One Season in the Lives of High School Football Players

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 7, 2016

Do the negative affects of football - the injuries, trauma and concussions - outweigh the positives? Kostya Kennedy, former Senior Writer and Assistant Managing Editor at Sports Illustrated, addresses a nationwide debate by looking at the lives of the players and coaches on the New Rochelle Huguenot's football team in Lasting Impact: One Team, One Season, What Happens When Our Sons Play Football.

Event: Kostya Kennedy will be signing copies of his book at Anderson's Book Shop (96 Chatsworth Avenue Larchmont, NY) on Saturday, September 10th at 10:00 a.m. 

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