Football for a buck : the crazy rise and crazier demise of the USFL /

The United States Football League, known fondly to millions of sports fans as the USFL, was the last football league to challenge the NFL while causing its owners and executives to collectively shudder. It spanned three seasons, from 1983 to 1985, secured multiple television deals, drew millions of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pearlman, Jeff (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Subjects:	USFL (Organization) > History. USFL (Organization) > Anecdotes. USFL (Organization) Football > United States > History > 20th century. SPORTS & RECREATION / Football. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Franchises.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
1. Origins
2. Albert C. Lynch
3. Herschel
4. Seasonal
5. Weathering a storm
6. Title dreams
7. Craziness
8. The saviors
9. Wild fields
10. Gerbils and snowballs
11. Falling
12. Movement
13. Wobbling
14. Blank guns
15. Hookers have business cards?
16. Cancer
17. Legal eagles
18. Suspended
19. Reunion.