As we entered a new millennium, the LA Lakers were in search of the sequel to Showtime. GM Jerry West was looking for answers after the curtain had dropped on Magic, Kareem and Worthy.
He found them in Shaq, a larger than life centre and a petulant, singularly focused, rising superstar named Kobe. In assembling this new era of dominance under head coach Phil Jackson, The Lake Show was flying high...but with a whole lot of drama unfolding behind the scenes.
Jeff Pearlman (current host of Two Writers Slinging Yang Podcast, former sr. writer at SI and ESPN columnist) is well versed with such themes. This, his ninth book, follows along the arc of trouble in paradise established in earlier works such as Boys Will Be Boys about the wild 1990s Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl runs, and Love Me, Hate Me, which details the inner machinations of "anti-hero" Barry Bonds.
Welcome to our conversation.
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 9) - Rick Vaive - Catch 22 - My Battles, in Hockey and Life
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 8) - Angie Bullaro / Manon Rheaume - Breaking the Ice
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 7) - Doug Smith (Toronto Star) - We The North - 25 Years of the Toronto Raptors
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 6) - Willie O'Ree - Willie - The Game Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 5) - Brian Burke - Burke's Law - A Life in Hockey
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 4) - Sami Jo Small - The Role I Played
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 2) - Bryan Berard - My Life in Hockey and the Power of Perseverance
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 1) - Roy MacGregor - The Ice Chips and the Stolen Cup (Volume 4)
SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 5) - Ken Reid (Sportsnet) - Eddie Shack, Hockey's Most Entertaining Stories
SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 4) - Bernice Carnegie - A Fly in a Pail of Milk, The Herb Carnegie Story
SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 3) - Sean Fitz-Gerald (The Athletic) - Before the Lights Go Out
SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 2)- Jerry Howarth - Hello Friends, Stories from My Life and Blue Jays Baseball
SportsLit (Season 3, Episode 1) - Mark Hebscher - The Greatest Athlete You've Never Heard Of
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 13) - Phil Lind (Rogers Comm.), Robert Brehl - Right Hand Man
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 12) - Glenn Stout (BASW) - The Pats, An Illustrated History of the New England Patriots
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 11) - Damien Cox - The Last Good Year, Seven Games That Ended an Era
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 10) - Sean McIndoe (Down Goes Brown) - The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 9) - - Dan Robson (The Athletic) - Bower, A Legendary Life
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 8) - Jim Lang - Everyday Hockey Heroes, Inspiring Stories On and Off the Ice
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