Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1 Team Sports
A Word from the Owner 5
Another Controversy 8
The Underexposed 11
Whose Team Is It Anyway? 13
Funny Old Cowboys 16
The Patriot 19
You Talking to Me? 22
The Zebra Follies 25
What's in a Name? 28
The Big Game 31
The Savior 34
Red Dog's Diary 36
A Cry in the Dark 38
When the Furniture Talked 42
Boyhood Heroes 46
More Aerial Bombardment 51
The Songwriter 55
The Scout 58
The Chancellor Steps In 60
It's the Clock, Stupid 63
The National Pastime 66
Man of the House 69
A Mortal Lock and the Hungarian Grip 72
His Moment in History 75
Hurrying Things Up 77
Look, No Hands! 80
High Sticks and Body Slams 83
Tally-ho, M'Lord 86
Part 2 Individual Games
The Tour Stop 91
Pushing the Envelope 95
Voices of Authority 98
Trouble at Old Baffy 101
The Fabric Guy 104
Golfer Seeks Cure 106
The Obscure Slam 109
Beware: Rascals Loose 113
Hogan Takes the Fifth 116
Hogan Lives On 122
A Personal Farewell 126
Another Stroll Down Memory Lane 131
Tennis, No One? 139
"Little Miss Poker Face" 142
Winter Wonders 145
Man Your Umlauts 148
Summer Sensations 151
The First World's Fastest Human 154
To Break a Barrier 157
Champ for the Ages 160
The Search 164
Going Flat-Out 167
The Car Groupie 170
Our Lives in Their Hands 174
Horses and Players 177
Athletes of the Air 180
Food Fight 184
The Mother of Sports Quizzes 187
The Last Word-Words, I Mean 195
About the Author 199
