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My Life In and Out of a Helmet: the Bus

Ebony,  Dec, 2007  by Lynette Holloway

Tags: NFL

Most football fans know Jerome Bettis as a six-time Pro Bowler, NFL Comeback Player of the Year, the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year and Super Bowl champion. Before his retirement in 2006, Bettis helped the Pittsburgh Steelers win their record-setting fifth Super Bowl. But fans barely know about the man behind the statistics.

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In MY LIFE IN AND OUT OF A HELMET: THE BUS (Doubleday, $23.95), fans get to know all about one of the NFL's most beloved players. They learn that he was a troubled teenager who grew up on the mean streets of Detroit, and in an effort to avoid trouble, he honed his skills as an athlete on the football field. The book also reveals Bettis' softer side as a husband, father, mentor and loyal friend.

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