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Madden & Summerall.     Rich Podolsky. How They Revolutionized NFL Broadcasting. Sports broadcasting be it writing, radio or television, is a cottage industry within the wide world of sports in general.     Often the people and personalities that call the games can be as important or even more so than the sport itself.     Some fans may actually tune into a game knowing who is broadcasting simply because these media types are perceived as interesting or entertaining and occasionally even more so than the game.     A wide swath of football fans, even today, are very likely familiar with the broadcasting tandem of John Madden and Pat Summerall and that is the topic of veteran author Rich Podolsky’s latest book, Madden and Summerall .      The author is a long-time member of the media and worked with both subjects of this book and has put together a biography of both broadcasting legends along with some humorou...

     American Kings.   Seth Wickersham. A Biography of the Quarterback.    It is no secret that the most important, perhaps difficult position to play in all sports happens to be the most important position in the game of football as well.   We are talking about the quarterback.    With the responsibilities, and for those that can master the many challenges, comes a kind of “magic” that is nearly indescribable to those that have never played the position.  Magic was a key word used to articulate, for lack of better description, the ability to perform at a high level for some of the quarterbacks throughout this manuscript.    Recent travels in Europe noted beautiful castles ensconced high in the distance off of the Rein River.    Those structures had their caste system in place.    In America, we do not have the same history of venerable buildings.  However, on the gri...