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When does the End Zone Justify the Means?The Los Angeles Leopards and the Portland Pioneers are on a collision course toward the Super Bowl Championship. One team is led by a take-no-prisoners head coach; the other by a cerebral, slow-and-steady coach who has been thrust into the spotlight because of a tragedy. A tense showdown is about to unfold before the world's football fans.But along the way to the championship game, something bad happens: the very integrity of the game comes within a yard of ruin!In his thrilling new work of fiction-Between the Lies- Hall of Fame Coach and New York Times best-selling author Marv Levy takes us on a journey through the NFL like we've never seen before. Through the eyes of a memorable cast of characters, many of whom are based on real football players, coaches, general managers, and owners, we get to see professional football from the inside.And we get to see the game's underbelly, where rules are bent or broken, lies are used as promises, and the integrity of the game hangs in the balance.Between the Lies is filled with the kind of intimate knowledge that only a Hall of Fame coach could possess.It is a must-read for fans of the NFL and for all of us who ever wondered what goes on the inside the sanctity of the locker room.This book, of Sports Fiction, follows Coach Levy's New York Times Best-Selling autobiography-Where Else Would You Rather Be?Marv's infectious personality shines through every page. You will laugh out loud, curse out loud, and cheer out loud!

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Publié par	Ascend Books
Date de parution	16 septembre 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780983061953
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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BETWEEN THELIES

New York Times BestSelling Author & Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach

|L I E SB E T W E E N T H E |

by Marv Levy

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Praise forBetween the Lies

“Marv writes like he coached—detailed and thorough, entertaining and successful. He produced a winner on the ﬁeld in Buffalo and has produced another winner on the pages of this book.” —Rick Gosselin, NFL Columnist Dallas Morning News

“Having covered Marv Levy for all of his 12 seasons as coach of the Buffalo Bills, I came to know him not only as a tremendous coach, but also as a superb wordsmith. His considerable writing talent shines through on every page of his highly entertain-ing book. Although this story is the product of Marv’s imagination, it contains a great deal of actual, behind-the-scenes perspective that readers will ﬁnd fascinating as they follow the drama and humor in the telling of his ‘ﬁfth’ Super Bowl experience.” — Vic Carucci, New York TimesBest-Selling Author & Senior Columnist, NFL.com

“Marv Levy brings his Hall of Fame experience as a coach and general manager to Between the Lies. He also brings his Hall of Fame sense of humor and literary ability to this book. For the ﬁrst time, the average fan (and reader) will experience why it was so much fun to work with Marv on a day-to-day basis.Between the Lieswill teach you football and keep you laughing. Marv does in this book what he did every day of his career.” — Bill Polian, Six-time NFL Executive of the Year

“The beauty of Marv Levy is that he was much more than a Hall of Fame football coach. His kindness, perception, sense of humor, and overall keen mind combined to make Marv one of my favorite all-time people. Now, he’s combined all of this by putting pen to paper to createBetween the Lies. It’s a perfect combination, whether or not you remember his Super Bowl Buffalo Bills teams. He even has a bunch of nicknames that, of course, make me chuckle!” —Chris Berman, Senior ESPN Analyst

“Marv Levy’s fertile mind and imagination, cultivated by his experience as a 4-time Super Bowl coach, provide readers with a rich and plausible adventure through the often sordid world of sports, business, media and politics.” —Fred Mitchell, Sports Columnist,Chicago Tribune

“Who better to pen a ﬁctional tale about football than Marv Levy, a Hall of Fame coach with a master’s degree from Harvard? Levy once famously intoned to his team, “where else would you rather be than right here, right now?” Readers will feel that way readingBetween the Lies— entertained and informed and ultimately wondering: could this really happen in the NFL?” —Andrea Kremer, Emmy Award Winning Sports Correspondent

“Marv Levy is not only a Hall of Fame football coach, but he is also a Hall of Fame communicator. His book,Between the Lies, will give readers a real behind-the-scenes look at the world of professional football. Marv spent four decades in professional football, and he shares insights from those experiences in a fun, fast-paced, and interesting way.” —Tony Dungy, Super Bowl Winning Coach

“Coach Levy has been my mentor and my friend. “The lessons I have learned from him on and off the ﬁeld have proven to be invaluable. Not only has he taught me how to be successful on the gridiron, but he has taught me how to be successful in the most important game of all . . . The game of life.” —Bruce Smith, Hall of Fame Defensive End and All-Time Sack Leader

“One thing everyone knows about Marv Levy is that he is a Harvard graduate. If you Google his name the ﬁrst item that shows up is “Marv Levy Quotes.” That’s because Marv has a way with words andBetween the Liesis a true testament to that statement.This must-read book doesn’t focus solely on football; it touches on relationships, characterization and most importantly a strong moral theme, and that is: “Play hard!Play clean! Play to win! But — win or lose, honor the game.” That is an actual theme that Marv brought to our locker room and a life lesson that can be applied by any person in any situation. The book is also ﬁlled with humor and drama and I particu-larly took a liking to quarterback, Kelly James…go ﬁgure!”—Jim Kelly, Hall of Fame Quarterback

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted in writing from the publisher.

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ISBN: 978-0-9830619-3-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publications Data Available Upon Request

Editors: Lee Stuart and Cindy Ratcliff Publication Coordinator: Christine Drummond Editorial Contributions: Eric Tangye Design: Cheryl Johnson, S&Co. Design

The NFLandThe Super Bowlare registered trademarks of the National Football League.

Publisher’s Note: This book is a work of ﬁction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, and locales are intended solely to enhance the ﬁctional story, provide a historical perspective, and give the book a sense of reality and authenticity.

All main characters, events, dialogue, and incidents in the novel are the creation of the author’s imagination.

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DEDICATION

To all those coaches, journalists, and general managers (Bill Polian, John Butler, Jim Schaaf) with whom I have worked (and argued) during my forty-nine years in the game. Wasn’t it fun?

CHAPTER ONE

No one else knew it yet — not even his wife, Frannie — butwhenMelHerbert’soutdated Chevy Corvette pulled into the reserved-for-media parking lot on the ﬁrst day of training camp for the National Football League’s Los Angeles Leopards, only the person sitting in the passenger seat knew that this would be Mel’s ﬁnal season on the job. That’s because Mel was the person sitting in that seat. Someone else was driving his car. Mel originally had thought about retiring six years earlier when he grudgingly acknowledged that not just his bad knee, but several other crackling body parts, too, made it too painful for him to meet the rigors of maneuvering his vehicle in the heavy Los Angeles trafﬁc or even of being able, while wrestling with his steering wheel, to deliver a middle ﬁnger ﬂip to some of those head-bobbing, boom-box-listening, backwards-baseball-cap-wearing L.A. Raiders goofball fans who always seemed to be on the freeway whenever he was. Those retirement plans short-circuited, however, when he shared a dinner out one evening with his old friend, Joe Skoronski. Mel had known Joe since they met in Chicago back in 1972 when Mel was working the sports beat for theChicago Sun-Timesand Joe was employed as an assistant to the equipment manager with the Chicago Bears. As their friendship developed during the ensuing years in Chicago, they enjoyed numerous dinners out together. Mel often came away from those evenings with some valuable inside information and frequently in a state of near exhaustion brought on by a mix of too many calories, too many sips, too many cigars, and some outrageous pronouncements from “Malaprop Joe.” In 1982—as in every other year—some exciting events occurred, and there are many knowledgeable sports gurus who would