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The Man Who Never Was: Surfing Naked, Football & Drugs

Thursday, Apr. 30 2009 @ 9:47PM

By R. Scott Moxley in Moxley, Sports

Sports fans (and recovering drug addicts) definitely should checkout a copy of this month's Esquire with George Clooney on the cover. Journalist Mike Sager, formerly of the Washington Post and Rolling Stone, has written a fascinating article about the struggles of a onetime local star football star at Mater Dei and USC.

"Twenty years ago Todd Marinovich was guaranteed to be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game of football," the story opens. "He was drafted ahead of Brett Favre. Today he's a recovering junkie. Scenes from the chaotic life of a boy never designed to be a man."

Read the article HERE.

--R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly

Tags: Brett Favre, drug addicts, junkie, Mater Dei, Mike Sager, Todd Marinovich, USC