Broken Wing, Broken Promise is about the Philadelphia Eagles' 1992 season, a now-or-never season for one of the most colorful, fascinating teams in Philadelphia sports history.
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The 1992 season was regarded as a now-or-never year by the Philadelphia Eagles, principally because so many of their stars, who had led the football team to fine records in the previous four seasons, were aging. On June 25 one of them, defensive tackle Jerome Brown, was killed in an automobile crash and the team resolved both to dedicate the season to him and to play in the Super Bowl. But injuries, defections and particularly uneven play (superior performance against the top competition, inferior against the worst) led to failure. The Eagles made the playoffs, but lost the second game--a lackluster end to the year. Anastasia, who has covered the team for the Camden, N.J., Courier-Post for a decade, tells the story using every cliche known to sportswriters ("a heroic goal-line stand," "a punishing ground game") and many repetitious passages should have been edited out. But he is good at depicting the mob psychology of hometown fans--and sometimes even of hometown media. Photos not seen by PW .
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Anastasia has covered the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles as a beat reporter since 1983. The 1992 season was a promising one for the team, what with the league's best defense and the return of star quarterback Randall Cunningham, injured the previous year. Things began to unravel, however, in June, when defensive stalwart Jerome Brown was killed in a car accident. Other problems then began to surface: head coach Rich Kotite, in his second year, had still not gained the trust of some players loyal to his predecessor, Buddy Ryan. The team was also divided between Cunningham and his backup, Jim McMahon. The latter guided the Bears to a Super Bowl win, and some felt his experience and leadership were more valuable than Cunningham's superior athletic skills. The personality of a team as large as a football squad is difficult to capture, but Anastasia does it as well as anyone has recently. A must for Eagle fans and a near must for at-large NFL buffs. Wes Lukowsky
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Surface review of the Eagles' 1992 season,
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This review is from: Broken Wing, Broken Promise: A Season Inside the Philadelphia Eagles (Hardcover)
This book focuses on the disappointments of the 1992 Philadelphia Eagles, and the splintering of a Super Bowl-caliber team that never lived up to its potential. It does so through a wide selection of publicly-available quotes from players and coaches, and rundowns of each of the regular season and playoff games that year. Anyone who followed the team during that season, and the few years previous, may appreciate the thoughts and attitudes expressed in all the quotes printed here. However, it begins to get a little repetitive when the same quote appears for the third time.
It's also clear that this book probes no deeper than the surface, lacking details or exploration of the team's collective failures. There were several undercurrents running throughout this team - the sudden departure of Buddy Ryan and the unpopular elevation of Richie Kotite; the death of Jerome Brown; the free-agent departure of Keith Jackson; the fractured relationship between Reggie White and team owner Norman Braman. All these and more are ripe areas for exploration, to gain a deeper understanding of the Eagles' failure to deliver on the promise of 1992, and they're all missing from this book. It's simply a nice refresher on what should have been a breakout year for Philadelphia sports, and nothing more. For a detailed look at the same subject, try Mark Bowden's excellent book 'Bringing the Heat.'
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good for people with little short term memory,
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This review is from: Broken Wing, Broken Promise: A Season Inside the Philadelphia Eagles (Hardcover)
It seems Anastasia has almost thrown a bunch of articles together and called it a book. He is constantly restating stories that he told in earlier chapters. The book does not flow at all. It was almost like he needed to fill a certain amount of pages. The chapters are fun to read standing alone, but sit down and read this book and you will be bored. If you are an Eagles fan, buy it because the game by game descriptions are excellent. If you're not an Eagles fan, forget it.
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