Acknowledgments Introduction 1.LOVE OF THE GAME Roger Maris and Me Andy Strasberg Stadium Nights Bob Greene Thanks,Mom! Steve Young If It Makes Him Happy Roy Firestone A True Champion Carole Yamaguchi as told to Anita Gogno Mister D's Boy's What Sports Is All About You Were Great,Dad A Twenty-four-Karat Friendship Reach for the Stars 2.DEFINING MOMENTS I Will Be There for You The Magic Bat Sofa Soccer Whatever works The winner The Great Potato Poickoff Play Fair Play The Price of a Dream Living to Ride A Championship from the Sky When Baseball Grew Up 3.HIGHLIGHTS AT ELEVEN Across Home Plate Truly a Baseball Immortal Joe dimaggio Made My Day Give Me a Break! Nowhere Else to Go He's gonna Do what? The Ultimate Passport The Champion Chicken Soup to the Rescue She Dares to Race the Iditarod 4.ON TEAMS AND SPORTSMANSHIP Once a cougar The Day Lisa Lost Phil Esposito's Wild Ride It's How You Play the Game Making a Point …… 5.INSIDE THE GAME 6.OVERCOMING OBSTACLES 7.FAMILY DAY 8.WISDOM OF THE GAME 9.ROAR OF THE CROWD