Greatest sports heroes

Provides brief profiles of the lives and careers of six NFL players, including, Shaun Alexander, LaDainian Tomlinson, Dwight Freeney, Chad Johnson, Brian Urlacher, and Peyton Manning, and discusses rising stars. Includes a glossary and a list of resources.

Contains career profiles of six soccer stars, including David Beckham, Kristine Lilly, Freddy Adu, Ronaldinho, Andriy Shevchenko, and Abby Wambach, and identifies two young soccer players on the rise to fame.

Describes the lives and careers of National Hockey League players Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jarome Iginla, Nicklas Lidstrom, and Martin Brodeur.

Describes the histories and elements of the extreme sports snowboarding, motocross, BMX riding, and skateboarding, and presents biographical profiles of stars in each sport.

Presents biographical profiles of Dwyane Wade, Diana Taurasi, Tim Duncan, and four other basketball players, describing their career accomplishments.

Provides brief profiles of the lives and careers of seven MLB players, including Alex Rodriguez, Dontrelle Willis, Albert Pujols, Roy Oswalt, Eric Gagne, Miguel Tejada, and Vladimir Guerrero. Includes a glossary and a list of resources.