![]() Almond is a sympathetic narrator, his evidence incontrovertible, the moral authority firmly on his side." ![]() “Steve Almond's blistering book Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto is exactly what it advertises itself to be: an exasperated, frustrated, wide-ranging argument that the time has come to abandon football - particularly but not exclusively the NFL - as a sport built on violence, racism, economic exploitation of poor kids, corrupt dealmaking with local governments over stadiums, and a willingness to find it entertaining to watch people suffer brain damage." “An unapologetic, frontal assault on the game's role in American culture." ![]() And every once in a while, he’ll blindside you with a big hit." “Almond is a shifty cornerback of a writer: rangy, sarcastic, offbeat. “ is a very good writer, and his analysis of problems confronting the game today is well done." “Almond is dead serious: Supporting a spectacle that causes brain damage is immoral." ![]()
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