“100 Stories, 100 Yards”: The United States through the history of its most emblematic sport

There NFL (National Football League) is not only the brand that encompasses the most popular sport in the United States, it is also a particular universe that encompasses money (a lot of money), power, ambition, the plot and hundreds of stories, some of which they have become the basis of various Hollywood productions; Now the team of a Spanish program specializing in this sport, 100 meters, Since to be in chains, was commissioned to collect one hundred such stories into the book “100 floors, 100 meters”, a text that also seeks to portray the essence of UNITED STATES through its most emblematic competition.

This volume serves to introduce the reader to sport, to the entertainment orchestra and, above all, to give another look inside one of the great world powers. Jose Antonio Ponseti, javi gomez, Iker Sagasti there Louis Jonesor what are they called “the four horsemen” of 100 metersempty all their experience of this sport into the pages of the book, in an agile way and with a very personal style, going through some of the great names that marked the 100 years of the league.

This book comes after Super Bowl LVII in which they quarreled Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagleson the pages of “100 floors, 100 meters” are the stories of two brothers who are among the best defenders in the NFL, but who are also the grandchildren of the biggest boss of the American mafia; that of the best quarterback of all time who, before being a star, almost went crazy losing a friendly basketball game against the firefighters.

Also the King of Pop michael jacksonwho wanted to change the name of the superbowl and I end up transforming the concept of the halftime show, leaving a whole legacy of memorable shows like Rihanna’s last performance. The book published under the editorial seal Plaza & Janesis a text written with eight hands by itself Ponsettithe journalists javi gomez e Iker Sagasti and the former Spanish footballer Louis Jonesthat make up the program.

The four authors spent many hours sharing curious facts about the sport, on the show they shared some of their trips to see the superbowltheir passion and camaraderie translates into a book where they focus more on the human part and leave out the technical part of the sport, most of the book seems complicated for newcomers, but the authors take care of synthesizing the links sport with the American event.

In “100 floors, 100 meters”they present a sport and an organization in which exorbitant sums of money are moved, as in the case of the television rights of the NFLwhich in 2021 sold a little more 100,000 millions euros for the following items 11 years old. On the pages there are stories like the day when TomBradAnd, still the team’s fourth quarterback, in 2002 he dared to scold his teammates for losing a charity game against a team made up of firefighters.

In the book, they detail how the act of Bradytaken by surprise and driven the public crazy, the book takes its name from the 91.44 meters which, translated into yards, is the measurement of an American football field. In the program, 100 meterspilots deliver all the NFL news, analysis and entertainment every week, with the best games in Tuesday morning football.

José Antonio Ponseti, Javi Gómez, Iker Sagasti and Luis Jones, detail in “100 floors, 100 meters”the heroes and villains of the NFL in the great stories on and off the playing field, which have marked the history of this sport, a sport of great fervor for Americans.

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