Badasses, Peter Richmond
Badasses, Peter Richmond
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Badasses
The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders

Author: Peter Richmond

Narrator: Barry Abrams

Unabridged: 12 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/07/2017

Synopsis

A book that explores the enduring legends of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden’s Oakland Raiders, Badasses is the definitive biography of arguably the last team to play old-fashioned tough-guy football. Peter Richmond, co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Glory Game, offers a fascinating look at the 1970s Oakland Raiders, led by colorful greats from another era: Ken Stabler, Willie Brown, Gene Upshaw, Jim Otto, Art Shell, head coach John Madden, and owner Al Davis. In the bestselling vein of Boys Will Be Boys, Badasses chronicles the bar-room exploits, practice-field pranks, and Super Bowl glories of the team’s many misfits, cast-offs, psychos, and geniuses of the game.

About Peter Richmond

Peter Richmond is the author of several books, including The Glory Game (with Frank Gifford). His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Magazine, and GQ. He lives with his wife in Dutchess County, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josh

I'm not a Raiders fan, but I am a football fan. I was loosely familiar with the legend of the colorful characters of the 1970s Raiders and long ago I read one of Madden's books. I have no problem acknowledging the Madden Raiders (or Madden-Flores Raiders) as one of the better dynasties in NFL histor......more

Goodreads review by John

A little rah-rah, a bit over the top with the veneration and the badassery, but anyone who remembers this team will find this biography warming. Only at the end does the author take out his knives and go at the NFL and what he sees as the corporatization of the game, and though the comments have all......more

Goodreads review by Taylor

This was the best football book I have ever read. A true tell all book from the "Badass" years of the Oakland Raiders. Many of the players were able to interview, and their stories were priceless. The Oakland Raiders in the 1970's were real football, from a time when most sports were considered blue......more

Goodreads review by Tom

A great sports book about the Oakland Raiders in the 1970's. This book has it all; great reporting, great writing, and awesome stories about such Raiders with nicknames such as the Assassin, Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, Tooz and Pinky just to name a few. The author, Peter Richmond, did not leave anyone ou......more

Goodreads review by Steve

Since my team has a history of futility(Go Loins) and doesn't warrant a book detailing their history, I have to read about the colorful history of other teams I don't despise(Boooo Packers). This book was a good interesting read for a football fan. Especially a Raiders fan. Really detailed and well......more

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