Contents

Foreword: The Sweet Science

Prologue

Introduction: First Lucky Break

1.The Four As

2.White and Black

3.Cassius Marcellus Clay

4.Magic Man

5.First Meetings

6.Miracle on Snow

7.New York Calling

8.Free Agency

9.Reggie and “Stacks”

10.My Miracle on Ice

11.1980s Endurance Races

12.Optimistic Early ’80s

13.Sarajevo and “Silent Boléro

14.Tinseltown Games

15.The Boxing Mistake

16.Cosell and Me

17.Tennis: The Ashe Effect

18.Mike Tyson and Me

19.Pay Cable on HBO

20.Anchors Away

21.Tokyo Takedown

22.The Reckoning

23.Trial of the Century

24.The Lead Dog

25.“It Happened!”

26.The Last Round

Epilogue: Coming Home

Acknowledgments