Taylor Trade Publishing
Pages: 220
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-63076-101-1 • Paperback • April 2015 • $17.95 • (£13.95)
978-1-63076-102-8 • eBook • April 2015 • $9.99 • (£7.95)
Barry Wilner has been a sportswriter for the Associated Press since 1975. He has covered virtually every major sporting event, including 13 Olympics, 9 World Cups, 30 Super Bowls, the World Series, and the Stanley Cup finals, and has written 51 books. He is also an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College. He lives in Garnerville, New York.
Ken Rappoport is the author of 68 sports books for adults and young readers. While working for the Associated Press in New York for 30 years, he has written about every major sport. His assignments have included the World Series, the NBA Finals, and, as the AP’s national hockey writer, the Stanley Cup Finals and the Olympics. He lives in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
- Draft Day 2014: The Most Exciting Draft Ever
- Ringing the Bell
- The First
- African American Breakthrough
- The War between the Leagues
- A Draft Genius and Three Wise Men
- The Lists
- Watch This! TV and the Digital Age
- Fan Frenzy
- The Underwear Olympics
- The Gurus
- Three for the Show
- Irrelevant Men, Tall Tales, and Short Stories
- Mock Drafts
Sportswriters Wilner and Rappoport chronicle the fascinating history of the National Football League (NFL) draft day. . . . [T]he authors give an excellent account of how the draft works through an in-depth look at the 2014 draft [and] they never lose sight of the players and professionals who have given the draft its drama over the years. . . . [F]ootball fans will be most delighted by the heart of the book, lists of 'the bold and beautiful, the fantastics and the flops, in NFL draft history,' including a look at the best and worst picks of each franchise, and separate best and worst lists for quarterbacks, running backs, linebackers, and safeties.
— Publishers Weekly
A compelling look at NFL history through the draft, which has become, for many fans, more important than any single game outside the Super Bowl. Wilner and Rappoport weave compelling little-known facts into the brilliant moves, the blunders, and many of the oddities of the draft process. Informative and a wonderful read.
— Dave Goldberg, former AP NFL writer and Hall of Fame Committee member