Table of Contents
Prologue xiii
Part 1 Columbia
Chapter 1 Bubba 3
Chapter 2 Learning the Game 19
Chapter 3 Black and White 29
Chapter 4 The Emergence 38
Chapter 5 Recruitment 54
Part 2 Jackson
Chapter 6 Jackson State 65
Chapter 7 Soul 82
Chapter 8 Connie 95
Chapter 9 Heisman Hopes 107
Part 3 Chicago
Chapter 10 Going Pro 123
Chapter 11 Birth of Sweetness 140
Chapter 12 Zero Yards 158
Chapter 13 The Wake-Up Call 172
Chapter 14 The Strangest Run 186
Chapter 15 Darkness 207
Chapter 16 The Unbearable Bears 223
Chapter 17 A Rose in a Dandelion Garden 244
Chapter 16 Power 255
Chapter 19 Shuffle 280
Chapter 20 Super Letdown 304
Chapter 21 Aftermath 316
Part 4 Retirement
Chapter 22 Now What? 341
Chapter 23 A Bottomless Void 368
Chapter 24 Depression 376
Part 5 Final
Chapter 25 Sick 393
Chapter 26 The End 409
Chapter 27 Legacy 417
Chapter 28 Afterword 424
Acknowledge 431
Notes 437
Bibliography 467
Index 471