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Perspective

Jan. 25, 2014

He showed them the money, then lost his

Is new memoir, super sports agent Leigh Steinberg takes us from his law school days at Berkeley, to his reign as the sports agent, to his ultimate fall from grace in the early 2000s.


Leigh Steinberg represented 60 first-round picks in the NFL Draft (including eight No. 1 selections), and was the primary inspiration for the title character in the film "Jerry Maguire." In his revealing memoir "The Agent," the California native takes us from his law school days at Berkeley, to his reign as the sports agent, to his ultimate fall from grace in the early 2000s. In the following excerpt from Chapter 11: "Free at Last," ...

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