Leonetti, Mike

Profiles over ninety National Football League players.

Joey and his dad love hockey, but when Joey hurts his leg he wonders if he will ever play hockey again, until a visit from his hero, Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins, lifts his spirits.

Photographs and text examine the careers of superstars of the National Hockey League.

Andre loves to play hockey, but is tired of always being compared to his big brother, until his father took him to the game to see the Montreal Canadians and he sat next to the brother of their star player.

When Max's hockey team is the worst in the league, his father reminds him that Mario Lemieux's rookie season was spent on the worst team, but he is now working hard toward the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, which Max uses to encourage his own team.

Billy dreams of playing quarterback for the Colts one day, like Johnny Unitas, and although his coach insists he play receiver until he is bigger, Billy in inspired to try harder after meeting his hero and seeing the Colts win the 1958 National Football League championship. Includes biographical information about Unitas.