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Tiaina Baul ""Junior"" Seau is widely considered one of the best linebackers ever to play the game. A ten-time All-Pro and twelve-time Pro Bowl selection, Seau was picked for the NFL's ""All-Decade Team"" in the 1990's. His incredible career spanned two decades, during which time he played for the Chargers, Dolphins, and Patriots. A charismatic leader and competitor known for playing through injuries and leaving it all on the field, Seau started in almost 250 regular season games and electrified fans with his dynamic play. In 2012, at the age of forty-three, Seau committed suicide with a gunshot wound to the chest. News of his death sent shockwaves through the NFL. Later, studies concluded that Seau had been suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of brain damage. His tragic death opened the door to hundreds of inquiries about the trauma from NFL players and their families. Drawing on exclusive access to Seau's family and Seau's never-before-seen diaries and letters, veteran reporter Jim Trotter goes beyond the statistics to paint a moving portrait of a larger-than-life star whose towering achievements in the game came at a great cost. AUTHOR: Longtime NFL reporter Jim Trotter covers football for ESPN. Previously, he was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. Trotter has appeared on CNN, Fox News, ESPN, NFL Network, and The Jim Rome Show. He is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee. REVIEWS: ""Few people knew Junior Seau like Jim Trotter . . . he took a sports book and artistically crafted it into a lyrical narrative about dreams, love, and, ultimately, heart-wrenching loss.""-Lars Anderson, author of The All Americans ""Leave it to Jim Trotter, who knew Junior Seau better than anyone in our business, to capture his competitive essence and personal demons equally well. I had so many questions about why Seau's life ended the way it did. Jim answered them with depth and compassion in this thorough and important book.""-Peter King, editor in chief, The MMQB b/w images

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Leave it to Jim Trotter, who knew Junior Seau better than anyone in our business, to capture his competitive essence and personal demons equally well. I had so many questions about why Seau's life ended the way it did. Jim answered them with depth and compassion in this thorough and important book. --Peter King, editor-in-chief, The MMQB Few people knew Junior Seau like Jim Trotter, who gracefully guides readers into the unique world of one of the NFL's most compelling figures of the last quarter-century. Trotter has achieved something rare here: he took a sports book and artistically crafted it into a lyrical narrative about dreams, love and, ultimately, heart-wrenching loss. --Lars Anderson, author of The Storm and the Tide and The All Americans Junior Seau shot himself in the heart, maybe to save his head for the pathologist. But Jim Trotter's book is about the heart, and of the heart. --Tom Callahan, author of Johnny U and The G.M. This book demonstrates why Trotter is one of the best talents in sports journalism. He didn't just write a great book about a football legend... he wrote one of the best sports biographies of all time. --Mike Freeman, author of Bloody Sundays and Bowden Junior Seau lived a remarkable, passion-filled and eventually tragic life. His death may make him one of the most important figures in football history. Jim Trotter masterfully tells it all here, in a powerful book that may change the way you look at the game. --Dan Wetzel, national columnist, Yahoo Sports Trotter, who covers the NFL for ESPN, tells a difficult story and tells it well...this is a powerful, thought-provoking account, handled with grace and sensitivity, of a superior football player's life and death. --Booklist No media member is better qualified to write this book than Trotter...it's a highly informative, easy read. --Nick Canepa, The San Diego Union-Tribune--No Source

""Leave it to Jim Trotter, who knew Junior Seau better than anyone in our business, to capture his competitive essence and personal demons equally well. I had so many questions about why Seau's life ended the way it did. Jim answered them with depth and compassion in this thorough and important book.""--Peter King, editor-in-chief, The MMQB ""Few people knew Junior Seau like Jim Trotter, who gracefully guides readers into the unique world of one of the NFL's most compelling figures of the last quarter-century. Trotter has achieved something rare here: he took a sports book and artistically crafted it into a lyrical narrative about dreams, love and, ultimately, heart-wrenching loss.""--Lars Anderson, author of The Storm and the Tide and The All Americans ""Junior Seau shot himself in the heart, maybe to save his head for the pathologist. But Jim Trotter's book is about the heart, and of the heart.""--Tom Callahan, author of Johnny U and The G.M. ""This book demonstrates why Trotter is one of the best talents in sports journalism. He didn't just write a great book about a football legend... he wrote one of the best sports biographies of all time.""--Mike Freeman, author of Bloody Sundays and Bowden ""Junior Seau lived a remarkable, passion-filled and eventually tragic life. His death may make him one of the most important figures in football history. Jim Trotter masterfully tells it all here, in a powerful book that may change the way you look at the game.""--Dan Wetzel, national columnist, Yahoo Sports ""Trotter, who covers the NFL for ESPN, tells a difficult story and tells it well...this is a powerful, thought-provoking account, handled with grace and sensitivity, of a superior football player's life and death."" --Booklist ""No media member is better qualified to write this book than Trotter...it's a highly informative, easy read.""--Nick Canepa, The San Diego Union-Tribune --

Leave it to Jim Trotter, who knew Junior Seau better than anyone in our business, to capture his competitive essence and personal demons equally well. I had so many questions about why Seau's life ended the way it did. Jim answered them with depth and compassion in this thorough and important book. --Peter King, editor-in-chief, The MMQB Few people knew Junior Seau like Jim Trotter, who gracefully guides readers into the unique world of one of the NFL's most compelling figures of the last quarter-century. Trotter has achieved something rare here: he took a sports book and artistically crafted it into a lyrical narrative about dreams, love and, ultimately, heart-wrenching loss. --Lars Anderson, author of The Storm and the Tide and The All Americans Junior Seau shot himself in the heart, maybe to save his head for the pathologist. But Jim Trotter's book is about the heart, and of the heart. --Tom Callahan, author of Johnny U and The G.M. This book demonstrates why Trotter is one of the best talents in sports journalism. He didn't just write a great book about a football legend... he wrote one of the best sports biographies of all time. --Mike Freeman, author of Bloody Sundays and Bowden Junior Seau lived a remarkable, passion-filled and eventually tragic life. His death may make him one of the most important figures in football history. Jim Trotter masterfully tells it all here, in a powerful book that may change the way you look at the game. --Dan Wetzel, national columnist, Yahoo Sports Trotter, who covers the NFL for ESPN, tells a difficult story and tells it well...this is a powerful, thought-provoking account, handled with grace and sensitivity, of a superior football player's life and death. --Booklist No media member is better qualified to write this book than Trotter...it's a highly informative, easy read. --Nick Canepa, The San Diego Union-Tribune

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JIM TROTTER covers the NFL for ESPN. Previously, he was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. Trotter began covering the NFL at the San Diego Union-Tribune, during which time he developed a close relationship with Junior Seau.

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