The author describes some childhood memories: Valentine's Day at school, fishing with his father, building a fort, letting frogs loose in his class, and Thanksgiving with his grandmother.
New York Stars, the rookie quarterback figures the world is his oyster. Reality sets in after meeting his football "family" -- the all-too benevolent owner, Papa Goldman, his daughter, the Stars' Director of Communications, Dominique, who has a certain fondness for quarterbacks, a frustrated head coach, a team full of malcontents and racial tensions, and a very shady Director of Player Personnel. But all of his concerns become secondary when a...