New York Times Bestselling author Jeff Pearlman chats with Trey Elling about THE LAST FOLK HERO: THE LIFE AND MYTH OF BO JACKSON. Topics include:
- How he got the nickname “Bo” (0:26)
- Why young Bo cleaned his act (1:30)
- Bo the high school football player (3:16)
- Choosing college football over pro baseball and Auburn over Alabama (4:06)
- How Bo helped “kill” Bear Bryant (5:39)
- Bo’s first season in college baseball (8:18)
- Bo showing his human side (11:56)
- Bo’s The Natural moment in college (13:25)
- Bo’s soap opera life when he won the Heisman (16:15)
- Bo’s senior baseball season ending abruptly (17:52)
- Bo’s terrible first impression with his future Royals teammates (19:40)
- How Bo ended up in pro football, despite insisting otherwise (20:34)
- Bo befuddling Matt Millen in his first practice with the Raiders (22:17)
- Bo killing The Boz (23:14)
- Why Bo was an a-hole when he returned to Royals spring training (24:42)
- The Kevin Seitzer incident (25:55)
- The “Bo Knows” ad campaign (27:18)
- Bo running up and down an outfield wall (29:52)
- The hip injury (31:59)
- Returning to baseball after the injury (33:22)
- Techmo Bo (34:03)
- Bo’s enriching 1993 baseball season (35:17)
- Bo’s penile legend (36:07)
- Bo’s role in the Nolan Ryan-Robin Ventura brawl (37:06)
- The hardest part of writing a biography on Bo (38:38)