Please join New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman for a discussion on long-form writing about controversial sports topics. Pearlman, an expert biographer, is known for conducting hundreds of in-depth interviews for each of the stories he tells. Among the subjects Pearlman has profiled are superstars Brett Favre, Barry Bonds, Walter Payton and Roger Clemens as well as the United States Football League and teams including the 1986 New York Mets, the 1990s Dallas Cowboys, and his latest release, Three Ring Circus, on the dynamics behind the Lakeshow Lakers starring Kobe, Shaq and Phil Jackson.

Jeff is a former Sports Illustrated senior writer, a former ESPN.com columnist and a former staff writer for Newsday and The (Nashville) Tennessean. He contributes to multiple media outlets, and blogs regularly at www.jeffpearlman.com. He tweets regularly at twitter.com/jeffpearlman.

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