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by David Halberstam


  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

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  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 WORKS

  OTHER BOOKS BY

  DAVID HALBERSTAM

  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

  COPYRIGHT

  The “Credits” section of this ebook constitutes a continuation of this copyright page.

  Copyright © 2008 The Amateurs Ltd.

  All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information address Hyperion, 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10011.

  The Library of Congress has catalogued the original print edition of this book as follows:

  Halberstam, David.

  Everything they had : sports writing from David Halberstam/ David Halberstam ; edited and with an introduction by Glenn Stout.

  p. cm.

  ISBN 978-1-4013-2312-7

  1. Sports journalism—United States. 2. Halberstam, David. I. Stout, Glenn. II. Title.

  PN4784.S6H35 2008

  070.4ʹ49796—dc22

  2008004440

  eBook Edition ISBN: 978-1-4013-0521-5

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  FOOTNOTES

  * Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues.

 
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