"The best sports book of the year."
"- Sports Illustrated"
"John Ed Bradley says that all he ever wanted to do was to leave
behind a pretty piece of writing. Here it is-a wonderful blend of
honest introspection, passionate reporting, and superb
storytelling. One of the best books I have read in years."
- Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Season of Life
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. To understand why it's so painful
to give up the game, you must first understand the intimacy of the
huddle. "It ends for everybody," writes John Ed Bradley, "and then
it starts all over again, in ways you never anticipated. 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.
An Amazon Editors' Best Book of 2007
"John Ed Bradley is a rare gem, a gifted writer trapped in the body
of a football player. It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium will send
chills down the back of anyone who loves the game and will echo in
the minds of former players long after they've put it down."
- Tim Green, best-selling author and member of the College Football
Hall of Fame
"A mesmerizing read...achingly sentimental in some parts, brutally
truthful in others..."
"- Chicago Tribune"
"The best memoir I have ever read on how a particular game, win or
lose, can linger with us."
- Josh Levin, "Slate"
"An unsparing and often beautiful chronicle of [Bradley's] attempt
to join polite society."
"- Play Magazine"
"A lyrical memoir...about his teammates, his coaches, his parents
and the magnetic power of football in Louisiana." - National Public
Radio
"Heart-wrenching, honest, insightful and hard to put down." "- The
Franklin Sun
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