Introduction / by Terry McDonell
The players. The boxer and the blonde / by Frank Deford
Yogi / by Roy Blount Jr.
The last angry men / by Rick Telander
The year, the moment and Johnny Podres /by Robert Creamer
Gifts that God didn't give / by John Papanek
All the rage / by Richard Hoffer
The ring leader / by Frank Deford
Main events. 'Lawdy, lawdy, he's great' / by Mark Kram
There's never been an Open like it / by Dan Jenkins
The day Bobby hit the home run / by Roger Kahn
A pay night for Old Archie / by Budd Schulberg
Duel of the four-minute men / by Paul O'Neil
Sweet spots. Finally, just me and my bike / by Thomas McGuane
You'll not do that here, laddie / by Dan Jenkins
The university of Eighth Avenue / by A.J. Liebling
Sons of the wind / by Kenny Moore
Road swing / by Steve Rushin
Wild kingdom. Mirror of my mood / by Bil Gilbert
Snakes alive! / by Jeff MacGregor
Pure heart / by William Nack
Grim reapers of the land's bounty / by Jim Harrison
We are destroying our natioanl parks / by Wallace Stegner
Supporting players. There ain't no others like me / by Mark Kram
Master of the joyful illusion / by William Barry Furlong
The coach and his champion / by Alexander Wolff
'I managed good, but boy did they play bad' / by Gilber Rogin
Baseball's babbling brook / by Huston Horn
Playing for laughs. Absolutely, positively the best article ever / by Bruce Newman
Ring tossed / by Steve Rushin
We all had a ball / by Roy Blount Jr.
The curious case of Sidd Finch / by George Plimpton
Lake Wobegon games / by Garrison Keillor
The worst baseball team ever / by Jimmy breslin
On the winter tour / by Herbert Warren Wind
Personal fouls. The case against Brian Spencer / by Pete Dexter
Total loss weekend / by Don DeLillo
The game of the name / by Franz Lidz
Crime and punishment / by Gary Smith
Broken promise / by S.L. Price
O unlucky man / by William Nack
Music to the ear. King of the sports page / by Rick Reilly
Then my arm glassed up / by John Steinbeck
The heavyweight champion of the word / by Jeff MacGregor
Would you let this man interview you? / by Myron Cope
Big wind in Chicago / by Ron Fimrite
Kentucky: May: Saturday / by William Faulkner
Examined lives. Farewell, Teddy Ballgame / by Leigh Montville
The ripples from Little Lake Nellie / by Gary Smith
The best years of his life / by John Ed Bradley
He's burning to be a success / by John Underwood
Laughing on the outside / by John Schulian
The best there wever was / by Frank Deford.