Prologue		xiii
Part One Columbia
Chapter 1 Bubba		3	(16)
Chapter 2 Learning the Game		19	(10)
Chapter 3 Black and White		29	(9)
Chapter 4 The Emergence		38	(16)
Chapter 5 Recruitment		54	(11)
Part Two Jackson
Chapter 6 Jackson State		65	(17)
Chapter 7 Soul		82	(13)
Chapter 8 Connie		95	(12)
Chapter 9 Heisman Hopes		107	(16)
Part Three Chicago
Chapter 10 Going Pro		123	(17)
Chapter 11 Birth of Sweetness		140	(18)
Chapter 12 Zero Yards		158	(14)
Chapter 13 The Wake-Up Call		172	(14)
Chapter 14 The Strangest Run		186	(21)
Chapter 15 Darkness		207	(16)
Chapter 16 The Unbearable Bears		223	(21)
Chapter 17 A Rose in a Dandelion Garden		244	(11)
Chapter 18 Power		255	(25)
Chapter 19 Shuffle		280	(24)
Chapter 20 Super Letdown		304	(12)
Chapter 21 Aftermath		316	(25)
Part Four Retirement
Chapter 22 Now What?		341	(17)
Chapter 23 A Bottomless Void		358	(18)
Chapter 24 Depression		376	(17)
Part Five Final
Chapter 25 Sick		393	(16)
Chapter 26 The End		409	(8)
Chapter 27 Legacy		417	(7)
Chapter 28 Afterword		424	(7)
Acknowledgments		431	(6)
Notes		437	(30)
Bibliography		467	(4)
Index		471