Champions, Grit & Great Games stories

True stories of underdogs and impossible comebacks, celebrating the grit it takes to win from within.

• A Ponytail in the Air and Muddy Legs
• No Running Before the Race
• The Numbers Stuck to the Green Watch
• The Secret of the Cold Potatoes
• The No-Sleep Sleepover
• The Two-and-a-Half-Minute Lie
• The Rope That Counted to a Hundred
• One White Chalk and the Big Kids' Corner
• Drowning Out of the Water
• The Lightest Weight in the Room
• The Morning the Field Disappeared
• Stopping a Ball in the Dark
• The Arrows That Pointed Nowhere
• Two Kilometers of White Darkness
• Race Against the Dough
• Someone is Running the Wrong Way
• The Shoe That Opened Its Mouth
• What Is a Mare Doing on the Soccer Field?
• The Long Race to the Sofa
• The Fog That Swallowed the Final
• Mr. Referee, There's a Cat on the Field!
• A Cinnamon-Scented Kick
• Soccer on One Leg
• Abebe Bikila Runs Barefoot
• The Orange Keeper
• The 23rd Man
• The Jar League
• The Eleventh Kicker
• The Dry Law of the Water
• An Assist with a Blue Pen
• The Worst Away Game in the World
• The Goal That Shouldn't Have Been Scored