Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted American professional basketball into the global spotlight—a transformation driven by Magic’s ability to eviscerate opponents with a playing style that featured his grand sense of fun. Then, at the height of his charismatic power, Johnson shocked the world with his confession of unprotected sex with hundreds of women each year, followed...

Mind Games follows the journey of Phil Jackson to the top of basketball's coaching hierarchy, a rise that took him from obscurity in the Continental Basketball Association to nine championship rings in the NBA. Along the way he turned multimillionaire players on to meditation, transformed the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls from a one-man show to a five-man team of domination, and after battling with Bulls management, ended one dynasty to start

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