phil Gigante
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2008-05-12
ISBN: 142336791X
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged Lib Ed
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Book Review: All NFL Roads Lead to this game
Summary: 4 Stars
The 1958 NFL Championship Game is and always will be the starting point for any discussion about the birth of modern pro football. While some consider it the greatest game ever played, I think an argument can be made against that. Bowden recalls a list of the sloppy play that were part of this game. However, what is undoubtedly true is that this was the most important game in NFL history. Pro football was not the dominant sport and money making machine of today. Baseball still ruled the roost of professional sport. Bowden nicely weaves the elements that converged to give this game its importance -- growth of television in post-WWII America, a game that ran into prime time viewing hours so millions more than die-hard fans were tuning in to catch the end of the game, the first sudden death championship game in the NFL and the backdrop of the most important American city and the pantheon of sports, Yankee Stadium.
Bowden does a solid job, especially as he zeroes in on Raymond Berry and Johnny Unitas, the most unlikely of stars to emerge. However, I couldn't help feel that something was missing. I was left wanting more -- more detail, more context, more perspective. I felt like Bowden delivered the facts but a game of this magnitude and importance deserved more.
This is a solid book, certainly a quick read and well worth the investment. It certainly does match the magnitude of the game which it is covering, but is a great starting point for any fan of the NFL.
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