The Super Bowl. America's biggest sports spectacle. Over 95 million fans will be watching. But teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson know that what they'll be watching is a lie. They know that the entire offensive line of the California Dreams have failed their doping tests. They know the owner is trying to cover up the results. The only thing they don't know is how to prove it.
Every teen with NFL or ESPN dreams will appreciate Feinstein's latest sports mystery. --VOYA“Sure to be a hit with sports fans.”—Kirkus Reviews
“An entertaining mix of mystery, insider detail (including cameos by bigname sports media figures), and ripped-from-the-headlines subject matter”—Booklist
“Fast-paced action . . . a glamorous background.”—The Horn Book
“Every teen with NFL or ESPN dreams will appreciate Feinstein’s latest sports mystery”—VOYAJOHN FEINSTEIN is the author of many bestselling books, includingA Season on the BrinkandA Good Walk Spoiled. His books for young readers offer a winning combination of sports, action, and intrigue, withLast Shotreceiving the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best young adult mystery of the year. He lives in Potomac, Maryland, and Shelter Island, New York, with his family.For a few seconds, Stevie couldn’t understand anything Susan Carol was saying. Between the rush of words and her southern accent, most of what he heard was gibberish. He was picking up perhaps two words a sentence. “Hate them . . . Never, ever . . . The nerve . . . Can’t be trusted . . . Hate them.” The second time he heard ‘hate them’ he broke in because he guessed she was repeating herself. “Calm down,” he said. He understood her next sentence quite clearly: “CALM DOWN! DON’T YOU DARE TELL ME TO CALM DOWN, STEVEN RICHMAN THOMAS. I WILlCÇ