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Author : Peggy Anderson (comp)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781880461327
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Great American Sports Heroes written by Peggy Anderson (comp) and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Deford
Publisher : Creative Publishing International
ISBN 13 : 9781559718370
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (183 download)
Download or read book The Heart of a Champion written by Frank Deford and published by Creative Publishing International. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the inspirational stories of great athletes and sports champions from the past seventy-five years who have been featured on Wheaties boxes.
Author : Paul J. Christopher
Publisher : Encouragement Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1933766093
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (337 download)
Download or read book Greatest Sports Heroes of All Times written by Paul J. Christopher and published by Encouragement Press, LLC. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hold it! You really think we can come up with 50 greatest sports heroes? Well, we can and we have. Our heroes are not simply limited to the most popular spectator sports. On occasion our heroes go back several generations, not just to the names in the papers or the sports talk shows. Who are they? Well, certainly Jordan, Woods and Ming...but are you old enough to remember Max Schmeling or George Best? There are a lot more where they come from...skiers, cyclists, golfers and runners-all the best and more. What did they do and why are they great? The book offers: a quick, personal biography of each of our famous athletes; summary statistics of some of the most important successes; the good, the bad and the ugly of their sports careers; why these individuals went on to influence their sport; and trivia questions to challenge your knowledge and more.
Author : Zander Hollander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780394915548
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Great American Athletes of the 20th Century written by Zander Hollander and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical sketches of fifty American athletes who represent eleven different sports.
Author : Martin Gitlin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153811027X
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book The 100 Greatest American Athletes written by Martin Gitlin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Martin Gitlin has ranked the 100 greatest American athletes across all sports, from football and baseball to the decathlon and skateboarding. Taken into consideration are the athletes’ achievements, mental toughness, versatility, athleticism, and overall impact on their sport.
Author : Frederic Katz
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780394902876
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (28 download)
Download or read book American Sports Heroes of Today written by Frederic Katz and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief biographies of forty contemporary American athletes outstanding in baseball, football, boxing, golf, hockey, automobile racing, and other sports.
Author : David Halberstam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Best American Sports Writing of the Century written by David Halberstam and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the century's greatest moments in every sport from basseball to chess, these authors (Red Smith, Tom Boswell, John Updike, Jim Murray, Norman Mailer, W.C. Heinz, Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Dick Schaap, David Remnick, Ring Lardner, Gay Talese, William Nack, Frank Deford, George Plimpton, Jon Krakauer) and their subjects (including Joe DiMaggio, Secretariat, Bobby Knight, and Muhammad Ali) reflect the rising societal importance of sports in this century, showing how sports have been shaped by such monumental events as war, the civil rights movement, and the changing economyomy.
Author : Peter S. Horvitz
Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 1561719072
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (617 download)
Download or read book The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes written by Peter S. Horvitz and published by SP Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you think of famous Jews, sports may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But from Sandy Koufax to Mark Spitz, Jews have made tremendous contributions to the history of sports. The Horvitzs have created a logical ranking system that uses hard statistical evidence to identify the 100 greatest Jewish athletes of all time. Drawing on their academic backgrounds and expert sports knowledge, the authors bring us a proven scientific framework for objectively comparing athletes across various sports, including: Football, Baseball, Boxing, Tennis, Golf, plus many others! Features include: Little-known interviews with sports heroes of the past and present; Nearly 200 rare photographs throughout; Fascinating anecdotes that bring your favorite athletes to life.
Author : George L. Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Interesting Athletes written by George L. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black athletes have had remarkable impact on boxing, baseball, football, and basketball. In this fascinating record, illustrator George Lee chronicles the careers of such boxing greats as George Dixon, the first black world champion, and Muhammad Ali, perhaps the most famous man in the world when he was fighting, as well as figures from other sports, such as Jackie Robinson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Arthur Ashe.
Author : Janet Slingerland
Publisher : Nation of Immigrants
ISBN 13 : 9781632355775
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (557 download)
Download or read book 12 Immigrants Who Made American Sports Great written by Janet Slingerland and published by Nation of Immigrants. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to inspiring immigrants whose sports contributions made our country great. From Nigeria's Hakeem Olajuwon who made his 7 foot mark playing basketball for the Houston Rockets, to Panama's Mariano (Mo) Rivera who became baseball's greatest closer, to Czechoslovakia's Martina Navratilova who was one of the world's top tennis players, each profile is presented in a clear, historical context with an emphasis on their legacies.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (966 download)
Download or read book American Sports Heroes Of Today written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Schulian
Publisher : Library of America
ISBN 13 : 1598536133
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)
Download or read book The Great American Sports Page: A Century of Classic Columns from Ring Lardner to Sally Jenkins written by John Schulian and published by Library of America. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-of-its-kind celebration of the newspaper scribes who made sportswriting a glorious popular art, and immortalized America's greatest games and athletes Spanning nearly a century, The Great American Sports Page presents essential columns from more than three dozen masters of the press-box craft. These unforgettable dispatches from World Series, Super Bowls, and title bouts for the ages were written on deadline with passion, spontaneity, humor, and a gift for the memorable phrase. Read avidly day in and day out by a sports-mad public, these columnists became journalistic celebrities in their home cities, their coverage trusted and savored, their opinions hotly debated. Some even helped change the games they wrote about. Gathered here in a groundbreaking anthology, their writings capture some of sport's most enduring moments and many of its all-time greats: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan among them. But the best American sportswriters also found ways to write powerfully about lesser-known athletes and to convey, often with heartbreaking honesty and insight, the less glamorous and more tragic facets of the games we love. In its survey of the finest American sportswriting from Ring Lardner to Thomas Boswell, from Red Smith and Jimmy Cannon to Bob Ryan and Michael Wilbon, The Great American Sports Page takes the measure of the human richness, complexity, and competitive spirit of sports and the athletes who continue to fascinate and inspire us.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781564142870
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Great Quotes from Great Sports Heroes written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes quotations from such sports personalities as Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan.
Author : MORRIE TURNER
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426976542
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)
Download or read book Black Sports Heroes written by MORRIE TURNER and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, Jesse Owens won gold medals in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and the 400-meter relay—and Adolph Hitler scrambled from his private box to avoid honoring the black athlete. During World War II, Joe Louis, heavyweight champion of the world, paid surprise visits to military hospitals. Though he later lost his title belt to the German Max Schmeling (which greatly pleased Hitler), when Louis died, broke, Schmeling used his wealth to pay for Louis’s funeral. In the 1971 World Series, Roberto Clemete posted the greatest single performance by any player ever, making two impossible catches in the outfield, batting .414, and hitting seven singles, two doubles, one triple, and two homeruns. Clemente died the next year in a plane crash while flying relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Stories like these are testaments to the power of athletics to influence and inspire people, nations, and cultures. In Black Sports Heroes: Past and Present, author and cartoonist Morrie Turner skillfully presents cartoons and stories, known and unknown, about black athletes of all nations and the impact they had upon their sport and their world. Through his impressive combination of humor and fact, Turner brings “kid power” and “rainbow power” to life, showing us a world where all people, regardless of racial, religious, sexual, or physical differences, can live, learn, work, and play together.
Author : Elliott J. Gorn
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252071843
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of American Sports written by Elliott J. Gorn and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elliott J. Gorn and Warren Goldstein show us where our games and pastimes came from, how they developed, and what they have meant to Americans. The great heroes of baseball and football are here, as well as the dramatic moments of boxing and basketball. Beyond this, the authors show us how sports fit into the larger contours of our past. A Brief History of American Sports reveals that from colonial times to the present, sports have been central to American culture, and a profound expression of who we are.
Author : George Gipe
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Great American Sports Book written by George Gipe and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On title page: A casual but voluminous look at American spectator sports from the Civil War to the present time.
Author : Gerald L. Early
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674050983
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book A Level Playing Field written by Gerald L. Early and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?
