The New York Times Magazine takes stock of the passing year by creating a mini-encyclopedia of the most noteworthy ideas of the previous 12 months. Out of 71 ideas that made their cut, one of them was: You Don't Need Superstars to Win. New England Patriots won the Super Bowl without any big superstar, the Greek national soccer team won the European Championship with a bunch of no-namer and minor-leagure like player, the Detroit Pistons took on the star-studded Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA.
