fire
fitting in, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 9.1
football, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1
G
gangs, 2.1, 12.1
go-karting, 5.1, 5.2
golf, 2.1, 3.1, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Grand National Championship
Grand Slam tennis championship
growth hormone deficiency
gymnastics
H
hand-me-downs, 6.1, 9.1
Harlem Globetrotters
homesickness, 5.1, 10.1
horseback riding and racing
Houston Rockets
I
ice hockey
Indianapolis 500, 5.1, 5.2
Indianapolis Colts
injury, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2
J
jockeying
Johnson, Shawn
Jones, Perry T.
Jordan, Michael
Junior World Golf Tournament
K
Kansas City Monarchs
King, Billie Jean
Krone, Julie
Kuhaulua, Jesse
kung fu, 12.1, 12.2
L
Lee, Bruce
Little League World Series
Long Beach Tennis Patrons, 3.1, 3.2
Louisiana Superdome
M
Maclean’s magazine
Major League Baseball, 1.1, 2.1
Manning, Eli
Manning, Peyton, itr.1, 4.1
martial arts, 12.1, 12.2
Martin, Joe
Masters golf tournament
Maui Sumo Club
mentors and role models, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1
Messi, Lionel “Leo,” itr.1, 16.1
Middle States Grass Court Championships
Mike Douglas Show, 8.1, 8.2
Ming, Yao, itr.1, 9.1
misbehaving, 1.1, 2.1, 12.1
Moffit, Billie Jean, see Billie Jean King
moving to a new place, 2.1, 6.1, 10.1, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1
Most Valuable Player awards
N
National Basketball Association, 7.1, 9.1
National Football League
National Hockey League, 6.1, 6.2
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Nation of Islam
natural ability, 8.1, 10.1
Negro Leagues
nervousness and jitters, 8.1, 8.2
New Orleans Saints
New York Yankees, 1.1, 1.2
Norris, Chuck
nutrition
O
Olympic Games, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1
orphans
Orr, Bobby, itr.1, 6.1
P
passion, 6.1, 6.2
Patrick, Danica, itr.1, 5.1
Pepper Street Gang
pets and animals, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1
practice and hard work, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1, 15.1
pranks
pressure, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1
punishment
Q
quarterback. See also Peyton Manning
R
race car driving
racing, 5.1, 5.2. See also horseback riding and racing
Rahal, Bobby
reform school
retirement, 9.1, 14.1, 15.1
risks and risk taking, 5.1, 7.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2
rivalry, 5.1, 7.1
Robinson, Jackie
Rose Bowl, 2.1, 2.2
Ruth, George “Babe”
S
school
Shanghai Sharks
shyness
sibling rivalry
single parent
soccer
Southern California Tennis Association
Sports Illustrated magazine
Stanley Cup
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Mary’s Industrial School for Orphans, Delinquent, Incorrigible, and Wayward Boys
stuttering
sumo wrestling
Super Bowl, 4.1, 4.2
swimming
T
tango, 4.1, 4.2
teacher, see mentors and role models
teasing and taunting, 5.1, 12.1, 16.1. See also bullying, discrimination
temper, bad, 5.1, 13.1
tennis, 3.1, 11.1
That’s Incredible!
theater, musical
tomboy, see Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias
track and field, 2.1, 11.1, 11.2
trapeze
travel, 3.1, 11.1, 14.1, 16.1
U
U.S. Army
U.S. Junior Amateur golf championship
U.S. National Championships
U.S. Open (golf)
U.S. Open (tennis)
V
volleyball
volunteering
W
weaknesses
Wimbledon, 3.1, 3.2
Woods, Eldrick “Tiger”
work and jobs, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 14.1, 14.2
World Gymnastics
Championships
World Karting Association
World Series
wrestling, 11.1, 14.1
X
Xaverian brothers
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
DAVID STABLER would like to thank Jason Rekulak for drafting the players, Doogie Horner for drawing up the plays, Andie Reid for designing the game plan, Mary Ellen Wilson for sending in the substitutions, and the entire Quirk All-Star team for always giving 110%. Special thanks to Nicole De Jackmo and Kelly Coyle Crivelli for helping to spread the word about our books.
DOOGIE HORNER would like to thank Jason Rekulak for his incredible editing, Mario Zucca for his wonderful coloring, and Andie Reid for her awesome design. Also Mary Ellen Wilson for keeping us on track, and all the other people at Quirk Books for being generally cool. Thanks of course to David Stabler for writing such entertaining stories, and my wife, Jennie, for making coffee in the morning and being so pretty.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Author David Stabler and illustrator Doogie Horner have created many books. Their first collaboration was Kid Presidents (Quirk, 2014). Both live in New York City.
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