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When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and off-the-court drama between Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, and Michael Jordan – from New York Times bestselling author Rich Cohen. For anyone who longs to understand how the NBA came to be the cultural juggernaut it is today – and to relive the magic and turmoil of those pivotal years – When the Game Was War brilliantly recasts one unforgettable season and the four transcendent players who were at the center of it all.

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A sapphic rivals to lovers’ rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two soccer teammates are at odds before falling in love as their team gears up for the World Cup. Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women’s National Team for ten years, even though she’s only 26. But when she’s sidelined with an injury, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. Phoebe is everything Grace isn’t – a gregarious jokester who plays with a joy that Grace lost somewhere along the way. The last thing Grace expects is to become friends with benefits with this class clown she sees as her rival.

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