Breaking the Deadlock

Josie Park wrote the piece that got the Titans' coach fired, and nobody in that building has spoken to her since. Now she's embedded with the team for a full season, and three of them have long memories: Marcus, the quarterback she took apart in print. Theo, the safety who called her a vulture on live radio. And Coach Rennie, who knows exactly why she's really here. When Josie finds a story that would end Marcus's career, she sits on it — and the three of them find out. What starts as a truce becomes something the entire locker room has quietly agreed not to name, and the playoffs are coming.