Tom Brady was drafted to the Patriots, in 2000, at No. 199. Only one Super Bowl-winning quarterback had ever been drafted lower. Just two years later, he became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl. He would go on to win a record six more—the most of any player in the N.F.L.’s history.
With newfound fame, Brady needed a partner who could understand highlights and the spotlight. In late 2006, he got a call from Ed Razek, the chief marketing officer of Victoria’s Secret. Razek told Brady that he had a “girl version” of the star quarterback: the Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. They married in 2009. By the winter of 2022, they were divorced.
A new biography about the quarterback’s ascent from seventh-string college player to national superstar centers on one question: Can a man really claim that he’s won it all if he fumbled Gisele Bündchen? Jennifer Wilson reviews the book:
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