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| Introduction |
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| Prologue: The Dream Team Gets a Name |
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Chapter 1 The Inspector of Meat---Pros in the Olympics? It Was His Idea, and Don't Let Anyone Tell You Different |
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Chapter 2 The Chosen One---Sneaker Porn Is Born |
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Chapter 3 The Commissioner and the Inspector of Meat---The NBA Sticks a Tentative Toe into International Waters |
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Chapter 4 The Legend---"I'm the Three-Point King" |
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Chapter 5 The Outcast---Isiah Throws It Away . . . Then Throws It All Away |
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Chapter 6 The Magic Man---With a Junior Skyhook, He Claims His Place on Top |
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Chapter 7 The Shooter---Mullin Puts Down the Bottle and Puts Up the Numbers |
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Chapter 8 The Christian Soldier---The Admiral Takes an Olympic Fall |
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Chapter 9 The Chosen One---And So Does a Fork Become a Holy Relic |
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Chapter 10 The Old Guard---Here Today . . . Gone Real Soon |
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Chapter 11 The Shadow Man---For the Kid from Nowheresville, Arkansas, Playing Alongside Michael Could Be a Real Headache |
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Interlude, 2011: The Shadow Man---"Michael Got Away with a Lot of Things" |
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Chapter 12 The Coach---A Man of Both Style and Substance |
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Chapter 13 The Jester---Sir Charles Wants to Be an Olympian . . . He Just Doesn't Always Act Like One |
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Chapter 14 The Committee and the Dream Team---Okay, Superstars, Prepare for Deification. . . . Uh, Isiah? Not So Fast |
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Chapter 15 The Chosen One---Michael Seems to Have It All . . . But "All" Comes with a Burden |
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Chapter 16 The Spokane Kid and the Outcast---Isiah Sends an Olympic Message . . . and the Mailman Follows with a Special Delivery |
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Chapter 17 The Dukie---Wanted: College All-American . . . Must Perform Scut Duty on Summer Vacation |
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Chapter 18 The Glide---Clyde's on the Team, and Jordan Shrugs |
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Interlude, 2011: The Glide---"Jordan Was Damn Good . . . But Was He Better Than Me?" |
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Chapter 19 The Writer---And So It Begins . . . at a Cattle Call in San Diego |
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Chapter 20 The Magic Man---For a Man Who's Dying, He Sure Looks Pretty Alive |
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Interlude, 2011: The Magic Man---"It's My Mind-Set That's Kept Me Alive" |
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Chapter 21 The Coach---Chuck Has a Message for His Assistants: Make Sure to Ignore |
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Chapter 22 The One-Day Wonders---These Were the Best Days of His Life. . . . Surely Grant Hill's Wife Understands |
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Chapter 23 The Writer---The Action Begins in Portland and Everyone Wants a Piece |
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Chapter 24 The Legend---Larry Shoots and Scores . . . and at Night Lies Awake in Pain |
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Chapter 25 The Kid from Spokane---Daly Had a Pistons Phone Number in His Hand . . . and It Wasn't Isiah's |
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Interlude, 2011: The Kid from Spokane---"You're Not Writing That Down, Are You?" |
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Chapter 26 The Chosen One---So Many Balls to Sign . . . and Jordan Almost Reaches His Breaking Point |
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Chapter 27 The Writer, the Jester, and the Christian Soldier---Monsieur Barkley Will Indeed Take a Hit on 19 |
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Interlude, 2011: The Christian Soldier---And What Shall a Man Do with All His Gifts? |
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Chapter 28 The Greatest Game That Nobody Ever Saw---"They Just Moved Chicago Stadium to Monte Carlo. That's All They Did" |
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Chapter 29 The Writer---"There's Helicopters Up There---This Shit Is Serious!" |
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Chapter 30 The Jester and the Angolan---"I Did Not Know That He Would Make Violence with Me" |
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Chapter 31 The Kukoc Game---"They Were Like Mad Dogs on Toni" |
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Chapter 32 The Coolest Room in the World---"Charles, We're Sorry, but This Is a Ring Table. . . ." |
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Interlude, 2011: The Chosen One---"I Know My Father Was Up There Watching Me" |
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Chapter 33 The Tie-Dyed Darlings---Sabonis Wins Bronze, Then Sleeps It Off |
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Chapter 34 The Gold, the Flag, and the Chosen One---Some Wear Old Glory . . . Though Not in the Service of Patriotism |
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Chapter 35 The Aftermath---Michael/Magic/Larry . . . and Then There Were None |
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Chapter 36 The Impact---"We Were Like Actors in a Play" |
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| Epilogue: The Legend---"I Would've Like to Have Touched Gold When I Was a Kid" |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Index |
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