“Applause to S.L. Price for the mind-blowing research and gorgeous storytelling. Playing Through the Whistle is a sprawling display of Price’s signature prose: sharp, vivid, and particular. You feel the heat of the blast furnace, the turf of the Friday night gridiron. With football as his lens, Price transports you to the glory days of an iconic American steel town, and envelops you in the saga of its ultimate demise.”
—Jeanne Marie Laskas, New York Times bestselling author of Concussion and Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh
Boston Globe selection for Best Sports Books of 2016
Kirkus Reviews selection for Best Nonfiction Books of 2016
Buffalo News selection for Best Sports Book of 2016
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