Table of Contents

Foreword Bill Bradley Preface David Duchovny The Old Man George Vecsey Why Be Last, Son? E.M.Swift My Losing Season Pat Conroy When I Was Young Buzz Bissinger Passing It On John Edgar Wideman Prudent Fitness: A Panegyric Andrew Solomon VBK John McPhee Physical Education Francine Prose Underdog John Irving Something Special Thomas Beller Ironing Charles McGrath The Coach Who Wasn't There David Maraniss The Depression Baby Frank Deford Long Island Shaolin Darin Strauss Golf Lessons George Plimpton Tripp Lake Lauren Slater The Last of the Great Dreamers Toure The Boy They Cut Benjamin Cheever To Althea, From the Net Robert Lipsyte Coaching Bob Jane Leavy The Duel Jonathan Ames Our Miss O Christine Brennan Making It to the Majors Bob Wolff Back to Basics Ira Berkow Fit to Be Tied Bud Collins