In sport and in real life, there are heroes and villains, and there are ever-changing shades of gray where hated rivals turn into figures of admiration. These fluctuations are at the heart of Victory Journal 8. From cover star Liverpool FC striker Mario Balotelli, one of the most polarizing figures in the Merseyside Derby, to never-before-seen photos by Henry Leutwyler of icon Florence Griffith Joyner, to Jeff Maysh's incredible story of wrestler Ann Casey (aka Panther Girl), there are also reassessments of bullfighting, Muay Thai boxing, and the art of the popularly condemned but historically undeniable. Victory 8 also stars Lance Armstrong, Derek Jeter, and the late Soviet hockey coach Viktor Tikhonov, because we also know that with the good, the bad, and the ugly, there will always be absolutes.