"New Orleans Hornets center Emeka Okafor, whose parents both hail from Nigeria, is one of the league's most accomplished fans of literature. He has finished six books this season"

Wow. THAT'S a sad state of affairs. A few hundred players, hundreds of millions of total income. Billions maybe? And "the most accomplished fan of literature" have read 8 (eight!) books this season. Well, on the other side... maybe it's better for US economy. Those people will be more willing to spend their hundreds of millions on physical goods and thus give the econome a nice push. But still... sad and disappointing.