It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium: Football and the Game of Life | List Price: $24.95
Discount Price: $9.28
|
Binding: Hardcover
Release Date: 2007-09-04
The best reading material for any Tiger fan! [Posted on 2008-01-20]
This book contains several stories within the book about former tiger football player, John Ed Bradley along with his teamates and Coach, Charlie McClendon. It was interesting to hear a player's perspective on tiger stadium and LSU football. Bradley shares other stories within his own about teamates and life experiences that are interesting enough to make you want to re-read the book as soon as you finish it the first time! This book is everything and more that I imagined it would be! I highly recommend it. ***GEAUX TIGERS***
Nothing like LSU Football [Posted on 2008-01-22]
I could not put this book down! The way he moved back in forth in his life keep me on the edge of my seat to see what was coming next. Thank you Mr. Bradley for this wonderfull book.
Wonderful! [Posted on 2008-01-23]
A great read for LSU fans or college football fans in general. Great insight and also very well written. As close as most of us will ever get to Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.
Disappointment [Posted on 2008-07-01]
This book has its moments, but too few of them. The author, a former LSU football player shares his experiences of playing at LSU and afterwards as he tries to put his days in Baton Rouge behind him and become a writer.
I found it most interesting when he was sharing his experiences as a player. The rest of it is kind of ho hum. I never was too clear on just how much he wanted to stop being an LSU Tiger and how much he wanted to be a writer. He protesth a bit much. He included some really unrelated personal relationship stuff that was not unlike eveyone's experiences. At the end he lapsed into sort of a "what ever happenned to" treatment of former teammates. In the acknowledgements section the author admits that some of the content of the book was taken from earlier articles. It shows.
If You Don't Cry, You're Not a Football Fan [Posted on 2008-09-16]
Bradley has written a thoughtful, somber, and poetic memoir that reads as the flip-side to Jason Peter's drug-fueled Hero of the Underground. Every page is brimming with emotion, whether it's love or hate of the game of football. While the cover prominently features an LSU logo and colors, don't be fooled--this book is for all college football fans, not just LSU fans.
As some other reviewers have commented, there's not much action here, so it's not a rip-roaring read--it doesn't ever fully grip the reader in its clutches. This is partially due to the non-linear format. The chapters aren't ordered like a plot, and some readers may lose interest because of that. Could Bradley be too good of a writer for football fans to handle? I hope not.
The fact that the book is still so good in spite of its relative calm is a testament to its sharp writing. Bradley didn't win a Superbowl or a college National Championship; in fact, he never even tried out for the NFL. In the end, it doesn't matter: "It Never Rains..." is one of the best football books that I've ever read. Instead of a football player who happens to write, John Ed Bradley is a writer who happened to play football.
Click here for more details and discount information...
|
){kind=link}