July 1944, Saipan. Seven Japanese nurses crouched in a cave, the American voices closing in like thunder. They’d been told what capture meant. Torture, shame, death, worse than dying. One...
There is a terrifying, almost toxic phenomenon that occurs when a professional or international sports team is overflowing with an unprecedented, historical amount of raw talent. It is a phenomenon...
September 15th, 1945. Cedar Falls, Iowa. The train station platform stretched empty under a gray autumn sky. Steam hissed from the locomotive as it came to rest. From the passenger...
There are two massive, incredibly high-stakes wars currently being fought for the absolute soul of women’s basketball, and they are happening simultaneously on two entirely different battlefields. On the hardwood,...
September 1944, Fort Deans Station, Massachusetts. The autumn air crisp with possibility. A transport train carrying 47 German women prisoners of war pulled into the station with a metallic screech...
There is a very specific, incredibly dangerous trap that basketball coaches at the highest levels of the professional and international game frequently fall into. It is the insidious trap of...
December 7th, 1943. Bugenville Island, Solomon Sea. Staff Sergeant Mike Kowalsski crouches in the mud. Japanese voices closing in through the smoke. His Thompson is empty. Rifle shattered. Only seven...
June 6th, 1944, 1:14 in the morning. 13,100 American paratroopers dropped into Normandy darkness carrying 88 lb of equipment. Shoots snapped open. Anti-aircraft fire tore through C-47s. Men hit Norman...
April 22nd, 1945. A roadblock 34 miles outside Lansburg and Lech Bavaria. Captain James Hollis stepped out of his jeep carrying a Smith and Wesson Model 10.38 caliber six rounds....
The concept of a “super team” in professional sports is frequently misunderstood. Fans and analysts alike tend to believe that simply throwing the most talented athletes onto a single roster...