NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 22, 2026--
Former NFL quarterback, Hall of Famer, and legendary sports broadcaster Terry Bradshaw will release his first memoir in more than two decades, Looking for Terry: A Memoir, with Harper Select on October 13, 2026.
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For more than fifty years, Terry Bradshaw has been one of the most recognizable figures in American culture. A Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl victories, Bradshaw didn’t fade quietly into retirement. Instead, he reinvented himself – again and again – as a movie and television actor, a beloved NFL broadcaster, and a larger-than-life personality whose humor and self-deprecation made him a household name far beyond football.
In Looking for Terry, his first memoir in more than twenty years, Bradshaw finally pulls back the curtain on the persona the public thinks it knows. With trademark candor and wit, he examines how a reputation for being “not too smart” followed him throughout his career—and how he learned to embrace it rather than fight it. By leaning into the jokes, Bradshaw discovered that humor could be both a shield and a superpower. The result was the goofy, always-game-for-a-laugh Terry Bradshaw that fans came to love. But behind the punchlines was a more complicated man, one who sometimes felt trapped by the very character he helped create.
This memoir is not just a reflection on fame and perception; it’s an unflinching look at vulnerability. Bradshaw opens up about his struggle with depression, his deeply personal battle with cancer, and the role his faith played in carrying him through his darkest moments. This memoir is raw, moving, and unexpectedly tender, revealing a side of Bradshaw rarely seen on television.
"It’s been a while since the last book, and a lot of life has happened. There’s been ups and downs, so I just felt it was a good time to talk about it all,” said Bradshaw. “There’s definitely more to life than football and I’ve enjoyed the last 50 years finding out what’s out there. I hope you enjoy hearing the stories.”
“A great memoir is many things but at its core, it should give the reader both familiarity and connection while also providing a side of the author that very few know. Terry brilliantly gives us all of that and more,” said Matt Baugher, Senior Vice President and Associate Group Publisher, HarperCollins Focus. “The title is apt because in a book like this, the author tends to discover just as much about himself as the reader does, which in this case is magical.”
By turns hilarious, heartfelt, and deeply inspiring, Looking for Terry is a story about resilience, reinvention, and the courage it takes to tell the truth about yourself—even when the world thinks it already knows who you are. Readers will laugh right along with Terry and ultimately come away with a deeper appreciation for the man behind the legend.
Looking for Terry will be available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats. You can preorder today at: https://www.harpercollinsfocus.com/harper-select/books/terry/.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Affable, excitable, and instantly recognizable, Terry Bradshaw, once dubbed The Blond Bomber, is one of America’s best loved sports figures. As quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Hall of Famer led his team to four Super Bowl victories. Since retiring from football, Bradshaw has become a celebrated sportscaster, actor, and entrepreneur. The exploits of Terry and his family were chronicled on The Bradshaw Bunch, a reality series on E! Entertainment from 2020-2022. “Pappy” Bradshaw and his wife Tammy live in Texas near their daughters Rachel, Lacey, and Erin and their families.
ABOUT HARPER SELECT:
Harper Select, based in Nashville, TN, publishes an exclusive number of hand-selected memoirs and narrative nonfiction each year. Recent NYT bestsellers include books from Joanna Gaines, Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Christopher Whitcomb, Kelsey Grammer, and Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean.
Courtesy of Harper Select, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus.
PARIS (AP) — France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering in a heat wave with daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights.
The national weather service, Meteo France, said most of the country — the largest in the European Union — was entering conditions that likely won't ease before Friday.
Meteo France called the heat wave exceptionally intense and similar to the August 2003 heat wave, "but with a still uncertain duration.” France introduced a heat watch warning system after that heat wave, when the highest temperatures in over half a century caused an estimated 15,000 deaths, many of older people in apartments and retirement homes without air conditioning.
Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing at twice the speed as the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Human-caused climate change is tied to increasing extreme weather, and U.N. climate agency projections say the next five years should shatter more heat records.
Several towns across France experienced their hottest day ever on Monday. Paris baked through its hottest night for June, not getting below 24.2 C (75.5 F). The French capital broke another June record with 37.7 C (99.9 F) recorded Monday afternoon.
“This will continue through the end of the week, with heat levels never before recorded across more than three-quarters of the country on Wednesday and Thursday," the weather service said.
The heat wave worsened air quality in Paris as it causes the formation of ozone that traps pollution. The air quality monitoring agency in the Paris region said pollutants were likely to exceed the recommended threshold.
In a country without widespread air-conditioning, people tried to adapt. Education minister Edouard Geffray said 1,352 schools were closed on Monday due to the heat, while several thousand adjusted their schedules, with students released earlier and classes relocated in air-conditioned rooms.
A growing swath of France, spreading on Monday to more than half its regions, was under a “red alert” for heat, with areas forecast to suffer highs past 40 C and nights not dropping below 20 C.
Broadcasts on the Paris transport network urged commuters to hydrate. Medical specialists warned of the potentially deadly combination of drinking alcohol in extreme heat. Authorities cracked down on alcohol consumption in public.
Multiple drownings were reported as people sought relief in rivers, despite warnings about currents and other dangers.
Two children, aged 2 and 4, died on Monday after being found unconscious in their family’s car in the southern town of Carpentras, according a statement from the public prosecutor. According to initial findings, they had locked themselves inside the vehicle. An investigation was opened under the offense of involuntary manslaughter. Government messages warned parents not to leave children unattended in cars.
In the United Kingdom, the weather office issued a rare “red” weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday, saying temperatures could exceed 37 C (99 F) in the shade and could rise to 40 C in parts of England and Wales.
The Met Office said extreme temperatures could cause heat-sensitive equipment to fail, including power and mobile phone services.
Over the last four years, more than 200,000 people across Europe died from heat-related causes, and most of those were preventable, the World Health Organization’s Europe office said this month. The above-average temperatures can cause heat exhaustion and life-threatening heat stroke.
The EU monitoring agency found that in Europe and globally, 2024 was the hottest year on record and the continent experienced its second-highest number of “heat stress” days.
Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, especially in southeastern Europe, making the region more vulnerable to health impacts and wildfires.
The burning of gasoline, oil and coal, plus deforestation, wildfires and many kinds of factories, release heat-trapping gasses that cause climate change.
A young man dives into the water, in Lille, northern France, Monday June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella as she walks in the garden of the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A man shields himself from the sun with a scarf as he walks in the garden of the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, during a heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella as she walks in the garden of the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, during a heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Young boys prepare to dive in the Seine river, in Samois-sur-Seine, south of Paris, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A family walks through a cooling water spray at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
People walk along the Seine river during music day in Paris, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
People cool off in a water spray at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
A sign outside a pharmacy displays a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
