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In these pages you'll find fascinating facts and invaluable information about just about every type of athlete and sport you can imagine---from home run hitters to hometown heroes, triumphs and tragedies, record-setters to barrier-breakers, upsets and upstarts, names and games, from draft pick to pick-and-role, winners and whiners, routes and routs, from servers to surfers, and from running backs to come-backs. You'll meet a one-legged mountain-climber, a surfing survivor, backward runners, an elephant polo player, and champions and All-Stars across the athletic spectrum. And don't miss the fifty-two quizzes to test your knowledge and memory. Most important, you'll discover points and principles from the Bible and sports to apply to competition and life.