Welcome to the Sunday 7 (actually Sunday 9, but who’s counting)…
My new book “Smarter About Sports” is officially out in two days! Pre-order here:https://a.co/d/02torxr2
I truly appreciate all the kind comments here, and encourage everyone to read it and gift it to friends and family. With the publishing date imminent, I thought I would offer here eight (8) book excerpts to whet your appetite!
Enjoy these (but please go to Amazon and buy the book)…
Two days until Smarter About Sports is officially out.
This week's Sunday 7 — actually Sunday 9, but who's counting — is something a little different. Instead of my usual takes, I'm sharing eight excerpts from the book to give you a real taste of what's inside. These are stories I've never told anywhere else.
A few that I think will surprise you:
The time David Falk looked across a negotiating table at the San Antonio Spurs and threatened to make sure Michael Jordan would be sick for their game that year — and what happened when I asked him afterward if he ever would have actually done it.
My one conversation with Al Davis. I expected to talk about the Raiders' salary cap. What he actually wanted to know was whether I knew Elgin Baylor.
And the question I ask every aspiring agent who tells me they want to do what I did. Most of them don't have a good answer.
Plus — the US Soccer team bowed out of the World Cup. I have a thought on that too.
This week's Sunday 9:
David Falk, Michael Jordan, and the leverage tactic I could never pull off
Building the Barcelona Dragons from scratch in 10 days
Andy Reid, Matt Hasselbeck, and the private workout that started it all
Working inside the unique structure of the Green Bay Packers
Brett Favre, John Madden, and what happened in that pregame meeting
Six years at ESPN — and what a producer told me about our audience
My one conversation with Al Davis
What I tell every aspiring agent who wants to do what I did
The US Soccer team, the World Cup, and why fairy tales don't always come true
Settle in — and please buy the book.
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