 | Title: Winners Take All Author: Bowen Summary: When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating. Includes a section on the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s. |
 | Title: The Final Cut Author: Bowen Summary: After tryouts for the school basketball team, eighth graders Zeke, Eli, Ryan, and Miles find their friendship tested when two of them make the team and two of them do not. |
 | Title: The Warriors Author: Bruchac Summary: Jake has left the reservation for Weltimore Academy and entered a different world. Everyone there loves lacrosse, but no one understands it the way Jake does, as an Iroquois. And no one understands Jake either. To the Iroquois, the game of lacrosse was more than recreation, more than competition. It was sacred. Young men and old played for Elder Brother, He Who Loves to Watch the People Play. Jake always remembered this. One of the best players on the reservation, he felt at home with his people and with himself. Then his mother took a job in Washington, D.C., and Jake entered a very different world. Weltimore Academy became his new home, living there as a boarding student while his mom traveled. Others at the school loved lacrosse, too, but not like Jake. Coach Scott trained them hard, offering violent stories about Indians that Jake knew were untrue. How could he make them understand the real game? Until they did, they would never understand him -- or understand the heart of a warrior. |
 | Title: Trading Places with Tank Talbott Author: Butler Summary: Jason, who would rather work on his horror movie screenplay than learn to swim, finds an unlikely ally in Tank, the class bully, who is being forced to take ballroom dance lessons. |
 | Title: Thank you, Jackie Robinson Author: Cohen Summary: A fatherless white boy, who shares with an old black man an enthusiasm for the Brooklyn Dodgers and first baseman, Jackie Robinson, takes a ball autographed by Jackie to his elderly friend's death bed. |
 | Title: Fairway Phenom Author: Christopher Summary: Malik Edwards never had any intention of playing golf, until he sees a young black golfer being cheered on by a crowd of adoring fans. While golf's image changes for Malik, where would he get the gear or money, and where would a kid growing up in Brooklyn, New York get to play? |
 | Title: Goalkeeper in Charge Author: Christopher Summary: Will Tina's shyness ruin her chances to play goalkeeper on the soccer team? |
 | Title: Crossing Jordan Author: Fogelin Summary: Twelve-year-old Cass meets her new African-American neighbor, Jemmie, and despite their families' prejudices, they build a strong friendship around their mutual talent for running and a pact to read Jane Eyre. |
 | Title: Babe and Me : A Baseball Card Adventure Author: Gutman Summary: With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that homerun in the third game of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs. |
 | Title: The Million Dollar Shot [electronic resource] Author: Gutman Summary: Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals. |
| Title: Baseball Fever Author: Hurwitz Summary: Ten-year-old Ezra tries to convince his scholarly father that his baseball fever is not wasting his mind. |
 | Title: About the B'nai Bagels Author: Konigsburg Summary: Mark Setzer tells about his troubles in general and in particular his misfortunes on the little league team managed by his mother and coached by his brother. |
 | Title: No More Dead Dogs Author: Korman Summary: Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well. |
 | Title: The Journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro Leagues Author: Myers Summary: Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues. |
 | Title: Soccer Shock Author: Napoli Summary: When ten-year-old Adam discovers that his freckles can see and talk, he plans to use this secret to get onto the school soccer team. |
 | Title: Skinnybones Author: Park Summary: Alex's active sense of humor helps him get along with the school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world. |
| Title: The Last Man's Reward Author: Patneaude Summary: In hopes of winning the valuable baseball card that he and his new friends have hidden in a remote cave outside Granite Falls, Washington, Andrew asks the gruff P.E. teacher at his middle school to help him become a long-jumper. |
 | Title: The Boy who Saved Baseball Author: Ritter Summary: The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets of the now disgraced player, Dante Del Gato. |
| Title: Shrimpboat and Gym Bags Author: Sinykin Summary: Bo copes with the pressures of moving from California to Wisconsin, keeping his grades up so that he can remain on the gymnastics team, and competing against a talented but temperamental teammate. Includes a glossary of gymnastics terms and information on competitive boys' gymnastics. |
 | Title: Finding Buck McHenry Author: Slote Summary: Eleven-year-old Jason, believing the school custodian Mack Henry to be Buck McHenry, a famous pitcher from the old Negro League, tries to enlist him as a coach for his Little League team by revealing his identity to the world. |
 | Title: Tall Tales Author: Smith Summary: In this collection of stories illustrated with photographs, youngsters show off their smooth moves on the basketball court. |
 | Title: Bobby Baseball Author: Smith Summary: Ten-year-old Bobby is passionate about baseball and convinced that he is a great player. The only problem is to get a chance to prove his skill, especially to his father. |
 | Title: Some kind of pride Author: Testa Summary: Summary Named after the greatest baseball player of all time, eleven-year-old Ruth dreams of becoming a major league baseball player until she overhears her father lamenting the fact that she is a girl. |