Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the Usfl

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 legends' but 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 entertainment' and a cautionary tale of the dangers of ego and excess.

Author: Jeff Pearlman
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 10/09/2018
Binding Type: MP3 CD
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 4.90h x 5.60w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781974920624
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Richards, Joel: - Joel Richards is a storyteller of both stage and page. He holds an MA in Storytelling, a BFA in Acting, and a BA in English. He has acted Off-Broadway as well as regionally around the US. He has narrated dozens of audiobooks as well as hundreds of e-learning and shorter nonfiction works. So far, his voice has helped plant trees, expand airports, teach yoga, and even prank call himself.Pearlman, Jeff: - Jeff Pearlman the New York Times best-selling author of seven books. His new release, Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre, is available now. He is a former Sports Illustrated senior writer, a former ESPN.com columnist and a former staff writer for Newsday and The (Nashville) Tennessean. He contributes to Bleacher Report and CNN.com, and blogs regularly at www.jeffpearlman.com.