History Author Show

H5F: David Maraniss – Vince Lombardi


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February 5, 2016 - On this Friday before Super Bowl 50, we're going to focus on the name etched into the victory trophy: Lombardi. Best-selling author and historian David Maraniss shares five key facts about the NFL's greatest coach from his biography, When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi.

If you'd like to hear more about the history of football this Super Bowl week, catch our interview with John J. Miller, author of The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football. It's the story of how the Rough Rider reformed the game, at a time when -- as with today's concerns about concussions -- some were calling to ban the pigskin pastime.

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