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Football for a Buck
- The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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 18 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 400 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, 30 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.
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- David Bilinski
- 2018-10-05
Amazing!!
As someone who wasn't alive when this book takes, place I find this story absolutely fascinating. Amazing story that shows all the ups and downs of the USFL. Some stories are truly crazy. This should be made into a movie!!
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- Raven W
- 2021-05-28
Great Story!
I'm not a football fan... let alone a sports fan but this book was hard to stop listening to. Absolutely fascinating story, would definitely recommend!
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- Mike S.
- 2022-07-30
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A great history lesson as to how hard it is to grow a successful league. Take note you crybaby WNBA players.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-02-18
Excellent read
Fascinating story. Small criticism for the narrator with respect to the reading of sports team scores vs team records. On several occasions, the narrator refers to a team’s win-loss record as, for example, “4 to 12” or “8 to 8”, when it should be read as “4 AND 12” or “8 AND 8”. Seems it was being read as a score, where “to” would instead be used.
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