He is the author, co-author, or editor of 8 books,[1] including the acclaimed America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation.

He departed to launch a career as an author, which began upon the 1997 release of The Franchise: A History Of Sports Illustrated Magazine.

The book featured an introduction by David Halberstam and original essays by Dick Schaap, Joyce Carol Oates, Tony Kornheiser, Nelson George and Roy Blount Jr., among others.

[8] In 2004 Random House released MacCambridge's America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation.

[11] MacCambridge contributed an essay on the post-World War II rise of pro football to the 2009 release of A New Literary History of America by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors.

He has also contributed freelance columns and essays to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated, among other publications.