Foreword by Glenn Stout
Introduction by Leigh Montville
BRUCE BARCOTT. Life and Limb. from Runner’s World
CHRIS JONES. The Things We Forget. from ESPN The Magazine
GARY SMITH. Alive and Kicking from Sports Illustrated
MATTHEW TEAGUE. Inside the Mind… of a Genius? from Philadelphia Magazine
WRIGHT THOMPSON. Father Bear from ESPN.com
BRYAN CURTIS. A Free Agent Adjusts His Truss. from Play Magazine
AMBY BURFOOT. Running Scared From Runner’s World
THOMAS LAKE. 2 on 5. from Sports Illustrated
DAVID FLEMING. The Ball that Just Won’t Die from ESPN: The Magazine
MICHAEL LEWIS. Commie Ball from Vanity Fair
L. JON WERTHEIM. Breaking the Bank from Sports Illustrated
ALAN PRENDERGAST. Dropped. from Outside
MIKE WISE. Searching for Answers to a Painful Question from The Washington Post
TRACY ROSS. The Source of All Things from Backpacker
PAUL SOLOTAROFF. Quarterbacks Built Here from Men’s Journal
STEPHEN RODRICK. Spartan Warriors in the YouTube Age from New York
PATRICK HRUBY. Men Who Love Goons from ESPN.com
MICHAEL J. MOONEY. Royal Flushed from Miami New Times
JOHN SPONG. Untitled Mike Flynt Project from Texas Monthly
IAN THOMSEN. Russian Revolution from Sports Illustrated
LISA TADDEO. Lebron James’s Magnum-sized Ultrashiny, Nike Powered Lawn Mower to the Next Century from Esquire
MIKE GUY. Where There’s Smoke… from Rolling Stone
DAVID MCGLYNN. Rough Water from Meridian
TODD DREW. Memories are Forever from Bronx Banter.com