Commentary: Hail `Hard Knocks.` Hail the F-bombs, the pathos, the broken spirits. But also admire the first-rate storytelling.
(LA Times Dodgers)

Legit or not, to fail in the NFL is to fail at manhood. That´s almost a medieval concept, sure. But the brutal, blue-collar ethos of pro football buys into that, as do many of its followers. Football = manhood. Sports = life. Each season, on HBO´s superb `Hard Knocks,` some 40 aspiring athletes...