Sports Illustrated: Fifty Years of Great Writing, 1954-2004 Book

	Introduction	6
	The Boxer and the Blonde	10
	Yogi	34
	The Last Angry Men	51
	The Year, The Moment and Johnny Podres	58
	Gifts That God Didn't Give	63
	All the Rage	73
	The Ring Leader	82
	'Lawdy, Lawdy, He's Great'	98
	There's Never Been an Open Like It	103
	The Day Bobby Hit the Home Run	110
	A Pay Night for Old Archie	118
	Duel of the Four-Minute Men	121
	Finally, Just Me and My Bike	128
	You'll Not Do That Here, Laddie	134
	The University of Eighth Avenue	151
	Sons of the Wind	163
	Road Swing	178
	Mirror of My Mood	192
	Snakes Alive!	201
	Pure Heart	210
	Grim Reapers of the Land's Bounty	224
	We Are Destroying Our National Parks	232
	There Ain't No Others Like Me	238
	Master of the Joyful Illusion	246
	The Coach and His Champion	256
	'I Managed Good, But Boy Did They Play Bad'	268
	Baseball's Babbling Brook	275
	Absolutely, Positively the Best Article Ever	286
	Ring Tossed	298
	We All Had a Ball	308
	The Curious Case of Sidd Finch	323
	Lake Wobegon Games	335
	The Worst Baseball Team Ever	343
	On the Winter Tour	352
	The Case Against Brian Spencer	362
	Total Loss Weekend	372
	The Game of the Name	383
	Crime and Punishment	387
	Broken Promise	409
	O Unlucky Man	419
	King of the Sports Page	434
	Then My Arm Glassed Up	445
	The Heavyweight Champion of the Word	451
	Would You Let This Man Interview You?	466
	Big Wind in Chicago	478
	Kentucky: May: Saturday	487
	Farewell, Teddy Ballgame	494
	The Ripples From Little Lake Nellie	501
	The Best Years of His Life	519
	He's Burning To Be a Success	530
	Laughing on the Outside	542
	The Best There Ever Was	554
	Acknowledgments	559