Spies on the Sidelines

Author Kevin Bryant visited us in the Pigpen recently to talk about his latest novel  Spies on the Sidelines: The High-Stakes World of NFL Espionage.

We have spoken about many scoundrel and shady deal here in the web pages of the Pigskin Dispatch over the last few years. However we have only scratched the surface because our guest recently on the podcast, Kevin Bryant has dug deep and found out plenty. Mr Bryant you see know how to investigate. He is an Army veteran with over twenty years of experience serving his country along with gathering information for the Department of Defense, including thirteen years as a Special Agent. That's not all he also has a BA in History and  to top those credentials off he added an M.A. in Intelligence Studies and an M.S. in Sports Management. Is there anyone more suited to check out suspicious activity in the National Football League's history and write a book on it? I think not...

Kevin has inked what I think will be an instant hit titled; Spies on the Sidelines: The High-Stakes World of NFL Espionage. Kevin shares the following with us about the novel:

"While the phrase “three-letter agency” is a euphemism for American spook organizations such as the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) and the NSA (National Security Agency), the NFL is a three-letter agency in its own right. Behind the game day action of the NFL is a world much like the cloak-and-dagger realm of American intelligence agencies. The NFL has its own history filled with espionage-related stories that sound like something right out of the Cold War: spies disguised as reporters, military officers, and priests and even a dwarf playing the role of a baby being pushed in a stroller; covert surveillance of targets’ movements; hiding draft prospects by shuffling them in and out of hotels in aliases; tapped telephones, signals interception, decoy signals, encryption, code breaking, and radio frequency jamming; false flag operations; monitoring air traffic and airline passengers; spies scaling rooftops and telephone poles and clandestine photography undertaken from high-rise hotels with long-lensed cameras; peepholes, secret listening devices, surveillance photos relayed by zip line and whispered conversations masked by running water; stolen documents and trash cans sifted for secrets; subversion of individuals mired in debt; and a hilltop secured by Navy SEALs."

We invite you to listen to Kevin on the podcast above answer our questions about his latest creation and give you this link to order it now, Spies on the Sidelines: The High-Stakes World of NFL Espionage.

To learn more about Kevin Bryant and the book here are his social media handles:

Facebook: @kevinbryant.author

Instagram: @kevinbryant.author

Twitter: @kevbryantauthor

LinkedIn: @kevinbryantauthor

A Very Special thanks to Kevin Bryant for taking the time to share his book with us and to give permission to use the cover art of the novel in the banner photo of this post.