A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

“Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.”

 —New York magazine

 

The New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.” A columnist for Sports Illustrated, Roberts pulls no punches in her tough and brilliant New York Times bestseller, an exploration of the multi-million-dollar Yankees slugger’s checkered life and career. A-Rod is an eye-opening, unputdownable look at one of the greatest—and most flawed—players in today’s game.

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A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

“Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.”

 —New York magazine

 

The New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.” A columnist for Sports Illustrated, Roberts pulls no punches in her tough and brilliant New York Times bestseller, an exploration of the multi-million-dollar Yankees slugger’s checkered life and career. A-Rod is an eye-opening, unputdownable look at one of the greatest—and most flawed—players in today’s game.

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A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

by Selena Roberts
A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

by Selena Roberts

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“Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.”

 —New York magazine

 

The New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.” A columnist for Sports Illustrated, Roberts pulls no punches in her tough and brilliant New York Times bestseller, an exploration of the multi-million-dollar Yankees slugger’s checkered life and career. A-Rod is an eye-opening, unputdownable look at one of the greatest—and most flawed—players in today’s game.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780061899379
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 05/04/2009
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Selena Roberts, formerly a columnist for the New York Times, is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. She lives in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 The Good Son 15

2 The Phenom of Westminster 33

3 The Number One Hit 51

4 Like a Virgin Client 63

5 The Perfectionist 79

6 Mr. Two-Fifty-Two 99

7 The "B-12" Code 129

8 The Trophy Date 159

9 The Risk Taker 177

10 The "Fuck You" Tour 199

11 The DiMaggio Wannabe 215

Epilogue 233

Acknowledgments 247

Notes on Sources 251

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