ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- To learn a bit about Tom Brady the human being, Foxborough, Massachusetts, might be one of the last places on earth to go. Over the past 16 years, the New England Patriots have been awfully good at a lot of things. Stopping you from humanizing them is near the top of their list.
So you're better off on the second floor of a college town pizza place 750 miles to the west, where a balding, middle-aged man wearing a younger man's clothes -- red Patriots hoodie, blue Michigan Wolverines sweatpants, a dark high school football cap -- labors over NFL rosters and statistics in an attempt to enhance his weekly exchanges with the most accomplished team-sport athlete in America.