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The Last Folk Hero

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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)