University of Missouri, xvi
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4
University of Notre Dame, 65–67
University of Southern California, 65–67, 86
University of Utah, 149–50
University Southern Mississippi (USM), 72
U.S. Air Force, 48–49
U.S. Army, 48, 56–57
USA Today, 319
USA Wrestling, 167
U.S. Department of Justice, 208
U.S. Embassy, Brazil, 35
U.S. Marine Corps, 155
U.S. Open, 305, 313–14
Utah Utes Football, 149–50
VA Hospital (New Orleans), 210–11
Van Soelen, Billy, 297
Varner, Billy
and Bryant’s death and legacy, 141–43
declining health and dementia, 136–37, 143–44
and Liberty Bowl of 1982, 135–36
relationship with Bryant, 133–35, 137–41
Varner, Susie, 133, 136–40, 144
Vaught, John
criticisms of Ole Miss schedule, 44
and racial conflict at Ole Miss, 46, 52, 54, 58–60, 63
retirement and death, 79
and season of 1962, 48, 50, 59–62, 64–66
and the Sugar Bowl of 1963, 67–69
and USM loss of 1970, 72
Vecchio, Ernesto, 119–21
Vedder, Eddie, 321
Victory Meal tradition, 150, 152, 154
Villa Fiorito, Argentina, 116–17, 123
Vince Lombardi Trophy, 217, 238
VIP club, 115, 120, 127
Wade, Dwayne, 331–33, 335, 341–42
Wadlington, LeRoy, 47, 54–55, 80
“Walk Against Fear,” 82
Walker, Sidney (Beau Jack), 92
“Walk of Champions,” 78
Wallace, George, 69
The Wall Street Journal, 311
Ward, J. D., 247–48
Washington Redskins, 71
Washington State Cougars basketball, 26, 33–34
Washington Wizards, 10
The Water Horse (film), 271–72
Weatherly, Jimmy, 51, 66, 71, 73
Weinberg, Bob, 321–22
Wells Fargo Arena, 167–68
West High School, 185
West Point (United States Military Academy), 154–55
West Point, Mississippi, 73
Wettach, Dolores. See Williams, Dolores
“What a Wonderful World,” 205
When Pride Still Mattered (Maraniss), 143
White, Howard, 10–11
White Christmas (film), 173
white supremacists, 42, 83
Whitfield, Fred, 10–11
Wildwood Tavern, 324
Wilkie, Curtis, 45, 76
Wilkins, Jojo, 53
Williams, Bobby-Jo, 265, 269–71, 280–81
Williams, Claudia
and athletics, 267–68, 282
and cryonics, 268–69, 278–82
defensiveness of identity, 265–68, 287–88
family background, 264–65
family conflicts, 269–71
and family contracts, 275, 277–78, 281–82
and father’s baseball legacy, 286–87
graduate studies, 287–88
impact of loss of family, 284–86
love of dragons, 271–72
move to Ted’s home, 282–83
relationship with brother, 272–74
relationship with father, 274–78
Williams, Cleveland, 112
Williams, Danny, 265
Williams, Dolores, 266, 269, 271–72, 284
Williams, J. D., 63
Williams, John-Henry
birth, 269
and cryonics, 265, 278–82, 284–85
death, 267, 273, 284
and father’s declining health, 276–78
personality, 272–73
relationship with father, 271, 274–76
Williams, May, 265
Williams, Steve, 305, 310, 312–14
Williams, Ted
biographies, 280
and cryonics, 278–82, 284–85
and daughter’s protectiveness of identity, 265–68
death, 280, 282, 285–87
family background, 264–65, 268–69
and family contracts, 275, 277, 278, 281–82
home of, 282–83
relationship with his children, 269–76
stroke and declining health, 276–78
Williams, Tennessee, xiii, 202
William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, 76
Willie Mae’s Scotch House, 211, 229
Willis, Jewel, 222
Wilson, James, 254
Winter, William, 45–46, 76
Woods, Charlie, 318–19
Woods, Earl
death, 289–91, 294, 311, 316
declining health, 298
infidelities, 296–97
and the Masters, 350
military career, 295–96, 300, 304
and Tiger’s independence, 315–16
Woods, Earl, Jr., 290
Woods, Elin. See Nordegren, Elin
Woods, Kevin, 290
Woods, Maude, 290, 294
Woods, Miles, 290, 294
Woods, Royce, 289–90
Woods, Sam, 318–19
Woods, Tida, 290, 297
Woods, Tiger
and Buddhist values, 314–15
fame and wealth, 291–92, 296–97
fascination with Navy SEALs, 298–301, 304–13
and fatherhood, 305–6, 311, 318–19, 352
and father’s death, 289–91, 294, 311, 316
and father’s military background, 295–96
fitness and training, 309
infidelities, 294–95, 302–4, 311
injuries, 292–93
insomnia, 303
introversion and privacy of, 126, 291–92, 302–3, 307–8, 310–11, 315–16
and the Masters, 350, 352
and nostalgia, 289, 315–16
personal losses, 294–95
preparation for life after golf, 316–18
regrets, 316, 319, 352
relationship with father, 295–99, 302–4, 350
World Cup, 118
World Series, 321–24, 324–28
Wrigley Field, 320–22, 325, 328
Yoder, George, 52
youth sports, 194–95, 229–33, 258–59
Zaputil, Chad, 182
Zemurray, Samuel, 236–38
Zinke, Ryan, 307
Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, 253
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