PLAYING HURT - Pierce Scranton After eighteen years as the team physician for the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks, Dr. Pierce Scranton describes the frenzied world of treating injured professional athletes while also coping with team owners, general managers, head coaches, and agents. Scranton discusses the current medical issues in pro football, from the league's steroids policy to the debate about grass versus turf, plus he offers a detailed look at how physicians help their teams evaluate college players before the NFL draft. The BUCPOWER.COM review This book is a suitable companion to "You're OK, It's only a bruise" and tells the life of the Seahawks' team doctor. Everything from the scouting combine, the draft and game situations are examined and all the gory details are sometimes detailed. There is little doubt that this is a side of the game that not many people know about, and now with two such books on the subject available, one can get a truer picture for what happens during those injury timeouts. For a serious NFL fan, this is a must for your collection. Other reviews Pro football is a punishing sport. Witout team physicians, even the toughest players would not be able to battle through the injuries and grueling pain of the season. For seventeen years, before, during , and after games, Dr. Pierce Scranton tended to the wounded of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. In PLAYING HURT, Dr. Scranton explores the high-stakes world of treating injured pro athletes while also having to deal with team owners, general managers, head coaches, and agents. Scranton discusses the issues that are always present in pro football, whether its the league's steroids policy or the debate about grass versus artificial turf. He provides a detailed look at how team physicians evaluate college players before the NFL draft, and he takes readers inside the draft-day "war room." Inside Flap What you thought of it Add your comments on this book If you want to add a review for this book or any other book, please e-mail us at the contact address shown on the front page of BUCPOWER.COM.