Peter runs away from his foster home ... and right into danger Peter is a genius with dirt bikes. He can take them apart, fix them up, and race them like a champ. But his skill with a bike can take him only so far - and when he runs away from his foster home, he realizes he's in way over his head. He gets mixed up with two dangerous strangers and soon finds himself neck and neck with trouble on and off the racetrack.

An aura of intrigue surrounds a baseball coach obsessed with the idea of turning a bunch of handpicked beginners into champions in one season.

Twelve-year-old Ron Baker finds a mini-bike while scuba diving and, with the help of a former motorcycle rider and racer, restores the bike and enters competition.

A high school football player believes the harassment he is experiencing on and off the field is due to his father's prison record.

Representing a pro football player whom his son admires brings a lawyer closer to his young son.

Everyone in Johnny Reese's new school assumes that his long legs will make him the star of the White Cats basketball team. However, his legs have no spring, and shorter team-mates can easily outjump him. On top of his troubles on the court, Johnny has to get used to a new father and stepbrother.

On-court hostility threatens Mel's place on the team Mel Jensen is new to the Titans basketball team, but he knows he could be a vital part of the starting lineup-if only two other players would give him a chance to show his stuff. But Caskie and Stoney seem bent on ignoring him, and Mel knows it's because he's black. Should Mel fight fire with fire, or should he try to get along, if only for the sake of the team?

THE HOCKEY MACHINE Can Steve escape his kidnappers? After leading his hockey team to victory one afternoon, Steve Crandall accepts a ride home in the limousine of an avid fan his own age. Steve is surprised to learn that his fan is a multimillionaire and boy genius, but even more startling is the rich kid's proposal that Steve play center on his professional junior hockey team. Before Steve can respond or even consult his parents, he is flown to the team headquarters-where he soon discovers he's the multimillionaire's prisoner

New to the Royals baseball team, Chico Romez is accepted by all the players except one, String Becker, the most popular player on the team, who finds fault with and snubs Chico.

When Rusty Young is diagnosed with diabetes, his parents want him to stop playing basketball, but Rusty doesn't want to. When Rusty learns that his friends have formed a summer league team, he is determined to persuade his parents to let him join them.