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Sometimes they care too much.” –Linda Robertson, The Miami Herald Powell doesn’t introduce us to villains, but to hard-working people who devote almost all their spare time to helping their kids. It would be much too simplistic to condemn youth sports “Powell shows us in vivid portraits of the kids, parents and coaches of the Greater Miami Pop Warner league, the most successful in the country. Grade: A.” –Karen Krizman, The Rocky Mountain News A moving narrative of a community using the pigskin to escape poverty and crime. “Powell tackles the surprisingly tough topic of youth football–and in the process writes a hard-hitting social commentary on Miami’s black community. reveals a city at war with itself and, more subtly, the country in which it flourishes.” –Mike Baab, The Seattle Times “ presents honestly, and in doing so tells a story that ultimately isn’t about youth football, but about America itself. complex topics, and providing context for the intense competition, Powell elevates We Own This Game well above the average sports book to a significant sociological study.” –Stephen J. We Own This Game is an inside-the-huddle look into a world of innocence and corruption, where every kickoff bares political, social, and racial implications an unforgettable drama that shows us just what it is to win and to lose in America. But their flamboyant coach (the ‘darth Vader of youth football”) will face defeat in a down-to-the-wire playoff game. The Palmetto Raiders, undefeated for two straight years, will be rewarded for good play with limo rides and steak dinners. The Liberty City Warriors, former national champs, will suffer the team’s first-ever losing season. In 2001, journalist Robert Andrew Powell spent a year following two teams through roller-coaster seasons. In America’s poorest neighborhood, troubled parents dream of NFL stardom for children who long only for a week in Disney World at the Pop Warner Super Bowl. Games draw thousands of fans recruiters vie for nascent talent drug dealers and rap stars bankroll teams and the stakes are so high that games sometimes end in gunshots. From an award-winning journalist, a year with Miami’s controversial Pop Warner football programĪlthough its participants are still in grade school, Pop Warner football is serious business in Miami, where local teams routinely advance to the national championships.