Jordan Is G.O.A.T.

The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game, MVP, and one of the best shooting guards in NBA league history: Kobe Bryant is among basketball's absolute greatest players, and his importance to the sport is undeniable. Third on the NBA career scoring list and owner of five championship rings, he is an undisputed all-time great, one deserving of this deep and definitive biography.

Michael Jordan was notoriously competitive and hard on himself, his Chicago Bulls teammates, and his rivals. His competitive drive was still going strong during the legendary 1997-98 championship season that would be known as “The Last Dance.” What price did Jordan and his teammates pay for his ruthless will to win?

Michael Jordan was the greatest player on the Chicago Bulls, but he wasn’t the only star. There was the versatile Scottie Pippen, the outlandish Dennis Rodman, and a host of role players who all got their moments in the sun. How did the team get built and why did they work so well together?

How big was the pressure? How deep was the division? Those were the questions that would beg answering long after the Chicago Bulls had completed their strife-ridden 1997-98 season in the National Basketball Association. Blood on the Horns details the infighting and conflict between Jordan, coach Phil Jackson, teammate Scottie Pippen and the team's general manager, Jerry Krause, and managing partner, Jerry Reinsdorf.

The definitive biography of a legendary athlete. The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball - hitting nothing but net. But for all his greatness, this scion of a complex family from North Carolina's Coastal Plain has a darker side: He's a ruthless competitor and a lover of high stakes. There's never been a biography that encompassed the dual nature of his character and looked so deeply at Jordan on and off the court - until now.