JEFF PEARLMAN is the New York Times best-selling author of six books, including Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s;Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton;Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty;and The Bad Guys Won. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two kids, and blogs regularly at www.jeffpearlman.com.