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1 online resource |
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Jackie Robinson -- The miracle on ice -- James Naismith and the invention of basketball -- Joe Louis -- Title IX -- Sports come to radio -- Sports come to television -- ESPN : Sports around the clock -- Muhammad Ali defies Uncle Sam -- Jesse Owens -- Cincinnati Red Stockings go pro -- The World Series -- Babe Ruth transforms baseball -- Red Grange Introduces pro football to the world -- The great Jim Thorpe -- The NFL's greatest game -- Roberto Clemente -- Marvin Miller and baseball free agency -- The NBA integrates -- Texas Western wins NCAA basketball -- Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record -- Fritz Pollard, the NFL's First African American coach -- The Black Sox scandal -- Bill Russell, first African American NBA coach -- Don Larsen's perfect game -- Joe Namath's Super Bowl prediction -- Secretariat the great -- Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak -- Ted Williams bats .406 -- The death of Dale Earnhardt -- Michael Jordan plays while sick -- Jack Nicklaus reclaims glory -- The Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics -- Richard Petty's 200th win -- Lance Armstrong -- Kenny Sailors invents the jump shot -- Pete Gogolak's funny kicking -- Introduction of the NBA shot clock -- Pete Rose, Charlie Hustle -- President Nixon's Ping-Pong Diplomacy -- Miami Dolphins go 17-0 -- Frank Robinson, first African American manager -- Althea Gibson -- Women's pro basketball -- Johnny Vander Meer's two no-hitters -- The Houston Astrodome -- U.S. Soccer World Cup champs -- Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a game -- Cy Young wins 511 games |
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The Jack Dempsey / Gene Tunney long count -- Baseball's All-Star Game -- Bill Mazeroski's amazing home run -- Michael Phelps -- Martina Navratilova wins and comes out -- Magic Johnson shows you can live with AIDS -- John Wooden's 10 NCAA titles -- University of Connecticut women's basketball -- The Cal Ripken streak -- Wayne Gretzky changes hockey -- Pat Summitt wins big and inspires -- Jack Johnson is hated for being black and good -- Fernandomania -- Frank Shorter is golden -- Wilma Rudolph -- Tiger Woods tries to be the greatest -- Honus Wagner and baseball cards -- Pittsburgh's immaculate reception -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias -- Indiana State versus Michigan State -- A Basketball sisterhood -- Marshall University's plane crash -- Oklahoma football's 47-game winning streak -- Tommie Smith's and John Carlos's gloved fists -- Jim Brown's stunning career and departure -- Willie Mays's World Series gem -- The Ice Bowl -- Rocky Marciano, undefeated champion -- A.J. Foyt -- Bobby Thomson wins the Pennant -- Red Sox at last -- Dan Jansen's challenges -- The Fosbury flop -- Win one for the Gipper -- Kerri Strug -- Loyola's 1963 iron men -- The death of Len Bias -- Peyton the great -- Bob Beamon's leap -- Roger Maris tops the Babe -- The National Hockey League expands -- College basketball's game of the century -- Baseball's only fatality -- The earthquake World Series -- Libby Riddles wins the Iditarod -- Baseball teams start city hopping -- Monica Seles is stabbed -- Billie Jean King steps up for women's tennis -- Tommy John surgery -- Fantasy sports -- Soap opera on skates |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 21, 2015) |
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Sports tournaments -- United States
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Sports -- United States
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Special events -- United States
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GAMES / Gambling / Sports
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SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects
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SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays
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SPORTS & RECREATION / History
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SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference
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TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports
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Special events
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Sports
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Sports tournaments
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United States
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dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781440835759 |
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1440835756 |
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