Chicago Sports Reader
100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
University of Illinois Press
Published on 18. February 2009
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-252-03281-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This book examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history--the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls--as well as great Chicago sports legends Red Grange, Michael Jordan, and others. The authors also examine more specialized sports such as racing, cycling, and women's baseball. In addition to examining the highlights of Chicago sport, The Chicago Sports Reader also acknowledges a few lowlights, such as the role of organized crime, the Cubs' demise in 1969, and the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919. Contributors are George D. Bushnell, Susan K. Cahn, John M. Carroll, David Claerbaut, Bruce J. Evensen, Gerald R. Gems, Walter LeFeber, Robin Dale Lester, Michael E. Lomax, Daniel A. Nathan, Steven A. Riess, Cord Scott, and John Chi-Kit Wong.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Illustrations
9 photographs; 2 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-252-03281-3 (9780252032813)
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01/2009
University of Illinois Press
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Persons
Steven A. Riess is a professor of history and a Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. Gerald R. Gems is a professor of health and physical education at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.