Book description
Over two unbelievable decades, the New England Patriots were not only the NFL's most dominant team, but also-and by far-the most secretive. How did they achieve and sustain greatness-and what were the costs?
In It's Better to Be Feared, Seth Wickersham, one of the nation's finest investigative sportswriters, presents the…
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Why read it?
1 author picked It's Better to Be Feared as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
No dynasty in sports history has been more dissected, debated, or discussed than the New England Patriots. And no reporter has done more groundbreaking investigative work on the franchise, its quarterback, Tom Brady, or its coach, Bill Belichick, than Wickersham.
But, as much as I love this book for its scoops, it’s the narrative that Wickersham threads that made me say out loud to my wife, “This is freaking insane,” while I read it. He is a fierce and tireless reporter and the details he unearths make all these legendary characters real and their dominance inevitable.
From Chad's list on sports smarts.
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