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The Cost of These Dreams

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by Wright Thompson


  University of Missouri, xvi

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4

  University of Notre Dame, 65–67

  University of Southern California, 65–67, 86

  University of Utah, 149–50

  University Southern Mississippi (USM), 72

  U.S. Air Force, 48–49

  U.S. Army, 48, 56–57

  USA Today, 319

  USA Wrestling, 167

  U.S. Department of Justice, 208

  U.S. Embassy, Brazil, 35

  U.S. Marine Corps, 155

  U.S. Open, 305, 313–14

  Utah Utes Football, 149–50

  VA Hospital (New Orleans), 210–11

  Van Soelen, Billy, 297

  Varner, Billy

  and Bryant’s death and legacy, 141–43

  declining health and dementia, 136–37, 143–44

  and Liberty Bowl of 1982, 135–36

  relationship with Bryant, 133–35, 137–41

  Varner, Susie, 133, 136–40, 144

  Vaught, John

  criticisms of Ole Miss schedule, 44

  and racial conflict at Ole Miss, 46, 52, 54, 58–60, 63

  retirement and death, 79

  and season of 1962, 48, 50, 59–62, 64–66

  and the Sugar Bowl of 1963, 67–69

  and USM loss of 1970, 72

  Vecchio, Ernesto, 119–21

  Vedder, Eddie, 321

  Victory Meal tradition, 150, 152, 154

  Villa Fiorito, Argentina, 116–17, 123

  Vince Lombardi Trophy, 217, 238

  VIP club, 115, 120, 127

  Wade, Dwayne, 331–33, 335, 341–42

  Wadlington, LeRoy, 47, 54–55, 80

  “Walk Against Fear,” 82

  Walker, Sidney (Beau Jack), 92

  “Walk of Champions,” 78

  Wallace, George, 69

  The Wall Street Journal, 311

  Ward, J. D., 247–48

  Washington Redskins, 71

  Washington State Cougars basketball, 26, 33–34

  Washington Wizards, 10

  The Water Horse (film), 271–72

  Weatherly, Jimmy, 51, 66, 71, 73

  Weinberg, Bob, 321–22

  Wells Fargo Arena, 167–68

  West High School, 185

  West Point (United States Military Academy), 154–55

  West Point, Mississippi, 73

  Wettach, Dolores. See Williams, Dolores

  “What a Wonderful World,” 205

  When Pride Still Mattered (Maraniss), 143

  White, Howard, 10–11

  White Christmas (film), 173

  white supremacists, 42, 83

  Whitfield, Fred, 10–11

  Wildwood Tavern, 324

  Wilkie, Curtis, 45, 76

  Wilkins, Jojo, 53

  Williams, Bobby-Jo, 265, 269–71, 280–81

  Williams, Claudia

  and athletics, 267–68, 282

  and cryonics, 268–69, 278–82

  defensiveness of identity, 265–68, 287–88

  family background, 264–65

  family conflicts, 269–71

  and family contracts, 275, 277–78, 281–82

  and father’s baseball legacy, 286–87

  graduate studies, 287–88

  impact of loss of family, 284–86

  love of dragons, 271–72

  move to Ted’s home, 282–83

  relationship with brother, 272–74

  relationship with father, 274–78

  Williams, Cleveland, 112

  Williams, Danny, 265

  Williams, Dolores, 266, 269, 271–72, 284

  Williams, J. D., 63

  Williams, John-Henry

  birth, 269

  and cryonics, 265, 278–82, 284–85

  death, 267, 273, 284

  and father’s declining health, 276–78

  personality, 272–73

  relationship with father, 271, 274–76

  Williams, May, 265

  Williams, Steve, 305, 310, 312–14

  Williams, Ted

  biographies, 280

  and cryonics, 278–82, 284–85

  and daughter’s protectiveness of identity, 265–68

  death, 280, 282, 285–87

  family background, 264–65, 268–69

  and family contracts, 275, 277, 278, 281–82

  home of, 282–83

  relationship with his children, 269–76

  stroke and declining health, 276–78

  Williams, Tennessee, xiii, 202

  William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, 76

  Willie Mae’s Scotch House, 211, 229

  Willis, Jewel, 222

  Wilson, James, 254

  Winter, William, 45–46, 76

  Woods, Charlie, 318–19

  Woods, Earl

  death, 289–91, 294, 311, 316

  declining health, 298

  infidelities, 296–97

  and the Masters, 350

  military career, 295–96, 300, 304

  and Tiger’s independence, 315–16

  Woods, Earl, Jr., 290

  Woods, Elin. See Nordegren, Elin

  Woods, Kevin, 290

  Woods, Maude, 290, 294

  Woods, Miles, 290, 294

  Woods, Royce, 289–90

  Woods, Sam, 318–19

  Woods, Tida, 290, 297

  Woods, Tiger

  and Buddhist values, 314–15

  fame and wealth, 291–92, 296–97

  fascination with Navy SEALs, 298–301, 304–13

  and fatherhood, 305–6, 311, 318–19, 352

  and father’s death, 289–91, 294, 311, 316

  and father’s military background, 295–96

  fitness and training, 309

  infidelities, 294–95, 302–4, 311

  injuries, 292–93

  insomnia, 303

  introversion and privacy of, 126, 291–92, 302–3, 307–8, 310–11, 315–16

  and the Masters, 350, 352

  and nostalgia, 289, 315–16

  personal losses, 294–95

  preparation for life after golf, 316–18

  regrets, 316, 319, 352

  relationship with father, 295–99, 302–4, 350

  World Cup, 118

  World Series, 321–24, 324–28

  Wrigley Field, 320–22, 325, 328

  Yoder, George, 52

  youth sports, 194–95, 229–33, 258–59

  Zaputil, Chad, 182

  Zemurray, Samuel, 236–38

  Zinke, Ryan, 307

  Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, 253

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