Introduction / [Michael Wilbon]
The phenomenal son / Dave Sheinin
Why you should care about cricket / Wright Thompson
Allen Iverson: fallen star / Robert Huber
Bad nights in the NFL / Thomas Lake
Punched out: the life and death of a hockey enforcer / John Branch
The ferocious life and tragic death of a Super Bowl Star / Paul Solotaroff with Rick Telander
The People v. Football / Jeanne Marie Laskas
The heart of football beats in Aliquippa / S. L. Price
Frank's story / John Brant
Fixing Diane's brain / Bill Donahue
He do what he do / Michael Mooney
The forgotten hero / Tim Layden
The two-fisted, one-eyed misadventures of sportswriting's last badass / Alex Belth
Something went very wrong at Toomer's Corner / Tommy Tomlinson
The shame of college sports / Taylor Branch
Staring down history / S.L. Price
Boy genius / Jeré Longman
Queen of the D-League / Ben McGrath
Welcome to the Far Eastern Conference / Wells Tower
The history (and mystery) of the high five / Jon Mooallem
Notable sports wriiting of 2011.