A collection of stories about fathers and sons and the challenges of sports which bond them together with humor and pathos. Each story is written by sport's writers or participants themselves.

Worlds apart / Tom Friend -- A father's small hope / Paul Solotaroff -- from Little League confidential / Bill Geist -- from Senior year / Dan Shaughnessy -- from It never rains in Tiger Stadium / John Ed Bradley -- from After Jackie / Henry Aaron, as told to Cal Fussman -- from Pistol : the life of Pete Maravich / March Kriegel -- Someone you want to play with / Jeff Bradley -- What got you where you are / Mike Golic with Andrew Chaikivsky -- Flip Turn / Ron Reagan -- My dad, the bookie / Michael J. Agovino -- Holy ground / Wright Thompson -- Sporting chance / Lew Schneider -- Dirty moves / James Brown -- Mailer vs. Mailer / John Buffalo Mailer -- from Fathers playing catch with sons / Donald Hall -- Tangled up in blue / Peter Richmond -- from Friday night lights / Buzz Bissinger -- from Blood horses / John Jeremiah Sullivan -- A father's gift / Jeremy Schaap -- from King's gambit / Paul Hoffman -- from The last shot / Darcy Frey -- Bo knows / Steve Wulf.