"A book that pro football fans will love..."

My new book TEN-GALLON WAR doesn't hit the stores for another few months, but to my surprise and delight, the subject came up last week when I appeared on Pro Football Talk Live with Mike Florio.

Florio, who is part of NBC's Sunday Night Football studio crew, hosts the hugely popular weekday Internet pro football show, where I regularly appear to discuss the Baltimore Ravens as part of my job covering the team for csnbaltimore.com.

I had sent him an advance copy of TEN-GALLON WAR, and he suddenly held it up and started talking about it and asking me questions.

"I think this is a book that pro football fans will love," he said. "I'm learning something new on every page."

Mike is a sharp and influential guy who knows as much about today's NFL as anyone, so I take the compliment as high praise.

Here's a link to our segment, which lasts about 16 minutes, but unless you want to know all about Ed Reed skipping the Ravens' mandatory minicamp last week, you can fast forward through the early portions. The book comes up at the 11-minute mark.

My thanks to Mike for the nice words and the early chance to promote the book, which, by the way, can be pre-ordered even though it doesn't come out until the fall.