The Boys of Riverside
Book description
The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief, Thomas Fuller.
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This story of the Cubs football team of the California School for the Deaf, Riverside, left me in awe. Their team won the championship of their eight-man football league in Southern California in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
The book is as instructive as it is inspiring. Creative play-by-play descriptions like “…bounced off defenders like a pinball…” provide a clear visualization of the sport of football. This was especially important for a novice football watcher like me. Through the author’s prose, I could see the plays and feel the excitement of the games.
Even more importantly, I understood how the deaf…
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