Offering profiles of the athletes we love, this book shows how they live their lives and how we live out and define American culture by the way we come to understand their lives in and out of the halls of play.

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Introduction Part I: The New Jack Jock 1. Spree's World 2. Soul Members 3. Pat and Allen's Tough Love Adventure Part II: The Anti-Hero 4. Portrait of an Artist on the Court 5. No Requiem Necessary 6. In the Name of the Father 7. The Unloved 8. The Round Mound Bids Farewell Part III: Entrepreneurs 9. The Graying of Dr. J 10. Magic Johnson Builds an Empire 11. The Business of Rebellion 12. Even the Ball Is White 13. Jelly Maker Acknowledgments