David K. Wiggins is professor and director of the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism at George Mason University and the editor of Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes.
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| One-on-One | |
| The Purest of Rivalries: Rafer Johnson, C. K. Yang, and the 1960 Olympic Decathlon | p. 5 |
| The King and the Bear: The Arnold Palmer-Jack Nicklaus Rivalry and the Rise of Modern Golf | p. 29 |
| The Mortality of Kings: Ali versus Frazier | p. 49 |
| "We Were about Winning": Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and the Rivalry That Remade the NBA | p. 69 |
| Friendly Rivals: Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert | p. 109 |
| The Battle of the Carmens: Debi Thomas versus Katarina Witt | p. 133 |
| Team Games | |
| Bitter Foes, but Marketing Pros: The Red Sox-Yankee Rivalry | p. 147 |
| A Tale of Two Cities: The Toronto Maple Leafs versus the Montreal Canadiens | p. 175 |
| Like Cats and Dogs: The Massillon-Canton McKinley Football Rivalry | p. 193 |
| A Rivalry for the Ages: Tennessee-UConn Women's Basketball | p. 213 |
| Three Yards and a Pool of Blood: Ohio State versus Michigan | p. 239 |
| Corporate Cowboys and Blue-Collar Bureaucrats: The Dallas-Washington Football Rivalry | p. 265 |
| Wide, Wide World | |
| Imperial Rivalries: America versus Britain for the Davis Cup | p. 293 |
| This Has Nothing to Do with Money: The Ryder Cup and International Rivalry in Golf | p. 305 |
| The Match of the Century: The U.S.-USSR Rivalry in Sports | p. 327 |
| Dare to Dream: U.S. Women's Soccer versus the World | p. 359 |
| Notes | p. 383 |
| Contributors | p. 443 |
| Index | p. 451 |
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