Michael Lewis discusses The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, which uses Michael Oher's story to explain how football has changed and how the left tackle (the offensive lineman who protects the quarterback's blind side) has become the most important player on the field.Michael Oher, six-foot-five and 350 pounds, grew up one of 13 children in one of the worst neighborhoods in Memphis. Somehow, at the age of 16, he gained admission to an Evangelical Christian school on the other side of town. He tested as mentally retarded, he did not know how to learn because he had never been in school for long enough to become good at it, and he was one of the most gifted athletes ever to don shoulder pads.
This interview first aired on The Sound of Ideas, on 90.3 FM, WCPN, Cleveland, OH.