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Pros
Bo jackson is an extraordinary athlete whose feats trancended sports. For some it's a great story about a once-in-a-generation athlete who created a sensation whenever he stepped on the field. It's hard to believe there were less than five years in ja... Read More
Jeff pearlman lays out the warts-and-all story of bo jackson's childhood and career. For those old enough to remember jackson's playing days, many of pearlman’s highlight reel descriptions offer an all-inclusive nostalgia trip.
Cons
The author glamorizes the * jackson experienced as a child. Among its beginning pages is a tale of breathtaking cruelty against animals. This is less a story of bo jackson than a series of tales in which the writer's of disdain for the south is clearl... Read More
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His private life was often spent womanizing and one could never be sure whether they would be dealing with the dr
Combining exhaustive reporting with the deft touch of a writer at the height of his powers this book tells the unbelievable but... Read More
Say what you will but i was not comfortable with the amount of profanity in the book
This led to hip replacement surgery and he is only athlete to play a professional sport with an artificial hip when he signed a... Read More
Competitiveness
A few weeks later in the state outdoor trackandfield championships jackson won the long jump the 120yard high hurdles the 330y... Read More
The world record was less than a 1000lbs
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We nned a superhero who is also a decent person
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From the prologue with the author being stopped at airport security… due to a strange object in his suitcase… that is caught in the xray machine… which turns out to be a brick… left behind in the garbage dump of what used to be bo jackson’s house… to the magical life of jackson… warts and all… from childhood to fame and fortune… including when this athletic “superman”… was hit in his hip… with kryptonite while playing his last nfl game for the los angeles raiders
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It wasn’t clark kent… it was vincent edward jackson… named after bo’s mother’s favorite tv program ben casey star vince edwards
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He became known as bo… short for “boar hog”… since vincent edward jackson got in trouble along with his friends because he was killing hogs illegally in his neighborhood
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The statistics and awards that bo would rack up in baseball… football… and track… are literally hard to comprehend… even for a sports fanatic like me
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And that’s obviously why a portion of the title of this book is… thelifeandmythofbojackson
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That one hitter against pinson valley came two days after jackson’s five firstplace finishes in the regional track sectionals
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A few weeks later in the state outdoor trackandfield championships jackson won the long jump the 120yard high hurdles the 330yard intermediate hurdles and the triple jump
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