Book The Blind Side
The blind side tells the intersecting stories of michael oher who after the book s timeline went on to have a long career as an nfl left tackle and how the nfl s passing game evolved.
Book the blind side. In the book blind side by catherine coulter the protagonist is dillan savich. Though sean tuohy has a background role in the film version of the book the blind side he is a central character in the book. One of the inconveniences he runs into is he gets hit by a flying piece of metal.
He works side by side with his wife leigh anne to help michael. As he did so memorably for baseball in moneyball lewis takes a statistical x ray of the hidden substructure of football outlining the invisible doings of unsung players that determine the outcome more than the showy exploits of point scorers. The blind side one day michael oher will be among the most highly paid athletes in the national football league.
There are a few in the way of how he runs into inconveniences. Evolution of a game by michael lewis. The blind side is a book about a homeless teenager who gets adopted by a married couple who sees him on the side of the road and gives him a ride and a place to stay.
This is a book about the fbi so there are not many problems that he faces that are similar to mine. While he is with them he grows fond of them he starts to attend a fancy mainly white americans go there he only has a couple pairs of clothes. Folded into these two stories is that of tom lemming who became the first person to evaluate high school football players both independently and on a national scale.
Fans of lewis s book will also want to check out moneyball 2003 lewis s nonfiction book about the role of sabermetrics in baseball. The film follows oher from his impoverished upbringing through his years. Author michael lewis uses oher s story to look at a larger change in football the development of the passing offense the growing value of the quarterback and the similar growth in importance for the left tackle position the position oher was built to play.
The storyline features michael oher an offensive lineman who was drafted by the baltimore ravens of the national football league nfl. When we first meet him he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack. The blind side evolution of a game book summary.
He does not know his real name his father his birthday or how to read or write. The blind side is a 2009 american biographical sports drama film written and directed by john lee hancock based on the 2006 book the blind side. In the book he is described as the wealthiest man in tennessee having made his fortune by opening up a series of fast food chains throughout the state.
My favorite reading is a book that tells the story of real people and the blind side relates an incredible uplifting story of professional football player michael oher who through the help of a wealthy memphis family and his unbelievable size and athletic ability found a life he couldn t have imagined from his vantage point as a child in the memphis ghetto.
