Introduction

1. All Gods Dead: Babe Ruth and Boston, 1918-1920
Aram Goudsouzian

2. The Boston Red Sox, 1901-1946
William E. Leuchtenburg

3. Ted Williams: Boston Hero, Boston Legend
John Demos

4. The Year of the Yaz
John M. Carroll

5. The Boston Marathon: America's Oldest Annual Road Race
Matthew Oshinsky and David M. Oshinsky

6. Rowing on Troubled Waters
David W. Zang

7. Frances Ouimet at The Country Club
James Campbell

8. The Lost Battle for Gentlemanly Sport, 1869-1909
Ronald A. Smith

9. Sports, Politics, and Revenge: The Patriots' Strange Journey Home
David Welky

10. The Champion of All Champions: John L. Sullivan
Elliott J. Gorn

11. The Rock, the Hub, and the Curse of Al Weill
Russell Sullivan

12. Long before Orr: Placing Hockey in Boston, 1897-1929
Stephen Hardy

13. Number 4 Is the One: The Emergence of Bobby Orr
Randy Roberts

14. The Battle of the Beards: Russell and Chamberlain
Randy Roberts

15. Beantown, 1986
Raymond Arsenault

Coda

Notes

Index

Randy Roberts is Professor of History at Purdue University.