Audiobooks by Jeff Pearlman

Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur

"“Jeff Pearlman breaks down Tupac’s life like a veteran sportswriter examining a dynasty. This detailed look at his life is the work of a writer who understands the ego of greatness.”—Chuck D “Pearlman delivers rich, engrossing, and fascinating new details about Shakur’s life and legacy—not just once or twice—but throughout each lively page...This is the type of needed journalism, reporting, and biography that finally and deservedly provides the definitive historic account on Shakur.”—Jonathan Abrams, author of The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop Scrutinized in life, mythologized in death, Tupac Shakur remains a subject of immense cultural significance and speculation nearly thirty years after his murder. Despite a multitude of books, documentaries, and even a feature film, much about Tupac’s story remains shrouded and misunderstood. Like many icons who died tragically young, Tupac the man has long been obscured—his edges sanded down, his complexity numbed—by the competing agendas that surround his legacy. In Only God Can Judge Me, accomplished biographer and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman tackles his most nuanced subject, telling the definitive story of Tupac Shakur in unprecedented depth. In this authoritative look at Tupac’s life, Pearlman skillfully recreates West Coast hip hop in all its glory, going inside Death Row Records and on the sets of movies like Juice and Poetic Justice to offer the most clear-eyed rendering to date of the man who still casts a shadow over modern hip hop. But more than just a biography of a complicated figure, Only God Can Judge Me also captures the time and place in which Tupac rose, a singular moment in music history when West Coast hip hop became a phenomenon and transformed popular music. Featuring nearly seven hundred original interviews and never-before-published details from every corner of Tupac’s life, the result offers a truly singular portrait of one of modern pop culture’s most towering figures. Guided by the voices of those who knew and lived life alongside him, Only God Can Judge Me captures the layers of a man who, even thirty years after his death, remains as elusive as ever. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook."

Jeff Pearlman (Author), James Shippy (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El circo de los tres anillos

"La historia sobre la dinastía de los Lakers de 1996 hasta 2004, cuando Kobe Bryant y Shaquille O'Neal se conjuntaron (y colisionaron) para conseguir tres campeonatos consecutivos para los Lakers, devolviendo la franquicia a lo más alto de la NBA. En la historia moderna del deporte, nunca ha habido dos compañeros de equipo de tan alto nivel que se odiaran tanto como Shaquille O'Neal odiaba a Kobe Bryant y Kobe Bryant odiaba a Shaquille O'Neal. Desde enfrentamientos públicos, a altercados físicos y repetidas amenazas mutuas, aquello era la guerra. Y, sin embargo, a pesar de ocho largos años de luchas internas y de una hostilidad nunca antes vista, la figura de Phil Jackson emergió para instaurar la paz en el vestuario del equipo. Su intervención logró que la pareja Shaq-Kobe se convirtiera en una de las más grandes dinastías en la historia de la NBA. De la mano, lideraron a los Lakers para conseguir tres anillos de manera consecutiva, devolviendo la gloria y la emoción a la franquicia de la ciudad de Los Ángeles. El circo de los tres anillos es una maravillosa inmersión a una de los emparejamientos más tensos y exitosos de la historia del deporte. - Jeff Pearlman es un autor best seller del New York Times de ocho libros relacionados con el deporte. Vive en Carolina del Sur con su esposa y sus dos hijos. Es el creador del podcast Yang y escribe regularmente en su blog www.jeffpearlman.com"

Jeff Pearlman (Author), Jordi Llovet (Narrator)

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Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

"The United States Football League was the last football league to not merely challenge the mighty NFL but also to cause it to collectively shudder. It spanned three seasons, featured as many as eighteen teams, secured multiple television deals, drew millions of fans, and launched the careers of legends—but then it died beneath the weight of a particularly egotistical and bombastic owner, a New York businessman named Donald Trump. In Football for a Buck, Jeff Pearlman draws on more than four hundred interviews to unearth all the salty, untold stories of one of the craziest sports entities to have ever captivated America. From 1980s drug excess to some of the most enthralling and revolutionary football ever seen, Pearlman transports listeners back in time to this crazy, boozy, audacious era of the game. He shows how fortunes were made and lost and how, thirty years ago, Trump was a scoundrel and a spoiler. This is sports as high entertainment—and a cautionary tale of the dangers of ego and excess."

Jeff Pearlman (Author), Joel Richards (Narrator)

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