"Hey, old man, what's up?" These are the words that burst out of Brian Bosworth's mouth the moment Bo Jackson appears in a doorway of a small office inside The Hotel at Auburn University. As soon as a ...
Los Angeles Raiders running back Bo Jackson goes for maximum yardage in the second quarter in game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Oct. 31, 1988, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac) AP Bo Jackson’s ...
In 1987, the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks met on Monday Night Football. The enduring image? Bo Jackson, running over and around Brian Bosworth. If you remember the 1987 NFL season, you ...
Bigger Than the Game: Bo, Boz, the Punky QB, and How the 80's Created the Modern Athlete by Michael Weinreb Gotham Books 2010. ISBN: 978-1-592-40559-6 Bigger than the Game is an outstanding treatise ...
The play I remember best from “Monday Night Football” on Nov. 30, 1987 isn’t the play everyone else likes to remember from that night. My most memorable moment from that game was Los Angeles Raiders ...
The 1980s were one of the great decades of college football and produced some of the greatest football players to roam the iconic venues on Saturdays. And, what if NIL and the by-the-day transfer ...
Vinny Testaverde — and the Boz, too? Yes, it is entirely possible that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers could land both the Heisman Trophy winner, Testaverde, and the two-time Butkus Award winner, linebacker ...
The mid-1980s introduced an unapologetic athlete archetype that captured headlines and airtime, taking advantage of a 24-hour news cycle and America's newfound appreciation of flashy, ...
In the second quarter, Bo blew past Boz in the open field for a spectacular 91-yard touchdown. In the second half, Jackson took a handoff near the goal line, moved to his left, cut toward the end zone ...