geno smith is playing quarterback for the new york giants.
geno smith is playing quarterback for the new york giants.
who is playing quarterback for the new york giants?
geno smith
a star quarterback and defensive back in high school football and a standout on the basketball court as well, crist received an athletic scholarship to penn state university. believing himself to be capable of playing quarterback at a high level, he insisted on playing that position if he were to play football, but penn state coach joe paterno insisted he play defensive back. rebuffing paterno's request, crist instead used his scholarship to play college basketball, where he played four years for the nittany lions. crist's reputation as a defensive back was nevertheless still high enough even after not playing college football that the giants signed him as an undrafted free agent upon graduating in 1972. this time, he agreed to play defensive back, where he spent all seven years of his professional career, never playing quarterback again.
chuck crist
pearlman is the author of "the bad guys won," a biography of the 1986 new york mets subtitled, "a season of brawling, boozing, bimbo-chasing and championship baseball with straw, doc, mookie, nails, the kid, and the rest of the 1986 mets, the rowdiest team ever to put on a new york uniform--and maybe the best." in 2004, the book spent eight weeks on the new york times best seller list. pearlman followed that up with his 2006 publication of "love me, hate me," an unauthorized biography of barry bonds for which the author said he interviewed 524 subjects. pearlman said that because "love me, hate me" was released three weeks after "game of shadows", it quickly faded. his third book, "boys will be boys", on the 1990s dallas cowboys dynasty, spent 10 weeks on the new york times best-seller's list. his fourth book, a biography of roger clemens titled, "the rocket that fell to earth," was released by harpercollins on march 24, 2009. the book is a detailed account of clemens' life on and off the baseball field. his fifth book, "sweetness," is a biography of walter payton, the late chicago bears running back. in march 2014, pearlman released "showtime," a biography of the 1980s los angeles lakers. it became his fourth new york times best seller. his seventh book, a biography of brett favre titled "gunslinger," was released in october 2016 and spent considerable time on the new york times best-seller's list. in "gunslinger", pearlman chronicles favre's life, from his early years in kiln, mississippi and playing quarterback for the high school team coached by his father, through his years at the university of southern mississippi and his nfl career with the atlanta falcons, green bay packers, new york jets and minnesota vikings. in addition to reporting on favre's football career, pearlman also addresses favre's life off the field, including his marriage and family life as well as his problems with alcohol and pain medication. pearlman did not interview favre for the book but he did interview some of favre's family members and many teammates and coaches. his newest book, "football for a buck," is about the united states football league, and spent several months on the new york times best seller list.
jeff pearlman