Playing For Pizza by J. Grisham - Ch.4-5

Rick moves to Parma, Italy. Sam brings him to his apartment in downtown Parma, Sam said this is the place you want to live. The apartment is on the third floor, the owner of the team owns a few buildings and that is why he gets to live in downtown, it is more expensive here. The apartment has three rooms and is newly furnished and painted. They go to a cafe that is two blocks away from the apartment and then visit the field. The stadium is a professional rugby field and the panthers lease it for football. It has two canopy-covered bleachers, a press box and a natural grass field. The Parma Panthers are one of the teams out of nine. There are the Bergamo lions, who are the perennial champs, Bologna Warriors, Rome Gladiators, Naples Bandits, Milan Rhinos, Lazio Marines, Ancona Dolphins and Bolzano Giants. The locker room is nothing like the one Rick had in the NFL. It is a small room packed with lockers and equipment. When they leave the field they go to dinner with some of the players on the team who are anxious to meet him.