Mark Leibovich is a recipient of the National Magazine Award for profile writing. He is the author of four books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Thank You for Your Servitude and This Town. He recently joined The Atlantic, after a ten-year stint as chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine. Before arriving at the magazine in 2012, Leibovich covered national politics in the Times' Washington Bureau. He previously worked at The Washington Post and the San Jose Mercury News. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C.
“A gossipy, insightful and wickedly entertaining journey through
the N.F.L. sausage factory . . . a sparkling
narrative.” —The New York Times
“Juicy and mean in the way all books about the NFL ought to be, but
few are.” —Drew Magary, Deadspin
“A raucous, smash-mouth, first-person takedown of the National
Football League, it is also the story of an aging fanboy whose
reportorial eye and ear are far too acute to ignore what’s wrong
with the game and the team he loves. . . . Mr. Leibovich
understands that humor—bruising, black-and-blue humor—is the best
way to attack the self-seriousness and grandiosity of the NFL. It
works as well for him as it did for his comically insurgent
predecessors—Dan Jenkins in 'Semi-Tough' and Peter Gent in 'North
Dallas Forty'—making Big Game an instant classic in the pigskin
oeuvre.” —Wall Street Journal
‘"Hilarious, energetically reported and endlessly entertaining. . .
Leibovich emerges as the pro game’s Mencken, tossing out one-liners
as barbed as the spiked costumes of the Raiders’ faithful.” —San
Francisco Chronicle
“This book needs to be remembered as the greatest accounting of the
NFL owners I have ever read.” —Mike Pesca, Slate
“As someone who’s covered the league for three decades and knows
how difficult it is to get behind the curtain, I can tell you Big
Game is genuine and important—and a great read.” —Peter
King
“A funny, insightful and fascinating perspective of the league.”
—USA Today
“Highly entertaining . . . If anything, you’ll want to read until
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones invites Leibovich over for a
few—well, more than a few—drinks.” —Mother Jones, Best Nonfiction
Books of 2018
“The high point of any monster movie, whether you’re talking 'King
Kong' or 'Jurassic Park,' comes at the moment when you finally get
a full view of the giant beast. You’ve caught a glimpse or two,
heard a roar in the distance, but when you finally see the
monster’s full immensity, it’s a sight to behold … and you
wonder how in the hell your little heroes are going to survive its
fury. Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times, an exceptional new
behind-the-scenes book by Mark Leibovich, is a monster movie
disguised as investigative journalism. Running from 2014 right on
up to this year, Leibovich’s narrative presents the NFL’s owners
and commissioner in all their bumbling, well-meaning, self-serving,
self-satisfied glory … and shows in high definition how unprepared
they were for the monster that stomped in to demolish everything
they hold dear.” —Yahoo Sports
“What we have here are 349 unflinching pages detailing the NFL’s
rampant boobery . . . It probably took a reporter like Leibovich to
write a historic book like this. A top-flight journalist who’d
gorged on a product for decades parachutes into the factory to see
exactly how the product is made and who’s making it. The findings
are mind-numbing, stomach-turning and stupefying. But the product
is still so delicious.” —NBCSports.com
“Enlightening and entertaining . . . Boston fans will savor an
abundance of material about the hometown team. The chapters
involving the Patriots (among them, ‘Beware the Pissed Off Pretty
Boy,’ ‘"I’m Drunk, I’m Stupid, I’m a Pats Fan”, the Man Told
Police’) are filled with delectable tidbits.” —Boston
Globe
“Rollicking entertainment. Must-read for NFL junkies.” —Kirkus
“[A] skewering and witty cultural study.” —Publisher’s Weekly
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