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In 2003, Nike signed 13-year-old Freddie Adieu to a seven-figure contract.

But Freddie didn't live up to the hype.

He has turned down every single documentary project looking closely at the details of his career.

Until now.

People are going to look at everything you did because of the hype surrounding your arrival and what they think you can be.

I'm Grant Wall.

And this is American Prodigy, Freddie Adieu, from Blue Wire Podcasts.

And I suck you up and I spit you out. American prodigy Freddy Adieu from Blue Wire Podcasts. I am so excited to be talking about my hometown today, Detroit, as we've as we've come to call it, with two fascinating writers, and they have written a new book, City of Champions, A History of

Triumph and Defeat in Detroit. The first author of this book that I want to introduce

is a longtime friend of the show.

She's been on before.

Silca Maria Vainik, professor of German and comparative literature at the University of Michigan.

She is author of Tragedy of Fatherhood, King Leis and the Politics of Paternity, which is out with Bloomberg in 2014. She's currently

working on an article called Ford Southern Strategy about Joe Lewis and the Ford Motor Company.

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