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Powerful moments in sports : the most significant sporting events in American history
- Title
- Powerful moments in sports : the most significant sporting events in American history / Martin Gitlin.
- Author
- Gitlin, Marty
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 293 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Some moments in sports-- whether they take place on a track, on a tennis court, or in a courtroom-- transcend the event itself. Gitlin looks at particular events that revolutionized a sport, how a contest of speed inspired a nation, or even how a humble victory affected the world. The twenty events featured in this book had profound social, political, and cultural importance and inspired athletes and spectators alike.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-285) and index.
- Contents
- White Sox give baseball a black eye -- Curse of the Bambino -- Gertrude Ederle owns the Channel -- Jesse destroys field, Nazi racial theories -- Louis vs. Schmeling: foes and friends -- Jackie Robinson breaks through -- The shot heard 'round the world -- Here comes the NFL: the 1958 Championship -- Muhammad Ali flattens Shady Sonny -- The silent, poignant protest of 1968 -- The guarantee of Super Bowl III -- Ping-pong diplomacy -- Fight for fairness: Title IX -- Superhorse -- The battle of the sexes -- 715 -- Death of the Reserve Clause -- Magic vs. Bird puts the madness in March -- "Do you believe in miracles?" -- The rise and fall of Tiger Woods.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-6112
- ISBN
- 9781442264953
- 1442264950
- LCCN
- 2016032523
- OCLC
- 957134034
- Author
- Gitlin, Marty, author.
- Title
- Powerful moments in sports : the most significant sporting events in American history / Martin Gitlin.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-285) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-6112