02612cam a2200325 4500 1046746464 TxAuBib 20231123120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781637272633 1637272634 B0CJMG2W5P Amazon 51a59824-da1c-43ac-8db9-43ec91b4b81d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10166733 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Okoye, Christian. The Nigerian Nightmare [Sunflower eLibrary eBook] : My Journey Out of Africa to the Kansas City Chiefs and Beyond. Triumph Books, 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3536kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. An essential and improbable football story that crosses continents, cultures, and sports Christian Okoye never dreamed of playing football. He passed hours playing soccer each day in Enugu, Nigeria, until he outgrew the sport— physically. His focus shifted to track and field, honing an elite talent for discus throw that brought him to Azuza Pacific University in California. Only when those Olympic dreams were inexplicably dashed did he pick up a football for the first time at age 23. By 1987, Okoye was one of the NFL's most beguiling draft prospects, a 260-pound running back who was the picture of raw, unstoppable athleticism. The Kansas City Chiefs selected him in the second round, and the "Nigerian Nightmare" was born. In this timely autobiography, Okoye unfolds his life story from the heart, detailing a childhood upended by civil war, his unconventional path to football, and his glory years with the Chiefs. He also candidly discusses the darker facets of his American dream: an existence filled with chronic pain and and memory loss which forces Okoye to grapple honestly with the biggest question: If he had to do it all over again, would he play football? Biography & Autobiography. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-11-22 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=51a59824-da1c-43ac-8db9-43ec91b4b81d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=51a59824-da1c-43ac-8db9-43ec91b4b81d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=51a59824-da1c-43ac-8db9-43ec91b4b81d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)