The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

When we first meet Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game in which the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size...

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Hell-Puppy26 декабря 2016 г.
What I learned playing basketball at Ole Miss," he said, "was what not to do: beat up a kid. It's easy to beat up a kid. The hard thing is to build him up.
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Hell-Puppy26 декабря 2016 г.
He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence.
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