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About Three Bricks Shy of a Load A Highly Irregular Lowdown on the Year the Pittsburgh Steelers Were Super but Missed the Bowl by ziqaj About Three Bricks Shy And The Load Filled Up by Roy Blount Jr. Roy Blount Jr. is the author of twenty-three books. The first, About Three Bricks Shy of a Load, was expanded into About Three Bricks Shy and the Load Filled Up. It is often called one of the best sports books of all time/5(23). About Three Bricks Shy of a Load: A Highly Irregular Lowdown on the Year the Pittsburgh Steelers Were Super but Missed the Bowl Hardcover – January 1, by Roy Blount (Author) out of /5(34).

Find many great new used options and get the best deals for ABOUT THREE BRICKS SHY OF A LOAD By Roy Blount Jr. at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Thirtieth Anniversary Edition Any number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, from the first day of training camp until the last pick of the draft, and come up with an interesting book. But only Roy Blount Jr. could capture the pain, the joy, the fears, the humor—in short, the heart—of a championship team. In , the Pittsburgh Steelers were super, but missed the bowl. ‎Thirtieth Anniversary Edition Any number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, from the first day of training camp until the last pick of the draft, and come up with an interesting book. But only Roy Blount Jr. could capture the pain, the joy, the fears, the humor—in s.

The biggest news about football writing this fall [] is that it’s the 40th anniversary of About Three Bricks Shy of a Load, Mr. Blount’s book about the Steelers. It’s my long-held contention that this book isn’t just a classic of American football writing but the classic of American football writing, and a book that deserves a place on the short shelf of the cracked masterpieces of New Journalism.”. Blount’s portrait of a team poised to dominate the NFL for more than a decade recounts the gridiron accomplishments and off-the-field lives of players, coaches, wives, fans, and owners. About Three Bricks Shy is considered a classic; Sports Illustrated recently named it one of the Top Sports Books of All Time. This thirtieth-anniversary edition includes additional chapters on the Steelers’ Super Bowl wins, written for the paperback, as well as a new introduction by the author. ‎Thirtieth Anniversary Edition Any number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, from the first day of training camp until the last pick of the draft, and come up with an interesting book. But only Roy Blount Jr. could capture the pain, the joy, the fears, the humor—in s.