Audio Book Description:
Rick Dockery was the third-sting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver,to the surprise and dismay ofvirtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. Witha 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worstsingle performance in the history of NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns andshunned by all other teams. Butall Rick knows is football,and he insists that his agent,Arnie, find a team that needs him. Against enormous odds Arniefinally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback-for the mighty Panthersof Parma, Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFLplayer-any former NFL player-attheir helm. So Rick reluctantly agrees to playfor the Panther-at least until a better offer comes along-and heads of to Italy.He knows nothing about Parma, has never been to Europe, and doesn`t speak or understand a word of Italian. To say that Italy holds a few surprises forRick Dockery would be somethingof an understatement.
