Quests: The Complete History of the National Football League's Championship Series

by Kelly Bell

In 1933 the National Football League played its first interdivisional championship game. Each player of the wining team earned slightly more than $200 as his share of the gate receipts that afternoon. Today's high-velocity NFL has a seemingly limitless supply of capital, yet the league's long-ago and painful birthing seasons are what made it into today's massive entertainment conglomerate in which players make more money during one regular season afternoon than most men of yesteryear earned during their whole careers. Quests chronicles 75 championship Sundays, weaving them into a narrative of each game's unique drama, excitement, strategy, irony, results and after effects. Professional football has become America's lover. These pages make it easy to understand how and why.

264 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2008