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Sweetness The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton

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ISBN-10: 1592407374

ISBN-13: 9781592407378

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeff Pearlman

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The definitive biography of Chicago Bears superstar Walter Payton. In the twelve years since his death from cancer, Walter Payton’s legend has only grown in magnitude. The Hall of Fame running back, who broke Jim Brown’s all-time NFL rushing mark, appeared in nine Pro Bowls, won a Super Bowl ring with the 1985 Chicago Bears, and is still revered throughout the sporting landscape. Payton has become the lasting image of what’s great about football. Yet in mindlessly canonizing the man simply known as “Sweetness,” we have missed the opportunity to understand—and appreciate—one of the most uniquely complex and enigmatic superstars in the history of American sports. No longer. Based on…    
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Book details

List price: $21.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.94" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Jeff Pearlman graduated from the University of Delaware. He is the author of several books including The Bad Guys Won!: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team to Ever Put on a New York Uniform--and Maybe the Best; Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty; and Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. He is a columnist for SI.com, a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and other publications, and blogs regularly on jeffpearlman.com.

Prologue
Columbia
Bubba
Learning the Game
Black and White
The Emergence
Recruitment
Jackson
Jackson State
Soul
Connie
Heisman Hopes
Chicago
Going Pro
Birth of Sweetness
Zero Yards
The Wake-Up Call
The Strangest Run
Darkness
The Unbearable Bears
A Rose in a Dandelion Garden
Power
Shuffle
Super Letdown
Aftermath
Retirement
Now What?
A Bottomless Void
Depression
Final
Sick
The End
Legacy
Afterword
Acknowledge
Notes
Bibliography
Index