This weekend, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots will face off in the 52nd Super Bowl. In the meantime, here are three books that take you behind the scenes of the game and highlight the characters and circumstances that affect football greatness.
THE BLIND SIDE Ostensibly, this book is about Michael Oher, a black child who grew up poor in Memphis, raised by a crack-addicted mother until he was adopted by a family who helped him graduate high school and primed him for a career in professional football.
Evolution of a Game
By Michael Lewis
304 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. (2006)