Monsters - The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football (MP3 format, CD)

The gripping account of a once-in-a-lifetime football team and their lone championship season

For Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the 1985 Chicago Bears were more than a football team: they were the greatest football team ever a gang of colorful nuts, dancing and pounding their way to victory. They won a Super Bowl and saved a city.

It was not just that the Monsters of the Midway won but how they did it. On offense, there was high-stepping running back Walter Payton and Punky QB Jim McMahon, who had a knack for pissing off Coach Mike Ditka as he made his way to the end zone. On defense, there was the 46: a revolutionary, quarterback-concussing scheme cooked up by Buddy Ryan and ruthlessly implemented by Hall of Famers such as Dan Danimal Hampton and Samurai Mike Singletary. On the sidelines, in the locker rooms, and in bars, there was the never-ending soap opera: the coach and the quarterback bickering on television, Ditka and Ryan nearly coming to blows in the Orange Bowl, the players recording the Super Bowl Shuffle video the morning after the season s only loss.

Cohen tracked down the coaches and players from this iconic team and asked them everything he has always wanted to know: What s it like to win? What s it like to lose? Do you really hate the guys on the other side? Were you ever scared? What do you think as you lie broken on the field? How do you go on after you have lived your dream but life has not ended?

The result is "Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football," a portrait not merely of a team but of a city and a game: its history, its future, its fallen men, its immortal heroes. But mostly it s about being a fan about loving too much. This is a book about America at its most nonsensical, delirious, and joyful.

General

Imprint:	Blackstone Audiobooks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Rich Cohen
Readers:	Tom Taylorson
Format:	MP3 format
Running time:	647 minutes
ISBN-13:	978-1-4829-9055-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > American football
LSN:	1-4829-9055-5
Barcode:	9781482990553

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