Late January is a fun time in the world of sports. We are on day five of the fourteen day hype carnival that culminates with the Super Bowl. The NBA has reached its halfway point (lollygagging players really turn it on now). The Australian Open men’s and women’s finals are this weekend. College basketball has begun conference play. Add to all this action the circus that is the Major League Baseball steroids scandal, and we’re in the midst of an epic month of sports.
The NFL Super Bowl Companion
Stats and stories from Super Bowl I to Super Bowl XXXVII
Won for All: The inside story of the New England Patriots' Improbable run to the Super Bowl
The 2007 Patriots are a juggernaut the likes of which have never been seen. The 2003 Patriots? Not so much, but they still won the Super Bowl.
Tip-off: How the 1984 NBA draft changed basketball forever
Akeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Sam Perkins, and John Stockton. That’s an impressive list of players who dominated the league for the next fifteen years.
Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four
Feinstein—famous for A Season on the Brink—continues to craft epic and insider looks at the collegiate hardwood.
Juicing the Game: Dugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball
Overview and analysis of the alleged rampant use of performance enhancing drugs throughout the game during the past fifteen seasons.
Breaking back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life
James Black was bounced early from this year’s Australian Open, but so too were all the other big guns: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Roddick.
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