Playing for Pizza, Paperback

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After providing what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL, third-string quarterback Rick Dockery becomes a national laughingstock. Cut by the Cleveland Browns, and shunned by every other team, Rick insists that his agent find a team that "does" need him. Against enormous odds, Rick lands a job as the "starting "quarterback for the Mighty Panthers . . . of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player any former NFL player at their helm. And now they ve got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn t speak a word of Italian. To say that Italy the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and "football americano" holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.