Chad: I Can't Be Stopped (Hardcover)

by Paul Daugherty (Author)

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Product Description
What’s so great about Chad Johnson, #85, of the Cincinnati Bengals? Just five years into his career and he is already becoming a household name.

Chad: I Can’t Be Stopped is the first book about the energetic wide receiver whose zany endzone celebrations have landed him over $100,000 in fines and into the hearts of football fans nationwide.

Chad is known for his flamboyant playing style and trash talking. But that’s the man on camera. Who is he or rather how is he when the camera’s put away?

He’s a practical jokester who mailed Pepto Bismol to various Cleveland Brown’s players before the big game. He also wandered the halls of his high school only to be found helping painters paint his school building.

Being raised fatherless left room for several different men and two very special women to shape this hyperactive class clown into the wide receiver that "no-one can cover."

* Find out what really happened in the locker room at halftime during the 2005 playoff game.

* Who does he call at 3 a.m. when he can’t sleep?

* The most important woman in his life—where does she live?

* Who’s credited for saving his football life?

Product Details

• Hardcover: 205 pages
• Publisher: Orange Frazer Press; 1 edition (August 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933197137
• ISBN-13: 978-1933197135
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #148,728 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chad realy can't be stopped, January 11, 2007

A Kid's Review

Chad I can't be stopped, is and incredible book. I give this peice of work 5 stars. The way the author goes into complete depth and detail is amazing. Also the authors tell many stories which are told in Chad's his prospective about how he plays and performs in the football games. Also how he thinks he played in the steelers game in 2005 and his locker room breakdown in his point of veiw. Many of my favorite parts are when Bessie Mae talks about her grandson Chad and how she straitened him up and made him go to school. Apparently Chad did not like school at all. Chad says he made school harder than it needed to be but thanks to Bessie he made it through. Chad says Bessie Mae is the most important women in his life without her he wouldn't have made it. I also liked how the author included where Bessie grew up and how she wanted a better life for her children and that happened according to her family and Chad. I have to say though my favorite part is when he talks about his tuesdays and how when everyone eles is off work he's trying so hard to get better. Chad is a hero on and off the field and this book really highlights that. It also tells about Chad's journey to get where he is now which a successful star is. Chad is a hero but most importantly he mine and the Greater Cincinnati's too. GO BENGALS!!!!

Chads biggest Fan

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars To be enjoyed not just in BengalLand but by all football fans, November 5, 2006

By	Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Chad Johnson has rocketed to sports stardom with his performance on the field in the last 3 years, both for the statistics and for his antics, in particular his TD celebrations. Chad has created an image that has proven hard to resist, but is that the REAL Chad?

In "Chad: i Can't Be Stopped" (205 pages), Cincinnati Enquirer sports columnist Paul Daugherty (with the full cooperation of Chad) brings us a clearer picture of the person Chad. Daugherty explores Chad's background, painting a clear picture of the enormous influence of Chad's grandmother Bessie Mae Flowers, who raised Chad in Maimi, and Charles Collins, the wide receivers coach at Santa Monica College (where the Panthers' Steve Smith was Chad's teammate). Eventually, Daugherty provides us with more insight on the real Chad. "Image: Egocentric star, football diva, requires pampering. Reality: People person, craves attention almost as much as touchdowns, stays regular." Or in the words of mentor Collins: "Chad is Superman on Sunday. The rest of the time he's Clark Kent." Daugherty goes behind the scenes to uncover many other things, such as what really happened in Chad's "meltdown" during the Steelers-Bengals half-time in the play-offs last season. The ultimate picture is that Chad indeed is no TO or some of the other egomaniacs in the NFL who care first about themselves, rather than the team.

Daugherty writes the book in an easy-flowing manner, and you find yourself turning the pages. As the 2006 NFL season unfolds right now, it seems that Chad actually CAN be stopped (by double and triple-teaming him), but Chad is who he is, and we all have come to like and love him. Hope it stays that way...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book of Inspiration, January 30, 2007

By	John Mullen "cincyfan90" (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is great. It offers a behind the scene look at the life of one of the most successful wide recievers in NFL history. Excellent!