Football for a Buck, Jeff Pearlman
Football for a Buck, Jeff Pearlman
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Football for a Buck
The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

Author: Jeff Pearlman

Narrator: Joel Richards

Unabridged: 14 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/11/2018


Synopsis

The United States Football League was the last football league to not merely challenge the mighty NFL but also to cause it to collectively shudder. It spanned three seasons, featured as many as eighteen teams, secured multiple television deals, drew millions of fans, and launched the careers of legendsbut then it died beneath the weight of a particularly egotistical and bombastic owner, a New York businessman named Donald Trump. In Football for a Buck, Jeff Pearlman draws on more than four hundred interviews to unearth all the salty, untold stories of one of the craziest sports entities to have ever captivated America. From 1980s drug excess to some of the most enthralling and revolutionary football ever seen, Pearlman transports listeners back in time to this crazy, boozy, audacious era of the game. He shows how fortunes were made and lost and how, thirty years ago, Trump was a scoundrel and a spoiler. This is sports as high entertainmentand a cautionary tale of the dangers of ego and excess.

About Jeff Pearlman

Jeff Pearlman is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books. He is a former Sports Illustrated senior writer, a former ESPN.com columnist, and a former staff writer for Newsday and the Tennessean. He is a regular contributor to Bleacher Report and CNN.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark

I'lll admit a bias upfront: I have great fondness for the "other leagues, the upstart leagues - the AFL, ABA, WHA, WFL, USFL" So, I was poised to like this book before I started reading it as long as it delivered a story about the people involved in the league and not a recitation about each game. I......more

Goodreads review by Chris

Hey - I remember the USFL! Man, the Chicago Blitz were good that first year! Pearlman look at the rise & fall of the failed league, and the result is a very interesting, highly readable, and extremely entertaining book. It's interesting, because from my hazy childhood memory, I assumed the league fail......more

Goodreads review by victor

Very entertaining. Great collection of humorous anecdotes that can be found on almost every page. Although the USFL lasted only three years and was given to franchise shuffling and attracting owners of dubious competence, it did make a mark on football. A number of players who would later find roste......more