Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Prologue xix
Chapter 1 Jack 1
Chapter 2 The Barracuda and the Sheriff 15
Chapter 3 From a Chevy 25
Chapter 4 An Odd Way to L.A. 33
Chapter 5 Happy Jack's Flying Circus 39
Chapter 6 High School 46
Chapter 7 The Recruiting Trail 53
Chapter 8 Number One Versus Number One 57
Chapter 9 Early Signs of Trouble 67
Chapter 10 Elway Versus Elway 74
Chapter 11 Ups, Downs, and An Awful Ending 79
Chapter 12 Kill Or Be Killed 89
Chapter 13 George Steinbrenner's Dream 98
Chapter 14 Pete Rozelle's Quandary 104
Chapter 15 Edgar Kaiser and the Pursuit of Elway 116
Chapter 16 Arm of Gold, Knee of Tin 132
Chapter 17 Dan Reeves and the QB Culture War 140
Chapter 18 Driving the Browns Out of Cleveland 150
Chapter 19 Super Misery 161
Chapter 20 Bradshaw Pours it On, 49ers Reign 168
Chapter 21 Pat Bowlen, Red Teeth, and Reeves 175
Chapter 22 The End With Reeves 183
Chapter 23 The Wade Years 190
Chapter 24 Don't Be Afraid to Manage 196
Chapter 25 Sunflower Seeds 207
Chapter 26 Beating the Packers 219
Chapter 27 1998 227
Chapter 28 Retirement 237
Chapter 29 The Arena Challenge 254
Chapter 30 Paige 261
Chapter 31 Tebowmania 261
Chapter 32 Peyton 273
Chapter 33 Fox Trots, Manning Dances 285
Chapter 34 Miracle On 13655 Broncos Parkway 296
Chapter 35 Super Bowl 50 310
Chapter 36 The Next Challenge 315
Acknowledgments 331
Index 333