From Mississippi to Mars: How Jerry Rice Became the World’s Most Subversive Export
When the Berlin Wall finally crumbled, a few East German teenagers celebrated by hurling bricks like wide-outs, shouting “Jerr-ry! Jerr-ry!” even though most had never seen a single 49ers highlight. They’d only heard the shortwave whispers: somewhere across an ocean, a man in gold and crimson was re-writing the geometry of a very American game,…