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'Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto' By Steve Almond

 

   In Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves.

Steve Almond's first book was the story collection My Life in Heavy Metal. His non-fiction book, Candyfreak, was a New York Times Bestseller. Almond writes commentary and journalism regularly for The New York Times Magazine and The Boston Globe. A former sports reporter and play-by-play man, Almond lives outside Boston with his wife and three children.

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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