| Description |
viii, 218 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 Parks Pieper -- 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. |
| Summary |
"What were the iconic sports moments of the last century? In Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles , a team of sports aficionados climb onto their bar stools to address that never-solved but essential question. Triumphs and turning points, rivalries and record-setters "each chapter tracks down the real story behind the epic moments and legendary careers sports fans love to debate. Topics include Abner Doubleday and the origins of baseball; the era-defining 1979 duel between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson; how Denver and Cleveland relive The Drive; the myths surrounding the Ali-Foreman Rumble in the Jungle; Billie Jean King's schooling of Bobby Riggs; the Miracle on Ice; and ESPN's conquest of the sports world. Filled with eye-opening lore and analysis, Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles is an entertaining look at what we think we know about sports"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject(S) |
Sports -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
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Essays.
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History.
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United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Name(S) |
Gietschier, Steven Philip, 1948- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780252041525 (hardcover) |
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0252041526 (hardcover) |
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9780252083136 (paperback) |
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025208313X (paperback) |
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