| | Foreword | p. vii |
| | Preface | p. xi |
| | Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| | Once a Cubs Fan | p. 1 |
| | I'm a Legman | p. 8 |
| | The City News Bureau, Queen Elizabeth, and Me | p. 17 |
| | Jacobson versus Royko | p. 28 |
| | New to TV: From JFK to Muhammad Ali | p. 40 |
| | The First Mayor Daley | p. 53 |
| | My Mouth Runneth Over | p. 64 |
| | From Reporter to Commentator | p. 71 |
| | From Commentator to … Anchor! | p. 77 |
| | Heat from Jesse Jackson | p. 88 |
| | Madame Mayor | p. 95 |
| | Bill Kurtis and the Golden Age of TV News | p. 101 |
| | Brown and Williamson versus Walter Jacobson | p. 109 |
| | A New Mayor, a Controversial Minister, and an Old Nemesis | p. 117 |
| | Council Wars and Newsroom Woes | p. 126 |
| | Another Mayor Daley and Another TV Station | p. 131 |
| | Fox News, Mayor Daley (the second), and Barack Obama | p. 142 |
| | Good-bye to Fox | p. 155 |
| | The Ups and Downs of Celebrity | p. 163 |
| | Yanked from Retirement | p. 168 |
| | Epilogue | p. 172 |
| | Index | p. 175 |