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Marty Dufresne sits in his wheelchair listening to the Tiger fight song.Ramsey Darder endures prison by playing the games over in his head.Big Ed Stanton never took up the game of golf, and yet he rides the streets of Bayou Vista in a cart nearly identical to Coach Mac’s, recalling the one time the old man invited him for a ride.' Far more than a memoir, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium is a brutally honest, profoundly moving look at what it means to surrender something you love. 'It ends for everybody,' writes John Ed Bradley, 'and then it starts all over again, in ways you never anticipated.

To understand why it’s so painful to give up the game, you must first understand the intimacy of the huddle. Inspired by a classic essay about a visit to a dying coach, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium explores in gorgeous detail the inescapable pull of college football-the cocky smiles behind the face masks, the two-a-day drills, the emotionally charged bus rides to the stadium, the curfew checks, the film-study sessions, the locker room antics, and the yawning void left in one’s soul the moment the final whistle sounds. Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Season of Life One of the best books I have read in years.' Here it is-a wonderful blend of honest introspection, passionate reporting, and superb storytelling. 'John Ed Bradley says that all he ever wanted to do was to leave behind a pretty piece of writing.

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