Research Catalog

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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Holdings

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

• Sports
• Sports > United States > History
• United States

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-285) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9781442264953
• 1442264950

LCCN

^^2016032523

OCLC

957134034

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library