Monday, March 22, 2004
A few months ago Mark Bowden of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote a terrific profile of Hank Fraley, the Eagles starting center, for The Atlantic Monthly. Bowden is an interesting writer: in addition to writing Blackhawk Down and Killing Pablo, he has written terrific articles about the "art" of interrogation in the war on terror and he profiled Saddam Hussein, a piece that earned him considerable attention from policymakers and analysts. Bowden actually got his start, interestingly, as a sports writer. His book Bringing The Heat was based on his coverage of the Eagles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is extremely knowledgeable about the game of football and the Eagles in particular.
His profile of Fraley is well-written with a definate intellectual bent to it and breaks down the nuances of the game quite well. Being an offensive lineman is pretty tough stuff, according to Bowden, and he does a good job showing how much thought and work goes into performing an unglamorous task like blocking. Click for the article here.
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His profile of Fraley is well-written with a definate intellectual bent to it and breaks down the nuances of the game quite well. Being an offensive lineman is pretty tough stuff, according to Bowden, and he does a good job showing how much thought and work goes into performing an unglamorous task like blocking. Click for the article here.
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