Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index.
Contents
The pregame show -- Why Michael Jordan couldn't hit a baseball -- Primo Carnera : the bigger they are -- The first overtime : sudden death -- The seventh inning stretch : Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky -- The bantam : Ben Hogan -- The nineteenth hole : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Muhammad Ali's brain -- Between rounds -- The men with the not-so-golden arms : J.R. Richard and Whitey Ford -- The tenth inning : Bruce Sutter -- Flying like a butterfly : Wilma Rudolph -- The four-minute neurologist : Roger Bannister -- A break in the action : Willie Mays, Vic Wertz, and Eddie Gaedel -- Just right : Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf -- One fine morning : Lou Gehrig -- First-half Jameson -- Saving the best for last : Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
