Watch My Smoke

Easily the most bluntly honest memoir I’ve ever read. As a huge NFL fan, dealing with the dark side of the league in terms of its treatment of players and the long term health effects of playing the sport, it’s really difficult sometimes to mesh my fandom with the sport with the discomfort of knowin......more

I received an advance reader copy of this book from the publisher through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. With his unusual upright running style and prescription sports goggles he wore underneath his football helmet, Eric Dickerson hit the NFL in 1983 like a one-man alien invasion. Watch......more

Eric Dickerson was known has one half of the pony express while he was attending Southern Methodist University, and this is his story from his time of growing up in Sealy, Texas yes that Sealy you know the mattresses. He develops a love football from his first junior high football where he scored si......more

Eric Dickerson wore #29 to because it hadn't been done. He wore a neck brace because it looked cool. He wore goggles even when they weren't cool. He ran upright. He demanded his money when he was getting underpaid. He lays out the racism in the NFL and the exploitation in the NCAA. He's outspoken an......more

Since I was born in 1979, I remember Eric playing on the NFL as a kid but not that well. I definitely wasn’t versed on how the media treated him when he held out for more pay following the amazing start of his career including setting the season yardage record for rushing. It’s a shame he couldn’t h......more