059: Mark Fainaru-Wada – Investigative Reporter, Steroids, Barry Bonds, and Concussions

Episode 059: Mark Fainaru-Wada – Investigative Reporter, Steroids, Barry Bonds, and Concussions This was an extremely thought provoking conversation with Mark Fainaru-Wada. This is the first time I’ve ever had an investigative reporter on as a guest of The Learning Leader Show. The magnitude of the work that Mark has done is immense. We touched on a number of topics during this conversation from Chris Borland retiring to Cris Carter’s “Fall Guy” comments made at the NFL Rookie Symposium. It was a very enlightening an entertaining conversation. Mark Fainaru-Wada is an investigative reporter for ESPN. With his colleague Lance Williams, he co-authored the New York Times best-seller “Game of Shadows — Barry Bonds, BALCO and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports.” He’s also written (along with his brother Steve Fainaru) “League Of Denial,” which reveals how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, sought to cover up and deny mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage. Episode 059: Mark Fainaru-Wada – Investigative Reporter, Steroids, Barry Bonds, and Concussions Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio The Learning Leader Show “The scientist is not the person who gives the right answers; he’s the one who asks the right questions.” – Claude Levi-Strauss Some Questions I Ask: What are common characteristics of people who lie and cheat that you have encountered? Why do people who are obviously guilty continually lie? What was your process for writing “Game Of Shadows?” You were told to “give up your sources or go to jail.” What affect did that statement have on your life? Why write the book “League of Denial” about the NFL? Would you allow your own children to play football? What is the future for the NFL? What could the NFL have been thinking by putting the Cris Carter “fall guy” statements on their website for years?