The Dark Side of the Game, Tim Green
The Dark Side of the Game, Tim Green
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The Dark Side of the Game
My Life in the NFL

Author: Tim Green

Narrator: Tim Green

Abridged: 2 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2006


Synopsis

In this book, 8-year veteran of the NFL Tim Green reveals for the first time the scandals, the horrors, the abuses and also the wonders of playing football.

About Tim Green

Tim Green was an NFL first-round draft pick and a star defensive player for eight years with the Atlanta Falcons. He is the New York Times bestselling author of dozens of books for adults and kids including The Dark Side of the Game, The Fifth Angel, Exact Revenge, Football Genius, Football Hero, Kid Owner, and Left Out. Tim graduated co-valedictorian with a degree in English literature from Syracuse University before earning a law degree with honors. He has been an NFL commentator for FOX Sports and NPR. Tim and his family live in upstate New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on May 21, 2009

Loved the part about steroid-using players who bought "clean" urine and paid a doctor to pump it into their bladders through a catheter---all so they could then pass the urine test they knew was coming. Also enjoyed his description of small talk on the field. Green says it's not all trash talk on the......more

Goodreads review by Neil on January 04, 2010

It's about football. Written by a football player who also happens to be a rather talented writer. Clearly concussions don't effect the brain's literary center. Or maybe they do and he's just awesome. This book is awesome. Football is awesome. The end.......more

Goodreads review by Dick on August 04, 2009

There is a dark side to the NFL - no surprise. But there is a lot of comaradarie as well. Deion Sanders came off better than I expected.......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on December 13, 2018

I enjoyed the book. I am a casual viewer of college and NFL football but I was first interested in this book when it was published in 1996 when I heard the author on NPR. I always enjoyed his commentaries on Morning Edition. I remembered my interest in the author and the book a couple of weeks ago a......more

Goodreads review by Gerry on April 19, 2009

None of the glamour of the NFL in this book. Tim Green tells of the pathos, horror and abuses that players experience during their time at the top of their chosen profession. Why did they choose it? Green analyses that question and answers it succinctly and with honesty even thugh he sometimes wonde......more