There was nobody like Bo Jackson before him. And there hasn’t been anyone since.

He was Paul Bunyan, only flesh and blood. Jackson crushed 500-foot home runs and scaled outfield walls like Spiderman in five unforgettable seasons with baseball’s Kansas City Royals. He ran past, or simply over, would-be tacklers in football. He was one of the greatest all-around athletes in history, and a masterful Nike marketing campaign – “Bo knows” – cemented him as a cultural icon. He could do anything.

In a discussion of his definitive biography The Last Folk Hero, bestselling author Jeff Pearlman examines Jackson’s life and transcendent athletic career. When the latter was cut short by a hip injury sustained in the National Football League’s 1990 playoffs, it only fed the mythology around him. What more might Bo have done?

Pearlman, a former writer for Sports Illustrated, conducted more than 700 interviews for the exhaustively researched book, his 10^th. He also is host of the Two Writers Slinging Yang podcast and blogs regularly at jeffpearlman.com.