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Clouds over the Goalpost

Gambling, Assassination, and the NFL in 1963

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Clouds over the Goalpost

De: Lew Freedman
Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine
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A season that the NFL would never forget.The pro football season of 1963 was dominated by the unexpected. In April, months prior to the beginning of play, it was revealed that two All-Star players, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras, were gambling on the sport and would be suspended from play for at least a year. Even worse, in May, one of the league’s bigger-than-life personalities, Big Daddy Lipscomb, was found dead, with police saying he perished from a heroin overdose, something those who knew him best still dispute.

As play began in September, the Pro Football Hall of Fame opened its doors in Canton, Ohio, the same town where the National Football League was founded in 1921 and inducted its first class. Also, the war for players and prestige raged with the upstart American Football League trying to obtain equal footing in the public eye.

On the field, it was to be the year the Chicago Bears, and their aging owner-coach George Halas knew glory once more, fighting off the latest dynasty of Green Bay Packers led by Vince Lombardi in a season-long chase for the Western Division title. Yet even that was overshadowed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While the nation mourned and other sports leagues suspended activity, the NFL played on with its regular season that sad weekend - a choice commissioner Pete Rozelle later called the worst mistake of his tenure.

Clouds over the Goalpost is filled with controversy not only on the field, but off it as well. From the various suspensions to an exciting championship game between the Bears and Giants, 1963 was a year that the NFL would never forget - for both the good and the bad.

©2013 Lew Freedman (P)2013 Audible Inc. Ensayos y Comentarios Fútbol (Americano) Historia de los Deportes

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As author Lew Freedman tells it, 1963 was a year that saw the good, the bad, and the ugly in professional football. In fact, some might say the good (an exhilarating championship game between the Bears and Giants, the opening of the Pro Football Hall of Fame) was overshadowed by the bad and the ugly, which included star players banned for gambling, the mysterious death of beloved player Big Daddy Lipscomb, and of course the assassination of JFK. Drawing on source material and interviews with players, veteran sportswriter Lew Freedman delves deep into the background of each story from this remarkable year, while Noah Michael Levine's smooth, rich voice is well suited to the dramatic, detailed tales he offers up.
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While the writer did a spectacular job the narrator should have spent a little time looking up correct pronunciation for some of the names like Hornung, Savannah and others.

Excellent story

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this book was a good read but it was sad one having a lot of tissues ready when you listen or read

check out this book

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This book reviews the year 1963 in the NFL. It gives a decent account t of the highlights of the season. It is a pretty good book. I would recommend it if you are interested in the NFL during this time period.

Decent Book about the NFL in 1963

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would love to recommend this book but the narrators inability to property pronounce a majority of the main character's names is insulting to the audience. For anyone who is even remotely familiar with sports or the NFL this should never be an issue. The author/publisher must have found one of the few people who cannot properly pronounce Paul Hornung's name. It is so distracting from the storyline that it is nearly impossible to enjoy the content of the book. I understand audiobooks are a newer technology but it is insanity how not one person caught this throughout what I'm guessing is multiple steps in the audio process before this is release.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Clouds over the Goalpost?

The narrators inability to properly pronounce multiple names.

What didn’t you like about Noah Michael Levine’s performance?

He has clearly never followed, researched, inquired, prepared for his job in pronouncing names of relatively famous athletes. For someone who's job it is to properly read/pronounce names/places/things this should be the first thing Noah should prepare for. Also, a terrible job by any editor to not stop Noah and give him the proper pronunciation of multiple names.

Could you see Clouds over the Goalpost being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No

Any additional comments?

If someone is going to produce/narrate a sports book; please get one person who has an ounce of sports background. It is insulting to the readers who have an interest in these items.

Great content, Terrible Narrator

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In 1963, professional football was just starting to enjoy its ascent into the minds and television sets of American sports fans. There were two professional leagues and two of the more stories franchises, the Chicago Bears and New York Giants, faced each other in the NFL championship game. But two other events really shaped that season and they covered as well as the action on the field in this book by Lew Freedman.
While I listened to the audiobook and liked the story of the 1963 season, my one issue with the audio version is the mispronunciation by the narrator of well-known players, including Paul Hornung. This is crucial because he and Alex Kara’s are the central figures of one the aforementioned events - they were suspended in 1963 for gambling. This was the most repeated mispronunciation but not the only one.
Putting that aside, the rest of the book was fine - it was the typical book about a particular sports season in which the championship team (here, the Bears) and a few other teams make up the bulk of the discussion. Along with the Bears and their coach-owner George Halas, the Green Bay Packers ger a good amount of text in the book as well, even more than the runner-up Giants.
The upstart American Football League also gets some love in the book, including a full chapter on their championship game. That wasn’t too exciting as the Los Angeles Chargers defeated the Boston Patriots 51-10. Other stories about the AFL, thanks to Freedman’s writing, were more exciting than this game.
Overall, the book is fine if you like books on season recaps - just pick up the physical or e-book version.

Good book, not so good narration

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Listened to the audiobook. Narrator guessed incorrectly on the pronunciation of a number of player names. The lack of attention to a pretty important detail was jarring. Also, as another reviewer pointed out, a number of the author’s attempts at humor fell very flat.

Decent story sloppily told

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Just some of the names mispronounced at times: Hornung, Halas, Lambeau, Baugh. I could almost understand getting the name of a backup running back wrong, but some of the most famous names in football? Another annoyance is how the narrator described a team's record. It' should be 9, 2, and 1-not 9 to 2 to 1.

The narration comes close to ruining the book

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I just couldn’t overcome the mispronounced names. Paul Hornung was mentioned so many times I just had to turn it off. So unprofessional.

Hor Nung.

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First, as a narrator, would you not learn the pronunciation of every person in the book? The horrible mispronunciation of famous, legendary athletes was at first astonishing, then comical.

The writer selected a remarkable subject. Great effort but I found the writing often cliche and silly.

Great subject, writing/narration lacking

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The reader used a few unusual name pronunciations. The story was really enjoyable and informative, providing much insight into the pro-football mind.

A story with heart

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