Contents

Introduction

1 The Purge, May 2003

2 “Nothin’ Compares to Bein’ it”

3 The New World

4 When Supremacy Ends

5 Resurrection

6 Secrets and Tensions

7 The Costs of Pretending

8 Collapse—and the End of the New Jacks

9 One More Gamble

10 “They are probably the most fragile team I’ve ever been around…”

11 The Backlash

12 The Romance Ends

Acknowledgments