In a powerful autobiography, speaks in surprising and vivid detail about his violent, overbearing father, his antipathy toward the sport that made him famous, and the deep dissatisfaction that led him to use crystal...

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With another tackle-breaking, ankle-snapping performance—180 yards, three TDs and a big W for the Vikings— simply confirmed that he's the most formidable force in football

turn to to prepare for , his movie about Syracuse running back opening on Oct. 10? . Quaid, who plays Syracuse coach , befriended Brown—who played for the Orangemen from 1954 to '56, a few years before Davis—while...

contains a vast array of first-person reminiscences—from dozens of Yankees; Jim Brown; Sugar Ray Leonard; Hank Aaron; Bill Clinton—that anchors the book's often evocative text. What will make the volume a...