5: Jeff Pearlman, author, "Three Ring Circus"
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English - October 06, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSports sports literature writing longform interview interviews books nonfiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A former Sports Illustrated and ESPN writer, Jeff Pearlman has written nine books. He called JD from California to discuss his new book, "Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty". Jeff talks about how he went about writing and researching the book, and how he had to adapt on the fly in January when Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash.