Jeff Pearlman

Jeff Pearlman is the author of nine NYT best-selling books including "Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s," the book that inspired the new HBO Series "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty."

Jeff speaks with Dan about how he chooses his subjects, his experience helping out with "Winning Time," and why that Lakers era captured our collective imaginations before sharing his personal stories with athletes across sports like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Walter Payton, Brett Favre, and more.

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