GOOD Books: Are You Ready for Some Football?

Super Bowl XLVI kicks off this weekend, which means Sunday will be full of football lingo, a massive supply of finger foods, trash talk, and plenty of beer. But before you settle into your favorite spot on the couch and cheer for the Giants or Patriot

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

by Michael Lewis

352 pages. W.W. Norton & Company. $10.98

If there's a story that epitomizes football's expansive "underdog fairy tale" genre, it's got to be&n

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

by H.G. Bissinger

400 pages. Da Capo Press. $10.08

For everyone who fell in love with the Dillon Panthers and Coach Taylor on television, this is the nonfiction account th

Football for Dummies

by Howie Long & John Czarnecki

408 pages. For Dummies. $12.58.

If you have no idea how to keep up with the on-field action this Sunday, you can breathe easy. Super Bowl-winning defense end Howie

More than a Game: The Glorious Present and Uncertain Future of the NFL

by Brian Billick and Michael MacCambridge

240 pages. Scribner. $18.98.

This book is a bible for understanding the NFL. Written by Super Bowl-winning

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

by Jon Krakauer

480 pages. Anchor. $10.85

Krakauer tells the heartbreaking story of Pat Tillman, a former defensive back for the Arizona Cardinals who decided to end his NF