On the staff of "The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine "and a regular panelist on NPR s "It s Only a Game", Charles P. Pierce has written for, among others, "Sports Illustrated, GQ, "and "Esquire". He is the author of the books "Sports Guy", "Hard to Forget: An Alzheimer's Story", "Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything" and "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free".