 Leahy has also earned recognition for his 2004 book "When Nothing Else Matters", which chronicles basketball superstar Michael Jordan's last comeback to the NBA.Leahy's stories have also been selected for the 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 editions of The Best American Sports Writing anthologies.His first book "Hard Lessons" follows the lives of six Beverly Hills High School students, class of 1986, and deals with the challenges and anxieties of teenage life in modern America.