Part 1: Facilitating Literature Study. Chapter 1: Developing Critical Literacy through Basketball, Barriers, and Books. Chapter 2: Beneath the Surface: Ideologies of Multicultural Sports Literature. Chapter 3: Mapping the Emotional Lives of Characters in The Scorpio Races. Chapter 4: The Games People Play: Gatsby and the Golden Age of Sports. Part 2: Providing Alternatives to Traditional Novels. Chapter 5: Baseball and Graphic Novels: An Effective Approach to Teaching Literature. Chapter 6: Ball Is Life .

Or Is It? Examining Thematic Perspectives of Basketball in Poetry. Chapter 7: In the Spotlight: Using Aesthetic Experiences to Unpack "Amigo Brothers". Chapter 8: Power, Authorship, and Identity in Texts by and about High-Profile Athletes. Part 3: Teaching Writing. Chapter 9: Writing Sports Fiction to Build Empathy and Understanding. Chapter 10: Cards with Classmates: Writing and Presenting through Trading Cards. Chapter 11: Teamwork: Collaborative Engagement with Sports Argumentation. Chapter 12: A Flair for Sports: Teaching Journalistic Writing Using a 3-2-1 Column Approach.

Part 4: Engaging Students in Inquiry and Research. Chapter 13: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner: Thematic Comparisons across Media. Chapter 14: "Reel" Stories vs. "Real" Stories: Uncovering Sports History Fact and Fiction. Chapter 15: Searching and Synthesizing: Researching Cultural Context in Sports. Chapter 16: Is Skateboarding a Sport? Inquiring into Nonschool Sports. Part 5: Fostering Media and Digital Literacies. Chapter 17: Replicating Research as a Pathway to Digital Literacy Learning.

Chapter 18: Telling Our Own Stories: Using Documentary Film to Profile School Sports Narratives. Chapter 19: Podcasting Responses to Social Issues in Sports and Popular Culture. Chapter 20: Satiric Remixes: Crafting Commentaries about Sport and Society. Part 6: Promoting Social Justice. Chapter 21: Exploring Racial Stereotypes through Sports-Related Film. Chapter 22: Disability and Athletics: (Re)Defining "Typical". Chapter 23: Using YAL to Interrogate the Heteronormative, Transphobic Culture of School Sports. Chapter 24: Rewriting for Justice: Breaking Down Bullying in Openly Straight.

Part 7: Developing Out-of-School Literacies. Chapter 25: Being the Expert: Recognizing and Developing Students' Insider Sports Knowledge. Chapter 26: Promoting Democracy through Sports, Community, and Dialogue with The Crossover. Chapter 27: eSports as We-Sports: Exploring Writing Practices through Videogaming. Chapter 28: Inside Athletes' Writing: The Words behind the Wins (and Losses).