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Late March is usually the homestretch of the offseason for Canadian Football League players, what with training camps usually opening in May and the curtain lifting on a new campaign not long after the players first gather.
Yet, with the entire world being dropped by a nasty clothesline courtesy of the Coronavirus, routines and schedules have been dramatically altered.
With that in mind, we asked some Blue Bombers players this week – as well as the voice of the Bombers, Bob Irving – to offer up their Top 5 football movies and some recommended reading material, regardless of subject matter.
Here are their suggestions:
Top 5 football movies (no particular order)
Honourable mentions:
Book recommendations
“I’m always re-reading ‘The Tender Bar’ by J.R. Moehringer. I just finished ‘The Spy and the Traitor’ by Ben MacIntyre and am currently working on ‘Team of Rivals’ by Doris Kearns Goodwin.”
Top 5 football movies
Book recommendation:
‘Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth’ by Nick Murray.
Top 5 football movies
Book recommendation:
‘Unfu*k Yourself’ by Gary John Bishop
Top 5 football movies (in no particular order)
Top 5 football movies
Book recommendation:
“‘Big Sur’ and ‘The Dharma Bums’, both by Jack Kerouac. Kerouac and I must share a soul because he is the wisest, most tragic man I’ve ever had insight to. I’m now reading ‘To Shake the Sleeping Self’ by Jedidiah Jenkins and also some DC comics for leisure.”
Top 5 football movies
Book recommendation:
‘Kitchen Confidential’ by Anthony Bourdain. I’m a big fan of his in general, so I figure I’d start with his first book.
Top 5 football movies:
Book recommendations:
‘Sweet Jones: Pimp C’s Trill Life Story’ by Julia Beverly; ‘Full-Time CEO’ by Will Roundtree.
Top 5 football movies:
Honourable mention: Little Giants
Book recommendation:
‘Tuesday’s With Morrie’ by Mitch Albom; Football book: ‘War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team’ by Michael Holley.
“Even though I am a Bills fan, cool to see the groundwork and fundamentals of the start of the Patriots dynasty.”
Top 5 football movies:
Honourable mention: Varsity Blues
Book recommendation: ‘Lebron, Inc: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete’ by Brian Windhorst.
Note: we asked Miles for his Top 5 football movies list and he said, “I know this borders on blasphemy, but I don’t actually like football movies.” A voracious reader, we asked him instead for his top book recommendations.
Top 5 football movies:
Book recommendation:
“Two of the best sports books I have read were ‘The Last Season: A Team in Search of its Soul’ by Phil Jackson and Michael Arkush ‘It’s Not About the Bike’ by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins. It’s a great story about his incredible recovery from cancer, and when I read it, it was super inspiring (Of course, today, you would have a different view of anything Lance Armstrong did that was inspiring).”
Top 5 football movies
Book recommendation:
Currently reading: ‘Unfaithful Music’ by Elvis Costello and ‘Sports Makes You Type Faster’ by Dan Jenkins.