Everything They Had (54 page)

“The Education of Reggie Smith,” 70–95

Snell, Matt, 246

Snider, Duke, 64

soccer, 199–200, 247

“Thanks, Soccer, See You in Four Years,” 323–28

women's, 304

Solaita, Tony, 79–80

Soriano, Alfonso, 152

Sparhawk, Peter, 377, 379

Spencer, Daryl, 79

Sport
, 14–16

Sporting News
, 113

“Sports as a Window of Social Change,” 11, 22–28

Sport Magazine
, 113

Sports Illustrated
, 14, 67

“The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of,” 183–92

sportswriters, xiv–xv, 14–16, 17–21

black athletes and, 319–20, 362–64

Sprewell, Latrell, 211

Spurrier, Steve, 138

Stanley, Bob, 109

Stanley, Mike, 134

Starr, Bart, 224, 232

Steadman, Dick, 269, 279, 281, 282, 284, 286, 344–47, 352, 353, 355, 356, 360

Steinbrenner, George, 77, 103, 104, 137, 140–41, 150–51, 155

Stengel, Casey, 117

Stern, David, 199

Stottlemyre, Mel, 25

Stroughter, Steve, 90–91

Subway Series, 126–27

Sulphur Dell, 17

Summerall, Pat, 240, 285

Summer of '49, The
(Halberstam), xx, xxi, 23, 24, 27–28

Super Bowl, 46, 53, 54, 224, 244–47, 249, 254, 255

watching in Río Grande, 281, 282, 283, 284–86

Super Bowl XL Opus
, introduction to, 244–55

Swoboda, Ron, 64

Taaffee, Pat, 136

Talese, Gay, xv, 14, 131, 223, 244, 319

Talese, Nan, 223

Tanuma, Ichiro, 91

Ted Williams: A Portrait in Words and Pictures
(Johnson and Stout)

“My Dinner with Theodore,” 119–21

television, 36, 42–44, 45, 47, 55–56, 65, 131, 181, 182, 238, 247, 249, 250, 252–53, 328, 361

baseball and, 225–26

football and, 42–44, 45–46, 65, 127, 223–32, 238–40, 241, 244–45, 250–55, 284

Temple, Ed, 332

Tennessee Titans, 286

tennis, 327

Thomas, Frank, 122

Thomas, Harold A., 3

Thomas, Isiah, 186, 189

Thomas, Ralph, 127–28

Thompson, Hunter S., xiv, 357

Thompson, Mychal, 184

Thorn, Rod, 338

Tiant, Luis, 103

Time
, 45, 108, 241, 252

Torre, Joe, 128

“Torre Makes a Good Boss,” 137–41

Town & Country

“Why I Fish,” 275–80

Towne, Bob, 205

track, 331–32

True
, 15, 16

Trueblood, Ted, 268

Truman, Harry, 201

Tuck, Dick, 61

Tulum, Zoran, 290, 291, 293–94, 295, 296–97

Turner, Jim, 117
20/20
, 108

Udall, Stewart, xv–xvi

Unitas, Johnny, 32, 44–46, 224, 232, 242, 246

Updike, John, 100, 119

Urbina, Ugie, 147

Utah Jazz, 207–9

Van Horn, Pete, 277, 280

Vanity Fair

“Anatomy of a Champion,” 288–99

“Olympiad XXVIII,” 329–33

Vaughan, John, 262–63

Vecsey, George, 18

Vietnam War, xv, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54–55, 63, 101, 102, 319, 352

Ali and, 195, 215, 318, 319, 320–21

Viols, Frank, 115

Vogue

“The Fitness-Goers,” 374–79

Volz, Chris, 169, 170

Waldron, Dick, 234–35

Walsh, Bill, 367

Walters, Barbara, 108

Walton, Bill, 26, 185, 186, 189–90

Washington, George, 61

Washington Post
, 22

“A Full Life of Football, Till the Very End,” 366–73

Washington Redskins, xv–xvi

Washington Wizards, 207, 209–10

Weaver, Jeff, 146

Weiland, Cooney, 108–9

Weiss, George, 28, 115–16, 117–18

Wennington, Bill, 207

Werblin, Sonny, 254

West, Jerry, 202, 338

Westhead, Paul, 184

What a Time It Was
(Heinz), xv

White, Bill, 24–25, 28

White, Byron “Whizzer,” 369

White, Gene, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 172

Whiting, Robert, 78–80, 92

Whyte, Sandra, 304–5

Wilhelm, Hoyt, 132

Williams, Bernie, 132, 134

Williams, Jimy, 131

Williams, Ted, xix, 23, 24, 38, 81–82, 85, 107, 109, 111, 147, 156, 194

DiMaggio and, 216

“My Dinner with Theodore,” 119–21

“The Perfectionist at the Plate,” 142–45

Williamson, Fred, 230–31

Wilson, Earl, 82–83, 84

Winfield, Dave, 217

women's sports, 303–4

“Ice Breakers,” 300–316

track, 331–32

Wood, Marvin, 168–69, 170, 171, 174

Wood, Smokey Joe, 103

Woodward, Bob, 22

World Series, 28, 36, 37, 42, 53, 54, 71, 116, 138, 153, 154, 229, 248

World War I, 38

World War II, 37–39, 47, 55, 56, 124, 213, 325

Worthy, James, 184, 185, 189, 202, 338

XFL, 237–38

Yale University, 234–35, 236

Yardley, Jonathan, 341

Yastrzemski, Carl, 54–55, 85, 86, 101, 102, 103, 156

Yawkey, Tom, 104

Yokomizo, Katsura, 91

Yomiuri Giants, 70–95

York, Rudy, 97

Young, Buddy, 251

Young, Dick, 14, 69

David Halberstam
was one of America's most distinguished journalists and historians. His many books on politics and power in America include
The Best and the Brightest, War in a Time of Peace
, and
The Coldest Winter
. He was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his early reporting in Vietnam. Of his many bestsellers,
The Amateurs, The Breaks of the Game, Summer of '49
, and
The Education of a Coach
are counted among the best sports books of our time. He was killed in a car accident on April 23, 2007, while on his way to an interview for what was to be his next book.

OTHER BOOKS BY

D
AVID
H
ALBERSTAM

The Noblest Roman

The Making of a Quagmire

One Very Hot Day

The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy

Ho

The Best and the Brightest

The Powers That Be

The Reckoning

The Breaks of the Game

The Amateurs

Summer of '49

The Next Century

The Fifties

October 1964

The Children

Playing for Keeps

War in a Time of Peace

Firehouse

The Teammates

The Education of a Coach

The Coldest Winter

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