Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-319).

Introduction / Mike Lupica -- Worlds Apart / Tom Friend -- A Father's Small Hope / Paul Solotaroff -- from Little League Confidential / Bill Geist -- from Senior Year / Dan Shaughnessy -- from It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium / John Ed Bradley -- from After Jackie / Henry Aaron, as told to Cal Fussman -- from Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich / Mark Kriegel -- Someone You Want to Play With / Jeff Bradley -- What Got You Where You Are / Mike Golic with Andrew Chaikivsky -- Flip Turn / Ron Reagan -- My Dad, the Bookie / Michael J. Agovino -- Holy Ground / Wright Thompson -- Sporting Chance / Lew Schneider -- Dirty Moves / James Brown -- Mailer vs. Mailer / John Buffalo Mailer -- from A River Runs Through It / Norman Maclean -- from Fathers Playing Catch With Sons / Donald Hall -- Tangled Up in Blue / Peter Richmond -- from Friday Night Lights / Buzz Bissinger -- from Blood Horses / John Jeremiah Sullivan -- A Father's Gift / Jeremy Schaap -- from Kings's Gambit / Paul Hoffman -- fromm The Last Shot / Darcy Frey -- Bo Knows / Steve Wulf -- Acknowledgments.