Jerry Izenberg is a sports columnist emeritus for the Newark Star-Ledger and is the author of several books, including Through My Eyes: A Sports Writer's 58-Year Journey. He won the Red Smith Award from the Associated Press Sports Editors and was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in 2000.  David Stern is former commissioner of the National Basketball Association.

"The book allows us to appreciate Rozelle's savvy. He always seemed to have something for everyone-you never went home hungry if you hung out with Pete."-Gerald Eskenazi, Wall Street Journal "Izenberg's Rozelle:A Biography is an outstanding read and not to be missed."-Peter Finney, Times-Picayune "All professional football fans will enjoy this well-reported biography of a seminal figure in NFL history."-John Maxymuk, Library Journal "Rozelle: A Biography offers an in-depth illustration of the Rozelle’s appearance in popular culture and is useful for an understanding of his popularity-and why we now consider the commissioner such an important role in North American sport."-Andrew D. Linden, Sport in American History "Jerry Izenberg was an astute observer of the NFL’s extraordinary growth during the Pete Rozelle era. His coverage was down to earth, his sources were in the know, and he often challenged conventional wisdom. Now, with the benefit of research and reflection, Izenberg’s assessment of Rozelle and key League personalities is as hard-hitting as one might expect. . . . [Izenberg’s views are] briskly rendered, sometimes humorous, and never ambiguous."-Paul Tagliabue, former NFL Commissioner “Read Rozelle: A Biography, and you’ll know not only why the NFL got gargantuan, but why Rozelle is the single biggest reason why it got so big.”-Peter King, senior writer for Sports Illustrated

• List of IllustrationsForeword by David SternAcknowledgmentsPrologue   1. In the Beginning 2. Moving On 3. The Accidental Coronation 4. The Boy Wonder Takes Center Stage5. How Do You Tell Vince? 6. Heads They Win, Tails He Loses7. The 100-Yard Armageddon  8. Sex, Lies, and Bringing Up Baby9. Ain’t Gonna Study No War No More10. Bringing in the Sheaves11. The Failed Coups12. Power to the Tackles13. Another Day, Another Dragon to Slay 14. At War with the Counterculture15. Davis Again: Feud without End16. Never Take a Knife to a Gunfight17. The Final Battles                  18. Death Be Not Proud    NotesIndex

Jerry Izenberg is a sports columnist emeritus for the Newark Star-Ledger and is the author of several books, including Through My Eyes: A Sports Writer's 58-Year Journey. He won the Red Smith Award from the Associated Press Sports Editors and was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in 2000.  David Stern is former commissioner of the National Basketball Association.

"The book allows us to appreciate Rozelle's savvy. He always seemed to have something for everyone-you never went home hungry if you hung out with Pete."-Gerald Eskenazi, Wall Street Journal "Izenberg's Rozelle:A Biography is an outstanding read and not to be missed."-Peter Finney, Times-Picayune "All professional football fans will enjoy this well-reported biography of a seminal figure in NFL history."-John Maxymuk, Library Journal "Rozelle: A Biography offers an in-depth illustration of the Rozelle’s appearance in popular culture and is useful for an understanding of his popularity-and why we now consider the commissioner such an important role in North American sport."-Andrew D. Linden, Sport in American History "Jerry Izenberg was an astute observer of the NFL’s extraordinary growth during the Pete Rozelle era. His coverage was down to earth, his sources were in the know, and he often challenged conventional wisdom. Now, with the benefit of research and reflection, Izenberg’s assessment of Rozelle and key League personalities is as hard-hitting as one might expect. . . . [Izenberg’s views are] briskly rendered, sometimes humorous, and never ambiguous."-Paul Tagliabue, former NFL Commissioner “Read Rozelle: A Biography, and you’ll know not only why the NFL got gargantuan, but why Rozelle is the single biggest reason why it got so big.”-Peter King, senior writer for Sports Illustrated

• List of IllustrationsForeword by David SternAcknowledgmentsPrologue   1. In the Beginning 2. Moving On 3. The Accidental Coronation 4. The Boy Wonder Takes Center Stage5. How Do You Tell Vince? 6. Heads They Win, Tails He Loses7. The 100-Yard Armageddon  8. Sex, Lies, and Bringing Up Baby9. Ain’t Gonna Study No War No More10. Bringing in the Sheaves11. The Failed Coups12. Power to the Tackles13. Another Day, Another Dragon to Slay 14. At War with the Counterculture15. Davis Again: Feud without End16. Never Take a Knife to a Gunfight17. The Final Battles                  18. Death Be Not Proud    NotesIndex

Jerry Izenberg is a sports columnist emeritus for the Newark Star-Ledger and is the author of several books, including Through My Eyes: A Sports Writer's 58-Year Journey. He won the Red Smith Award from the Associated Press Sports Editors and was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in 2000.  David Stern is former commissioner of the National Basketball Association.

"The book allows us to appreciate Rozelle's savvy. He always seemed to have something for everyone-you never went home hungry if you hung out with Pete."-Gerald Eskenazi, Wall Street Journal "Izenberg's Rozelle:A Biography is an outstanding read and not to be missed."-Peter Finney, Times-Picayune "All professional football fans will enjoy this well-reported biography of a seminal figure in NFL history."-John Maxymuk, Library Journal "Rozelle: A Biography offers an in-depth illustration of the Rozelle’s appearance in popular culture and is useful for an understanding of his popularity-and why we now consider the commissioner such an important role in North American sport."-Andrew D. Linden, Sport in American History "Jerry Izenberg was an astute observer of the NFL’s extraordinary growth during the Pete Rozelle era. His coverage was down to earth, his sources were in the know, and he often challenged conventional wisdom. Now, with the benefit of research and reflection, Izenberg’s assessment of Rozelle and key League personalities is as hard-hitting as one might expect. . . . [Izenberg’s views are] briskly rendered, sometimes humorous, and never ambiguous."-Paul Tagliabue, former NFL Commissioner “Read Rozelle: A Biography, and you’ll know not only why the NFL got gargantuan, but why Rozelle is the single biggest reason why it got so big.”-Peter King, senior writer for Sports Illustrated

• List of IllustrationsForeword by David SternAcknowledgmentsPrologue   1. In the Beginning 2. Moving On 3. The Accidental Coronation 4. The Boy Wonder Takes Center Stage5. How Do You Tell Vince? 6. Heads They Win, Tails He Loses7. The 100-Yard Armageddon  8. Sex, Lies, and Bringing Up Baby9. Ain’t Gonna Study No War No More10. Bringing in the Sheaves11. The Failed Coups12. Power to the Tackles13. Another Day, Another Dragon to Slay 14. At War with the Counterculture15. Davis Again: Feud without End16. Never Take a Knife to a Gunfight17. The Final Battles                  18. Death Be Not Proud    NotesIndex