Unhappy with his inability to score for his middle school basketball team, Chris takes lessons from his friend Greta's mother, who played in high school, and develops a good sense of teamwork.

As the premier left wing on his hockey team, Boot is most comfortable cruising the margins and sneaking in his best shots when they're least expected. But when he discovers that bodychecking is a new weapon allowed on the ice, Boot finds his game is in big trouble. He can't check - or won't - and his teammates are upset with him. Will he hold back and lose his place on the team?

Dooby, Wings defenseman and official team bigmouth, is one of the teams biggest assets. He distracts opponents, inspires teammates, keeps the coach up on what's what with the players. He secretly hopes to be elected captain. But when a girl gets the job, Dooby feels robbed. He knows the team needs his kind of talk, but isn't that the kind of leadership you're supposed to get from your so-called captain?

The Wolfbay Wings' top center is much appreciated for his pretty passes, and not just on the ice - his grade-school game on the basketball court has become locker-room legend by the time he reaches middle school. When the aggressively hip basketball coach tries to recruit Prince for his team, the Wings' sole black player finds himself torn: Does he stay with the sport he and his beloved Canadian grandfather know and love, or does he switch to the sport that everyone else thinks he ought to play?

When Reed, who considers himself to be a hotshot hockey player, injures a defenseman on his team, he is forced to take his place and comes to a new understanding of sportsmanship and being a team player.

As Shark's hockey game improves and he becomes a puck-hog, he alienates himself from his teammates and discovers that a nickname must be earned, not taken for granted.

No one's more surprised than hockey rookie Dixon Woods when he actually makes the champion Wolfbay Wings team--the best in half the country last year. But this year the Wings' coach has left for another club, taking the five best players with him. It'll take all of Woodsie's hockey smarts to help turn things around.

While grounded from team play for two weeks after breaking a neighbor's window, Jose Mendez bemoans his inability to be a .375 hitter like his father was in the minor leagues. Even his sister is a good hitter. Jose comes to recognize his value as a fielder in the satisfying, if predictable, resolution.

When he becomes stronger but slower, Terry must deal with being moved from defensive safety to offensive tackle on his football team.

Barry McGee is the Peach Street Mudders' hit-away batter, but sometimes his desire to win leads him to bend the rules. Rival pitcher Alec Frost steals a prized possession and then challenges Barry to win it back by hitting two home runs off him. Will Barry play fair and risk losing his possession? Or will his determination to win get the best of him?

Tess and Tameka make a great team - on the field and off. They're planning to have a ball at soccer camp. But their plans go all wrong when the camp director assigns them to opposing teams for the camp playoff. Tameka's new team is counting on her to score, but Tess begs her best friend to take it easy on the field so her team can win. Will competition drive Tess and Tameka apart?

Frank and Joe face a dangerous lineup of hoods and henchman when they investigate a baseball embezzling operation.

When eleven-year-old Eddie Ball wins a poetry contest sponsored by a local candy factory, he also wins the opportunity to hit a illion dollar shotat the NBA Finals. Suspense builds as the company's owner tries to bribe Eddie to take a dive.

Offered the chance to attend the NCAA tournament if the Branford Bulls become the top team by March 1, David Danzig goes to extreme lengths to secure the team's position but is warned by his mother that he will be grounded if he keeps losing his temper.

Brad loves baseball and wants to be a star player like his best friend, Butter, but he's probably the worst player on the whole team. When the big game arrives, will Brad strike out or become a home-run hero?

What's Andy to do? His cousin Stan's in a slump, but if Andy sends him an easy pitch, will his Scrappers teammates question his loyalty?

Three high school baseball stars end a victorious senior season with draft offers from the majors.

A solid player doesn't think he's jealous of his more talented teammates. But other teammates of his friends are bragging and getting on his nerves.

Ten-year-old Danny struggles to do well on the basketball team, but his biggest concern is his alcoholic, unemployed father. Both father and son learn to face their personal problems and reach out to each other in a somewhat predictable, but solid, story that is notable for its vivid sports scenes, realistic family dynamics, and unusual, understated portrait of a Mormon community.

Tori is skating better than ever. But she feels terrible. She's always tired, and skating seems to completely drain her. One day she even faints on the ice! Tori knows she should tell her mother she hasn't been feeling well. But the national competition is only three weeks away - it's there that the members of the U.S. Olympic team will be decided. Tori doesn't want anything to keep her from competing. Tori's friends think she's folding under the pressure. But Tori knows it's more serious than that. Does she have the courage to face the truth?

Eager to help their homesick friend, Piffle Shootensinker, a seven-foot-tall European basketball star recently arrived from Pretzelstein, Soup and Rob attempt to locate the traditional music from Piffle's country.

Angry when they are excluded from the soccer team, sixth grader Justine and the rest of the school misfits form their own team and begin training with a coach who drinks heavily but gives them a special gift.

The Boxcar Children have joined a community basketball league and are thrilled when they find out that Buzz and Tipper Nettleton, Greenfield's most famous basketball stars, are coaching their team. But when Tipper's Most Valuable Player trophy is missing. It's up to the Alden children to find out who's behind the trouble.