SportsTalk: Lars Anderson on BRADY

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Event Details New York Times bestselling author and former Sports Illustrated journalist Lars Anderson speaks with Seth Wickersham of ESPN about his new book Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness. “This book is what happens when one of the greatest sports writers of our time steps up to chronicle one of the icons in American sports. Lars Anderson could write about a pee-wee football game and make it a beautiful read; imagine what happens when he turns his talents to Tom Brady. To say this is a rich, compelling read doesn’t do it justice. For those of us who have always wanted more of the story behind THE quarterback, this is it.” —Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist About the Book Based on years of in-depth reporting and sources from every corner of his life, Brady is the definitive biography of the life, career, and retirement of one of football’s most legendary figures, Tom Brady. Anderson plunges into Tom Brady’s childhood to discover the origins of what Brady later described as his “sickness”: his category-five obsession with the game. The obsession dictated every choice Brady made, from what foods he ate to how he managed his day-to-day schedule to how he viewed his role as father to his three children and husband to supermodel Gisele Bündchen. From more than 350 original interviews with people who know the quarterback on and off the field, Anderson paints a detailed psychological portrait of Tom Brady, a self-described loner whose life is defined by discipline, resilience, a fascination with preparation, an intolerance for wasted time, and a relentless pursuit of the extraordinary. What he finds is a man riddled with contradiction, defined by both a prolific career of unmatched success on the field and the agonizing cost of greatness in his personal life. Brady is a comprehensive view of the life of the most accomplished player in the history of America’s game. Anderson digs deep behind the headlines to provide a richly…

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