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During a Super Bowl season that will draw more than 95 million viewers, teen sleuths Steve Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson discover that the entire offensive line of the California Dreams has failed doping tests. They learn the team’s owner is concealing the results, creating the biggest sports scandal of the decade. With no clear method to prove the cover‑up, the young detectives must race to expose the truth before it destroys the game and the dream of a championship.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: John Feinstein
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