tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post5295746911273588985..comments2024-03-27T13:26:32.587-07:00Comments on Mystery Fanfare: Murder at the Super Bowl & Other Football Crime FictionJanet Rudolphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-10604153396825319142016-02-02T16:39:18.196-08:002016-02-02T16:39:18.196-08:00Janet,
You missed George LaFountaine's TWO-MI...Janet,<br /><br />You missed George LaFountaine's TWO-MINUTE WARNING (Coward, McCann, 1975), which may be the very first entry in this tiny sub-sub-sub-genre of Super Bowl mysteries. It's about a Charles Whitman-like sniper who attacks during the game, waiting to make his move at the, wait for it, two-minute warning.<br /><br />The film versions of TWO-MINUTE WARNING (Universal, 1976) and BLACK SUNDAY (Paramount, 1977). were released within just a few months of each other, prompting one wage to suggest a new Oscar category, "Best Film About a Major Crime Occurring During the Playing of the Super Bowl).JIM DOHERTYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-84315438912518216282016-02-01T12:12:08.084-08:002016-02-01T12:12:08.084-08:00Thanks, Gary, will add both!Thanks, Gary, will add both!Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-53888277453695732442016-02-01T12:05:48.968-08:002016-02-01T12:05:48.968-08:00Janet, I'd like to add my football crime novel...Janet, I'd like to add my football crime novel The Jook, and there's the ill-fated football mystery anthology Otto Penzler edited that I have a short story in, know most often as The Mighty Johns.Gary Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122103460432424026noreply@blogger.com