Whats the allure to writing sports books?
They’re fun. I enjoy the people … Sports offers a very interesting mirror to the rapidly changing American society. What are the similarities you find in sports and politics? One important thing is how television has dramatically changed both of those worlds. Television likes theater, it likes a show. It doesn’t like substance. Belichick is constantly trying to fight off our addiction to television and the egotism it creates. Why a book on Belichick? I stumbled into it. I watched the Giants back in the 1980s, and it was clear to me early on that here was a young defensive coach who was very uncoachlike. His football pedigree was at [Phillips Academy in] Andover [Mass.] and Wesleyan University in Connecticut. … After the Patriots won their third Super Bowl, I got a call from a friend of his asking if I would be interested in writing a book on Belichick. But how could we do a book on a coach who tries to eliminate ego at every turn? … This book is a homage to Belichick’s father – a
