The top of his game: the best sportswriting of W.C. Heinz

Introduction: True to the way it happens / by Bill Littlefield

Out of the war. Transition: Autumn 1945

On the beat. Memories of a great jockey: George M. Woolf, 1910-1946

Beau Jack is good customer: "Ah'm buyin' hats ..."

Down memory lane with the Babe: The ascension of George Herman Ruth

About two guys named Joe: DiMaggio and Louis are picture-perfect sportsmen

German Heavyweight checks in: Hein Ten Hoff says "Ja" to America

"They used to fight dogs": Ringside with William Jennings Bryan

Rumpus in the living room: "Toughie" Brasuhn, queen of the roller derby

Uncle Mike is back: You can tell he's all right, he won't listen to Morgan

Late afternoon on the Harlem: The Columbia freshmen are first on the river

How they told Charlie Keller: The Yankees send a good man down

Jake steals the show: Mintz crowned heavyweight manager of the world

Death of a race horse: Air Lift, son of Bold Venture

The psychology of horse betting: Hooked on the thrill of almost winning

"The lost leader": Gardella drops his suit against baseball

Retired undefeated heavyweight champion: Or, How Joe Louis makes a living

Out in the world. Brownsville bum: Al ("Bunny") Davis, 1910-1945

The day of the fight: Graziano-Zale, September 27, 1946

The fighter's wife: Norma Graziano gets through the night

Punching out a living: Billy Graham, boxing's uncrowned champ

Young fighter: The trouble with McNeece is that he fears nothing

Brockton's boy: A rising Marciano lifts all boats

Scouting for the Yankees: Between phone calls with Paul Krichell

The rocky road of Pistol Pete: The Dodger they padded the walls for

The ghost of the gridiron: Red Grange could carry the ball

Work horse on ice: Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings

The happiest hooligan of them all: What a card this Pepper Martin is!

The rough and tumble life: Jim Tescher, rodeo rider

The twilight of boxing: They're dimming the lights at Stillman's Gym

Among the monuments. The shy one: The quiet power of Floyd Patterson

The man who belongs in blue jeans: Jim Tescher revisited

So long, Jack: John C. Hurley, 1897-1972

The fireman: Joe Page's good days

The artist supreme: Dancing with Willie Pep

The coach, relived: Willie Davis talks Vince Lombardi

The greatest, pound for pound: There's only one Sugar Ray

The smallest titan of them all: Eddie Arcaro rode to win

Somebody up there likes him: The life and times of Rocky Graziano.