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| Introduction | |
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| The Games of Our Lives | |
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| Canada's Athletes of the Century--Wayne Gretzky and Nancy Greene | |
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| The Best in the World | |
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| The Great One | |
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| Nancy Greene, Olympic Champion | |
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| Nancy Greene Takes Silver and Gold | |
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| Lionel Conacher--Canada's Athlete of the First Half Century | |
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| Fanny Rosenfeld--Canada's Female Athlete of the First Half Century | |
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| The Lou Marsh Trophy | |
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| Velma Springstead Award | |
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| The Men of the Nine Thirteen | |
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| The Little Boy from Canada | |
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| Mickey MacIntyre--Not a Champion, but | |
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| Our Game: Canadians Celebrate 100 Years of the Stanley Cup--and Their Deep-seated Love of Hockey | |
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| 1900s Hockey--A Woman's Game | |
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| The Incredible Journey--Dawson City's 1905 Stanley Cup Challenge | |
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| Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde | |
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| The First Grey Cup Game--Kicking for Glory | |
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| New Westminster Salmonbellies | |
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| Patricks' Progress | |
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| The "Little Giant" in the Black Cap--Aurele Joliat | |
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| Canada at the Olympics, 1928 | |
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| I Don't Like Amazon Women | |
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| Elmer, You're Goofy | |
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| Noel MacDonald | |
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| The West Finally Wins--the 1935 Grey Cup | |
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| He Shoots! He Scores! | |
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| Ottawa--Hockey Capital | |
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| James Naismith, 1861-1939 | |
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| King of the Crazy Marathons | |
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| The Maple Leafs Forever | |
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| Les Canadiens Sont La! | |
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| Winning One for Johnny Canuck | |
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| 1948 Grey Cup--Grey Cup Week is Born | |
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| 1950 Mud Bowl | |
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| Hero of the Montreal Forum--Maurice "Rocket" Richard | |
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| Breaking a Barrier--Mary Baker Joins the Managing Ranks | |
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| Ada Mackenzie, First Lady of Canadian Golf | |
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| Marlene Stewart-Streit--From Caddie to Canadian Champion | |
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| Is Jean Beliveau the Best Ever? | |
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| The Best Defence--Doug Harvey | |
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| Nobody's Too Big for Ted Lindsay | |
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| NHL Goalies--Terry Sawchuk | |
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| The Lansdowne Park Duck | |
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| Can Frank Read's Oarsmen Outrace the World--Again? | |
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| The 1962 Fog Bowl | |
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| Russ Jackson, Quarterback | |
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| Eulogies For Each Other | |
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| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hull | |
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| How Roger Doucet Wrote the Soviet National Anthem | |
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| Ken Read and the Crazy Canucks | |
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| High Jumper Arnie Boldt: 1.96 Metres on One Leg | |
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| A Flower for all Seasons | |
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| Niatross, the Once in a Lifetime Horse | |
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| Canada Introduces Short Track Speed Skating to the World | |
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| Eric Bedard--The Present and Future of Short Track Speed Skating | |
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| The Quebec Air Force | |
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| The End of an Odyssey | |
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| Montreal Expos, 1969-2000 | |
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| Toronto Blue Jays, 1977-2000 | |
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| Sipping From Stanley | |
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| The Edmonton Oilers--the last Canadian Dynasty? | |
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| Hart Trophy Winners | |
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| Re-Writing History with a Stick | |
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| Possibly the Greatest Grey Cup Game Ever Played | |
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| The First Canadian in Baseball's Hall of Fame | |
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| Larry Walker--Baseball Superstar | |
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| Lucky Lindros | |
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| Friends--Of a Kind | |
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| More than Magnificent | |
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| Winning All But Nagano | |
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| Doug Flutie--An American Made for a Canadian Game | |
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| The Modest Man from Motown | |
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| Canada at the Games | |
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| Flag Bearers | |
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| Canada Hosts the Commonwealth | |
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| The First British Empire Games, 1930 | |
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| Fifth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1954 | |
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| The Miracle Mile | |
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| 11th Commonwealth Games, 1978 | |
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| All That Glitters, 1994 | |
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| Commonwealth Games Highlights, 1930-2000 | |
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| Canada's Gold Medals at the Commonwealth Games, 1930-2000 | |
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| Canada Hosts the Pan Am Games | |
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| How Winnipeg Rose to the Test, 1967 | |
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| All That Glitters, 1999 | |
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| 277 Canadian Gold Medallists at the Pan Am Games, 1955-2000 | |
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| Montreal Hosts the World, 1976 | |
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| International Politics at the 1976 Olympics | |
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| Heroes of the XXI Olympiad | |
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| Montreal Welcomes Olympic Royalty | |
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| The Olympic Boycotts of 1980 and 1984 | |
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| Canada Hosts the Winter World | |
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| From Olympia to the Calgary Games | |
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| For the Glory of Sport | |
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| Making the Magic Last | |
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| The Canada Games, 1967-2000 | |
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| Special Olympics | |
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| Canada Goes to the Paralympic Games | |
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| The Paralympic Movement | |
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| Canada hosts the Paralympic Games, Toronto '76 | |
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| Chantal Petitclerc, Jeff Adams, Chantal Benoit, Andre Viger | |
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| Canada Goes to the Olympic Summer Games | |
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| Olympic Summer Medals List | |
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| Canada's Summer Olympic Highlights | |
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| Canada Goes to the Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Olympic Winter Medals List | |
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| Canada's Olympic Winter Highlights | |
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| Canada's Olympic Summary | |
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| Clouds and Silver Linings | |
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| The Agony and Ecstasy of Terry Fox | |
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| The Rise and Fall of Tom Longboat | |
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| Sam Langford, the "Boston Tar Baby" | |
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| George Young, Yesterday's Hero | |
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| Will U.S. Cash Cripple our Hockey? | |
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| A Skating Ace | |
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| Hilda's Olympic Memory | |
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| Phil Edwards | |
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| How They Broke the Heart of Howie Morenz | |
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| Allan Cup Battles | |
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| Jackie Robinson--All the Months in Canada Were Like That | |
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| The Year the Russians Took the Gold Away | |
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| Mary Stewart, Canada's Swimming Star | |
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| Lucy Wheeler Wins Canada's First Alpine Skiing Championship | |
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| Yvon Durelle and the Greatest Light-Heavyweight Title Fight Ever | |
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| Bob Hayward and Miss Supertest III | |
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| Crothers and Kidd | |
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| Harry Jerome | |
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| How Chuvalo Won by Losing | |
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| Elaine Tanner, Canada's Mighty Mouse | |
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| Bruce Robertson and Leslie Cliff--Pride of the Vancouver Dolphins | |
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| Nancy Garapick and Cheryl Gibson--Medals and Question Marks | |
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| Greg Joy--Canada's Jump for Joy | |
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| Toller Cranston | |
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| Bobby Orr--A Farewell to Greatness | |
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| Gilles Villeneuve, from Bertierville, Quebec | |
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| Debbie Brill | |
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| Diane Jones Konihowski | |
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| Marcel Jobin--The Fool in Pyjamas | |
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| The End of Flower Power in Montreal | |
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| Steve Bauer puts Canadian Cyclists on the Map | |
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| Alex Steida Leads the Tour de France | |
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| Sports Psychology, Victor Davis Style | |
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| Indelible Memories | |
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| Elizabeth Manley--Surprises, Smiles and Silver | |
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| Life in the Fast Lane | |
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| The King of Seoul | |
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| The Steroid Scandal--Was He Drugged? | |
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| The Steroid Scandal--Testimony About Ben Johnson | |
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| A Day of Reckoning | |
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| The Dubin Inquiry | |
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| The Great One Becomes a King | |
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| An Untimely End--Victor Davis' Controversial Life and Death | |
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| The Memorial Cup | |
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| Unsinkable Sylvie | |
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| Alan Eagleson--The Rise and Fall of the Eagle | |
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| Silken Laumann | |
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| Tragedy in the Fast Lane--Family, Friends Mourn Greg Moore | |
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| Death of the Nords | |
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| Out in the Cold | |
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| Hockey Meltdown | |
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| Blood Sport | |
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| Caroline Brunet--Victories and Disappointments | |
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| In Too Few Years, a Life to Remember | |
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| Victory | |
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| 27 Days in September | |
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| The Beginnings | |
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| Views From the Bench | |
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| The Unknown Olympian--George Orton | |
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| Etienne Desmarteau | |
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| He Plays a Grand Game o' Gowf | |
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| Lou Scholes | |
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| Canada's First Marathon Victory | |
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| Tommy Burns, Canada's Heavyweight Champ | |
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| Bobby Kerr | |
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| Walter Knox | |
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| Mann Cup | |
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| Minto Cup | |
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| George Hodgson--Canada's Best Swimmer Ever? | |
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| Johnny Miles, Marathon Man | |
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| How Percy Williams Swept the Olympic Sprints | |
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| Canada's Sculling Ace | |
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| Jack of Diamonds | |
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| Duncan McNaughton | |
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| Don't Call Me Babyface | |
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| Francis "Frank" Amyot | |
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| Marathon Champ | |
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| They're World Champions | |
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| Bluenose--First Lady of the Sea | |
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| Johnny Longden: The Greatest Horse I Ever Rode | |
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| Figure Skater Barbara Ann Scott has her Personal Priorities | |
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| 1948 RCAF Flyers | |
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| Doug Hepburn | |
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| How Marilyn Swam the Lake | |
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| The Boston Marathon--Canadian Champions | |
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| 1950s Football | |
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| 1961 Trail Smoke Eaters | |
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| Anne Heggtveit Wins Olympic Gold with a Record Margin | |
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| Pairs Figure Skating, 1960 | |
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| Canada's World Champions of Curling | |
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| Curling Champions--Men and Women | |
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| Donald Jackson--The First Triple Lutz and a World Championship | |
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| Northern Dancer | |
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| 1964 Bobsleigh Team Wins Olympic Gold | |
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| Hungerford and Jackson | |
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| Hamilton Blows Away the Winnipeg Curse | |
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| Davey Keon and the 1967 Leafs | |
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| Equestrian Team Brings Home Gold as the 1968 Games Close | |
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| One Perfect Shot--George Knudson | |
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| Karen Magnussen--World Champion | |
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| Cindy Nicholas, First Woman to Cross the Channel Twice | |
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| Ken Read's First World Cup Victory | |
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| Just as Things Looked Hopeless, Kathy Saved the Day | |
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| Tony Gabriel and "the Catch" | |
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| Graham Smith Swims to Commonwealth Glory | |
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| Villeneuve triumphs at Monaco North | |
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| The Vanier Cup | |
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| Being There | |
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| Steve Podborski, King of the Mountains | |
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| Gaetan Boucher Wins Double Gold | |
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| Alwyn Morris and Hugh Fisher | |
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| Baumann, Davis and Ottenbrite Lead the Way | |
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| Sylvie Bernier's Big Jump | |
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| Team Canada: Greatest Show on Ice | |
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| The Canada Cup | |
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| Vicki Keith's 1988 Summer Holidays | |
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| Winning Gold in Seoul | |
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| Ian Miller and Big Ben Jump into History | |
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| Lennox Lewis Wins One for Canada | |
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| The Kurt and Elvis Show | |
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| Figure Skating Champions | |
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| The MacTier Cup | |
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| Equality on Ice: Women Hockey Players Win a World Profile | |
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| Kerrin Lee-Gartner and Kate Pace--Queens of the Slopes | |
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| Olympic Gold ... Go Now! | |
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| Bonanza in Banyoles | |
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| Baseball Heaven, 1992 | |
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| Jumping For Joy, 1993 | |
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| Myriam Bedard, Canada's Biathlon Queen | |
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| Jean-Luc Brassard | |
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| Donovan Bailey, Olympic Gold Medallist | |
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| Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean--Canada's Most Decorated Olympians | |
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| Canada's Triple Crown | |
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| The Canadian King: Jacques Villeneuve Seizes Formula One's Throne | |
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| High-Speed Dream Team | |
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| Ross Rebagliati, First-ever Olympic Snowboard Champion | |
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| Becoming a World Champion | |
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| Simon Whitfield, Canada's Golden Triathlete | |
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| The Long Route to Olympic Gold | |
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| The Canucks Who Knocked the "Woodies" | |
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| Queen's Plate Winners, 1900-2000 | |
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| Lori Kane, from P.E.I. | |
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| Mike Weir and the Reign in Spain | |
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| A Century of Grey Cups | |
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| The Grey Cup Champions, 1909-2000 | |
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| A Century of Stanley Cups | |
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| The Stanley Cup Champions, 1900-2000 | |
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| Index | |