Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback Audiobook (Free)

The book that made a legend–and capture’s America’s sport at length that’s under no circumstances been matched, now featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff a and never-before-seen content in the Plimpton Archives.

George Plimpton was perhaps best known for PAPER LION, the reserve that collection the club for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in speaking his way into teaching camp with the Detroit Lions, training with the group, and taking snaps behind middle. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks that pervade when sixty high-strung men live collectively in close quarters, and a host of soccer rites and rituals.

Among the funniest and most insightful books ever written on football, PAPER LION is a vintage look at the gridiron game and a publication The Wall Street Journal calls ‘a continuous feast…The very best book ever about football–or anything!’