Required Reading for May

• After Lebron's epic fail-fest in Game 5 of the Celtics-Cavs series, the media finally started to question Lebron's hype/legacy to this point. I thought this Yahoo Sports column nailed the issue perfectly. And I think we can forever kill the Lebron-MJ comparisons (or Lebron-Kobe for that matter): http://tinyurl.com/2adr2qx
• Just in time for the FIFA World Cup, a 2007 Vanity Fair article on how Didier Drogba ended Ivory Coast's five year civil war: http://tinyurl.com/2cuezzz
• If you haven't seen the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys," you're missing out. Go rent it. And after you've seen it you'll want to read this LA Weekly expose on Max Mermelstein, one of the central figures in the 1980s cocaine trade. Marmelstein spent 25 years in witness protection hiding from the Medellin drug cartel after he turned snitch. His testimony was instrumental in bringing down the cartel. A very interesting read: http://www.laweekly.com/2010-05-13/news/america-s-cocaine-king-hid-from-drug-cartels-for-25-years/1
• Just in time for the French Open -- last year the NY Times did a great expose on Rafael Nadal. One of the best sports reads I've come across. http://tinyurl.com/o7poc2