I Dream in Blue Life, Death, and the New York Giants

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But while the players are propped up by battalions of trainers, doctors, physical therapists, mental health professionals, nutritionists, film technicians, locker room attendants, media advisers and the best of coaches, Director guts it out with Big Blue all on his own -- without even the benefit of getting his ankles taped. Refusing to let anything get in his way -- not his fumble-prone television career, not the very same degenerative hip disease that forced the great Bo Jackson off the gridiron, not even planning his daughter's bat-mitzvah from the road -- he is there with the team from the first snap of summer camp to the final gun of the season. And like the players he adores, he's got only one end in mind: the Super Bowl. Along the way, Director tells the story of how a family business, founded with only $500 by an Irish bookmaker in the gaudy Prohibition era of Red Grange, Jack Dempsey, Will Rogers, and Babe Ruth, has endured to become an essential component of New York City's heartbeat -- and also the heartbeat of Director, our tour-guide through this great athletic dynasty.Ultimately, I DREAM IN BLUE is the story of a desperate Hail Mary -- a die-hard fan's quest to have one last endzone celebration.