Just Kick It: Tales of an Underdog, Over-Age, Out-of-Place Semi-Pro Football Player
- 作者:Mark,St. Amant
- 出版社:Baker & Taylor Books
- 出版日期:2008-03-19
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:0743286766
- ISBN13:9780743286763
- 裝訂:平裝 / 15.2 x 22.2 x 1.9 cm / 普通級
Fantasy football writer and self-described poster child for suburban-raised white boy Mark St. Amant tells the unlikely story of how he ditched his television and laptop to join an inner-city football squad the mostly African-American Boston Panthers, one of more than 600 semi-pro teams around the country. With warmth, insight, and his trademark offbeat, self-deprecating humor, Mark recounts the strides he made on and off the field and reveals the powerful bonds that developed among teammates young and not-so-young, struggling and successful, black, white, and Hispanic, all clinging tightly to their dreams and playing the game they love.
From couch potato to field goal kicker, Mark lived out a real-life football fantasy, discovering true teamwork, staring his lifelong fear of athletic failure in the face, witnessing testosterone-fueled hilarity both on and off the field, and achieving gridiron glory in ways he d never imagined.