The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

by Micheal Lewis

ONE LINE SUMMARY: The history of the evolution of the left tackle is intertwined with Michael Oher who will one day be an NFL star.

I will admit that I know almost nothing about football, and that the closest I ever came to understanding it was when I went to a football game in New Orleans and could actually see the entire field. So you may be surprised that I picked up this book about football. I was, too, especially since I didn’t realize it would be so technical about football.

I first heard about Michael Oher when Reader’s Digest ran an excerpt from the book a few months ago. I usually hate the book excerpts, but I was interested in this one. The excerpt explained how Michael is a black kid who lives with (and is adopted by) a white Christian family. How he ends up with them and how his football ability developed is what I thought the book was about.

The book is indeed about these things, but is also about football. I read the first five pages of this book without understanding anything at all. The diagrams in the book didn’t even help me. But then I became involved in the story.

Michael Oher is apparently eligible for the NFL draft in 2009, so I’ll be watching out for his name.

Posted by: ssjane | May 21, 2007 | 11:04 am
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