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With Bo Jackson the Bucs Were Once Handed a Unicorn Running Back. Here’s How They Blew It.

Related Topics: Bo Jackson, Hal Baird, Jeff Pearlman

Fresh off of winning the Heisman at Auburn, he was destined for Tampa—until a slapstick franchise and a bullying owner mucked it all up.

Excerpted from the book THE LAST FOLK HERO: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson,by Jeff Pearlman. Copyright © 2022 by Jeff Pearlman. From Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

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