Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. FOUNDATIONS -- Chapter 1. In the Beginning -- Chapter 2. The Sporting Frontier -- Chapter 3. Barely Visible to Press and Public -- PART II. THE MAN WHO CHANGED EVEYTHING -- Chapter 4. Theodore Roosevelt: Climbing the Mountain -- Chapter 5. Sports and the Presidency: The Founding Father -- Chapter 6. Inside TR's Sporting Presidency -- PART III. SPORTS: ACCEPTABLE BUT NOT REQUIRED -- Chapter 7. William Howard Taft: A Large Legacy -- Chapter 8. Woodrow Wilson: More than Just a Game -- Chapter 9. Warren Harding: The Wager He Didn't Win -- Chapter 10. Calvin Coolidge: Grace, under Pressure -- Chapter 11. Herbert Hoover: No Place to Hide -- Chapter 12. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politically and Physically Challenged -- PART IV. FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON -- Chapter 13. Harry S Truman: Striding-and Flying-into History -- Chapter 14. Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero under Assault -- Chapter 15. John F. Kennedy: Swimming into Politics -- Chapter 16. Lyndon Johnson: The Games He Didn't Play -- PART V. IN THE PUBLIC EYE -- Chapter 17. Richard Nixon: Show Me a Good Loser . . . -- Chapter 18. Gerald Ford: The Pigskin President -- Chapter 19. Jimmy Carter: More than Meets the Eye -- Chapter 20. Ronald Reagan: Creating a Sports Legend -- Chapter 21. George H. W. Bush: TR Revisited -- PART VI. NEW PLAYERS, OLD GAMES -- Chapter 22. Bill Clinton: Oh, How He Played the Game -- Chapter 23. George W. Bush: From Bush Leagues to the Majors -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Ranking the Presidents -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.