Bibliograph

Lasting impact, one team, one season : what happens when our sons play football, Kostya Kennedy

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Label

Lasting impact, one team, one season : what happens when our sons play football, Kostya Kennedy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lasting impact

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

935196284

Responsibility statement

Kostya Kennedy

Sub title

one team, one season : what happens when our sons play football

Summary

"The New Rochelle High School team in suburban New York is like many across the country: a source of civic pride, a manhood workshop for a revered coach and an emotional proving ground for boys of widely different backgrounds. In the fall of 2014, New Rochelle's season unfolded alongside watershed NFL head injury revelations and domestic abuse cases (remember Ray Rice?), as well as fatalities on nearby fields. The dramatic narrative of that season, for players, parents and coaches, underscores fundamental questions. Are football's inherent risks so great that the sport may not survive as we know it? Or are those risks worth the rewards that the game continues to bestow, and that can stay with a young man for a lifetime?"--Front flap of jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the question -- A note about this book -- Hey, Coach D -- Camp Brookwood -- Mess up your baseline, bro -- What we do -- Opening night -- A homegoing -- Ray Rice is here -- The stand -- Once and always a Huguenot -- Elephant in the locker room -- A death too close to home -- Bullies and brothers -- No. 1 and knowing it -- Arlington -- To play or not to play

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