...and Brit become each other's most trustworthy friends and lifelines to the outside world. "Yellow Flag," by Robert Lipsyte. Everyone in Kyle's family races NASCAR except Kyle: he's raced in the past, but now he's given it up to...

...you-name-it are all in two-minute warning. The Super Bowl may soon be the only super thing we've got left. ? Robert Lipsyte, the JockCulture correspondent for TomDispatch.com, is the author of a forthcoming memoir, "An Accidental Sportswriter...