Today we go backstage with Jeff Pearlman, a sports author and New York Times best seller. Pearlman has a total of seven New York Times best sellers. They talk about Pearlman’s most recent work ” The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson.” This book is about Bo Jackson and his stellar athletic career in both professional Football and Baseball throughout the 80’s and 90’s, and is the only player to ever make All Star status in both professional football and Baseball.
Gentry and Pearlman talk about the popular series “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” Pearlman has published a book called “Three Ring Circus”, which is about the Lakers Dynasty in 1996 through 2004 when Kobe and Shaq collided as one of the best duo’s in basketball history. Pearlman also share’s his thoughts on Kyrie Irving’s recent controversy reposting and anti-semetic documentary found on Amazon.
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