**Not the same as the Sandra Bullock movie of the same name** This is a sports book about how NFL football changed since the 1960s. Many athletes are highlighted along with an in-depth case study of Michael Oher, an NFL player since 2009, currently a Carolina Panther's offensive tackle. Oher was born into poverty in Memphis, Tennessee and his improbable rise to the NFL nicely illustrates a particular moment in the evolution of professional football, inequities of race and class in America, systemic problems in public education and the highly-competitive world of college football recruiting. If this sounds interesting to you, read it. If you are worried that it is a 'sports book,' it is, kind of. I do not follow sports or the NFL but I liked it. If you are worried that it is an inspirational book about a poor black kid, it is not. If you liked this author's other work including Moneyball or Liar's Poker, you will probably like this, too.