Doesn't anyone out there find this book a tad bit cynical? How about manipulative? This author clearly has an ax to grind. There is no balance in the telling of this tale. The jacket copy claims the author writes with "compassion"; smug detachment is more like it. I have to think some of the people in this book feel seriously betrayed. Sports Illustrated tells better sports stories, and as social commentary this becomes repititious drudgery.