5/28/2023 0 Comments Andre agassi book reviewArmenian, raised poor in Iran and employed as a “captain,” or usher, at a casino on the Strip, Mike Agassi was determined to groom a champion and subjected all four of his children His first cell was the backyard court his immigrant father, Mike, built behind the family’s ramshackle house in the Agassi’sĪnnounced theme is that the game he mastered was a prison he spent some 30 years trying to escape. The more arresting news is that “Open” is one of the most passionately anti-sports books ever written by a superstar athlete - bracingly devoid of triumphalist homily and star-spangled gratitude. Given the current scandals involving steroids and human growth hormone, Agassi’s infraction seems minor, even quaint, characterized as it was by late-night binges that more likely retarded rather than “enhanced” One low period he found solace in crystal methamphetamine, supplied by his “assistant,” and later lied about it to tennis officials, thus avoiding a three-month suspension. Now, three years into his retirement, Agassi’s sterling accomplishments are again being obscured, this time by pre-publication revelations from his autobiography, “Open,” especially his admission that during Patrick Kovarik/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images
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