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.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"A fascinating collection of 23 essays. . . Recommended."--Choice
"Remarkably fun to read. A great book for a general sports fan."--Sarah K. Fields, author of Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Law of Reputation "Steven Gietscher has recruited an all-star roster of sport historians whose efforts have resulted in an anthology of events in America's sporting past that provides all fans an opportunity to both learn and re-imagine."--Stephen Wenn, coauthor of Tarnished Rings: The International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal "An exhaustively researched, no-jargon-allowed-in-the-writing set of essays that examines some of the iconic moments in sports to show how our memories of those events and their importance are a combination of myth, legend, and reality."--Charles Korr, author of The End of Baseball As We Knew It: The Players Union, 1960-1981 "Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles brings alive memorable sporting moments and lets us imagine how and when and why they happened." --Journal of Sport History "The twenty-three scholarly articles compiled by Steve Gietschier in Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles are nothing short of thorough and impressive. The book is accessible and informative and a wonderful window into the curious, fluid nature of American sports history." --AETHLON: The Journal of Sport Literature
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Verlagsort
Illustrationen
22 black & white photographs
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-252-04152-5 (9780252041525)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Steven P. Gietschier is an associate professor of history at Lindenwood University. Previously, he was Senior Managing Editor for Research at The Sporting News .
