Coming out ahead of Jindal book: A memoir by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will be going on sale the week before Gov. Bobby Jindal’s autobiography. Tyndale House Publishers—a Christian publisher that added inspirational and motivational sports stories to its mix in 2007—announced today that it plans to release Brees’ memoir on July 6. The publisher says Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity will describe three comebacks: Brees’ from a shoulder injury, the team’s Super Bowl victory after decades of futility, and New Orleans’ recovery after Hurricane Katrina. It will be written with Chris Fabry, who collaborated with Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel on The Winners Manual.
Presidential push: The First Fan is a big fan of basketball programs from Kansas. President Barack Obama predicts Kansas and Kansas State to reach the men’s basketball Final Four this season, along with Kentucky and Villanova. He’s picking the Jayhawks to defeat Kentucky for the title. Obama filled out a bracket for ESPN for the second straight year today, along with one for the women’s tournament. He selected Connecticut, Notre Dame, Stanford and Tennessee to reach the Final Four in that tournament, with the Huskies winning it all again. He picked Connecticut to beat Southern in the first round of the women’s tournament, and for LSU to fall to Duke in the second round. Last year, Obama correctly picked North Carolina to win the national championship. His bracket ranked 903,125th overall, just above the 80th percentile in the ESPN’s online contest.
