Why people recommend it
The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook explores the violent nature, concussions, and pervasive cheating of 1970s professional football. The book was discussed by Bill Burr on an episode of the Monday Morning Podcast. During the show, the host mentioned receiving the book as a gift from someone named Lawhead. He explained to his listeners that the publication focuses on the era when players simply competed through severe injuries like concussions and sheds light on the high level of cheating that took place during games in that gritty decade of professional sports history. The mention provided listeners with a glimpse into the physical brutality and historical realities of the sport as detailed in the author's work.
Who recommended it
- Alex Epstein Discussed
Alex Epstein — 1 mention
“in a Los Angeles Times review of the end of nature Kevin's influential book”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“Lawhead gave me the book, uh, some of the last headbangers or something like that. It's basically about when you just played with concussions and that type of thing—the level of cheating that was going on.”