Playing For Pizza by J. Grisham

The main character in this book is Rick. Rick is a professional football player and is a quarterback that was released from many different teams because of injuries. He is currently on the Cleveland Browns in the AFC championship game. The Browns lost their starting quarterback previous to the game and their second quarterback during the game so now Rick has to go in to the game. During the fourth quarter the browns are up with a 17 point lead, but Rick throws two interceptions and a fumble to lose the big game. On the last interception Rick gets hit hard and suffers his third concussion. The Browns release him and no other team will take him. His agent, Arnie, is looking for a team that will take him. Arnie finds a team in Italy that needs a quarterback. Rick is not to sure about this, until a girl is looking to sue him. Now he is thinking that going to Italy would be a good idea because she won't be able to find him.