Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles : The Most Iconic Moments in American Sports /

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"Every year American sports presents new champions, exciting games and rivalries, record-setting performances, and extraordinary events. In the past century some of these have stood out as exceptionally memorable--moments that continue to be discussed and debated, and serve as high points, turn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gietschier, Steven Philip, 1948- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sports.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
Sports > États-Unis > Histoire > Anecdotes.
Sports > United States > History > Anecdotes.
United States.
History.
Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abner Doubleday and the "Invention" of Baseball / Thomas L. Altherr
  • The "Stars and Stripes" at the Olympic Games / Mark Dyreson
  • The Black Sox Scandal Redux / Daniel A. Nathan
  • The Creation of the Negro National League / Leslie Heaphy
  • George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Post-Mortem Faux Pas / Ronald A. Smith
  • Babe Didrikson at the 1932 Olympic Games / Lindsay R. Gerlach
  • Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" in the 1932 World Series / Larry R. Gerlach
  • March Madness or Madness in March? / Chad Carlson
  • Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, and the Reintegration of the National Football League / David K. Wiggins
  • Althea Gibson, America's First African American Grand Slam Champion / Maureen Smith
  • Blaming Walter O'Malley for Moving the Dodgers West / Robert Trumpbour
  • The Greatest Game Ever? / Richard C. Crepeau
  • The Marichal-Roseboro Brawl and Its Coverage "Underneath America" / Samuel O. Regalado
  • What Really Happened When Curt Flood Sued Baseball / Steven Gietschier
  • Dan Gable's Unbelievable Defeat / David Zang
  • The 1972 U.S.-U.S.S.R. Olympic Basketball Final / Kevin Witherspoon
  • Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs, 1973 / Jaime Schultz
  • Ali-Foreman and the Myth of the Rope-a-Dope / Michael Ezra
  • Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson, 1979 / Murry Nelson
  • The Birth of ESPN, a Sports Junkie's Nirvana / Travis Vogan
  • Remembering and Forgetting America's Hockey Miracles / Stephen Hardy
  • Remembering and Reliving "The Drive" in Cleveland and Denver / Andrew D. Linden
  • The Rise and Fall of The National Sports Daily / Dennis Gildea
  • Afterword: The Future of Sports Memories.

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