Never Easy, Never Pretty : a Fan, A City, A Championship Season.

When the Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, it was a joyous moment for fans and team alike. For Dean Bartoli Smith, a lifelong Baltimore football fan and writer for The Baltimore Brew and Press Box, it was especially sweet. In Never Easy, Never Pretty, he recalls the ups and downs and ultim...

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Main Author: Smith, Dean Bartoli.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
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