This is the time of year when all sports fans and even non-sports fans look forward to the annual global ritual—the playing of the Super Bowl. And this is a special year among all special years—Number 50 is on tap.
Books galore have arrived trading on the event. Full disclosure—even your favorite reviewer has a worthy collectible that has been noticed:
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But not to be distracted, ’Super Bowl Gold: 50 Years of the Big Game' (Time, Inc., Books, $40.00, 336 pages) is the football book we are focused on. Grand in design, rich in photographs, the book contains short treatments of the previous 49 Super Bowls. All one has to do is to spin through the ample 36 pages of memories galore, brief as they are—they are there for the browsing or reading. This is a book to keep on your coffee table, to savor, to use for reference, reminiscence, ruminating. GO FOR IT
Those in a hockey frame of mind have two nifty reads: ‘Face-Off’ (Sports Illustrated Kids $19.95, 78 pages) and ‘Hockey’s Greatest’ by the editors of Sports Illustrated Magazine ($32.95, 256 pages).
The tome targeted to the younger set is lavishly illustrated and as its sub-title proclaims contains top ten lists for everything hockey—the greatest players, rivalries, smiles, fastest skates and more. Marvelous for the younger set.
The monstrous ‘Hockey’s Greatest’ names and showcases the top ten in more than 15 categories. Page after page in full throttle color, with stats and insights galore—adorn every page of this sumptuous effort. WORTH OWNING
For all those who are fans of hockey—‘Face-Off’ and ‘Hockey’s Greatest’ are splendid efforts that belong on your sports bookshelf.
Booknotes: ‘Baseball Maverick’ by Steve Kettman (Grove Atlantic, $16.00, 369 pages, paperback) is a must for fans of the New York Mets and worth looking act for others—incisive and detailed look at the man with the many baseball moves and moments. WORTHWHILE
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