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Philadelphia sports-anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers-have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They've been known, so the tales go, to jeer Santa Claus an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Swanson, Ryan A. (Editor ), Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- (Editor )
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2016.
Colección:Sport, culture & society (University of Arkansas Press)
Temas:
Sports > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Sports > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
Sports
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Wickedness and the Holy Experiment: Sports in Colonial Philadelphia / Courtney Smith
  • 2. Black Baseball's Pioneers: The Philadelphia Pythians / Michael E. Lomax
  • 3. Philadelphia Cricket Comes of Age: The Movement for Consolidation and Centralization, 1874
  • 95 / J. Thomas Jable
  • 4. How Did They Compete?: Philadelphia High Schools Girls' Sports, 1904
  • 44 / Catherine D'Lgnazio
  • 5. The Philadelphia Eagles, the Crisis of Post
  • World War II Masculinity, and the Rise of Pro Football, 1946
  • 60 / Stephen H. Norwood
  • 6. Bigger Than His Britches: Wilt Chamberlin and Philadelphia / Aram Goudsouzian
  • 7. The Philadelphia Jewish Y's: Sport and Physical Health in American Culture / Linda J. Borish
  • 8. "Blood Stirs the Fight Crowd": Making and Marking Joe Frazier's Philadelphia / Andrew R. M. Smith
  • 9. Philadelphia's Greatest Sports Hero?: The Case for Rocky Balboa / Jaime Schultz
  • 10. Making Ice (Hockey) in Philadelphia: Leadership, Organization, and the Tale of Two NHL Franchises / John Wong
  • 11. The Game That Made Penn Basketball Great: Penn vs. Villanova, January 1969 / Chris Elzey
  • 12. More Than "An Ugly Cement Doughnut": Veterans Stadium and the Philadelphia Phillies / Christopher Threston
  • 13. Philadelphia's Buried Treasures / David Zang
  • 14. The Penn Relays: Celebrating the "Black Woodstock of West Philly" / Dennis Gildea
  • 15. A Philadelphia Nocturne / Mike Tanier.

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