The
New York Times: Arts
A Conversation With Andre Agassi
The tennis great talks
candidly about his life on and off the court with Sam Tanenhaus.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/11/20/books/1247465759724/a-conversation-with-andre-agassi.html
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