< b>A New York Times Bestseller< /b>< P>For basketball fiend Steven Thomas, it's like a dream come true. He won a writing contest and now here he is in New Orleans, wearing a press pass around his neck, covering the biggest weekend in college sports. But the dream takes an ugly twist when Steven and his fellow winner are nosing around the Superdome and overhear someone warning MSU's star point guard he'd better lose the final game . . . or else.