Charlie Pierce on Tom Brady

The New England Patriots play their first pre-season game tomorrow night. Fans of the team will have their eyes once again on quarterback Tom Brady. Tonight on the Front Porch we’ll talk with journalist Charlie Pierce about Brady, and the role of football in American society.

Tom Brady regularly gets compared to the greatest players in football history. His ego stays on the sidelines and the team always comes first. The three-time Superbowl champion is the subject of Charlie Pierce's book Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything.

***This interview origninally aired December 6, 2007***