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Bo Jackson: An Epic Hero

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Bo jackson was a epic hero by today's standards. He was born in raised in alabama, he was picked on for a stutter he had developed, and was known for his outstanding feats in sports. He played two major league sports football, and baseball. But all these amazing feats doesn’t make Bo Jackson a hero. What makes him a hero is that he can perform major feats of strength, he traveled over vast distances, and he showed great amounts of humility. Bo Jackson was by far one of the greatest baseball/ football players of all time. He played two sports football, and baseball both which take huge amounts of strength to compete in just one. He was the best he hit home runs all the time, he hit the crown of the tv at kauffman stadium which has only been

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