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Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles : The Most Iconic Moments in American Sports

Gietschier, Steven(Edited by)
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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.

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University of Illinois Press
0252041526 / 9780252041525
Hardback
796
13/11/2017
United States
232 pages, 22 black & white photographs
152 x 229 mm
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