Editor's Preface
Introduction: Full-Court Journalism
PAUL GALLICO, FOUNTAINHEAD
Paul Gallico - "The Feel"
WINTER
Donald Katz - "The Hans Brinker Complex"
David Mamet - "The Deer Hunter"
Bill McKibben - "Across the Disappearing Finish Line"
Jack McCallum - "The Backstory"
Leslie Heywood - "Bench Press, or Becoming a Girl Again"
Dana White - "Flight of Fancy"
Nick Paumgarten - "A Ski Mountaineer and a History of Tragedy"
George Plimpton - "Hockey"
SPRING
Tom Verducci - "My Trip to the Show (Part II)"
Robert Twigger - "Foaming at the Mouth"
Sam Walker - "Get Somebody Loose!"
Jeff MacGregor - "Bad, Brutal Fun"
Dan Washburn - "Dragon Boat Racing: Unleast the Dragon . . . Boats"
Greg Bishop - "It Isn't a Snap"
Helga Hengge - "Reaching Her Peak"
Mark Jenkins - "Pickles"
T. Edward Nickens - "Fishing with the Shad King"
SUMMER
Michael Finkel - "Running Like Hell"
Don Kardong - "Marine for a Day"
Corey Levitan - "Now on Deck: Ruffians in the Diamond"
Randy Wayne White - "And in This Corner, the Ghost of Ernest Hemingway"
Melissa King - "It's All in the Game"
Tim Cahill - "The First Fear Fandango"
Donald Katz - "The Master Grappler"
Billy Anderson - "The Running of the Bulls: He Who Hesitates Is Lunch"
James McManus - "Fortune's Smile"
Grace Butcher - "Q: Why Do You Want to Race? A: Because My Name Comes Apart"
Betsy Crowfoot - "Turning It Up"
John Hildebrand - "Reading the River"
Rob Story - "Climb Every Molehill"
FALL
George Plimpton - "Football"
Steve Friedman - "La Tour D'Amour"
Bob Shacochis - "Here the Bear and the Mafia Room"
James Kaplan - "Words Fail Me"
Barbara Beckwith - "Tournament-tough"
Ron C. Judd - "Race a Memorable First for 17th Man"
Zachary Michael Jack - "Cry Me a River"
Rodney Rothman - "Shuffleboard and the Future of Sport"
Davis Lee - "First Person"
The Dream Team, aka the Contributors
Acknowledgments
About the Editor