The 100 most important sporting events in American history. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The 100 most important sporting events in American history. (2015)
- Main Title:
- The 100 most important sporting events in American history
- Other Titles:
- One hundred most important sporting events in American history
Hundred most important sporting events in American history - Further Information:
- Note: Lew Freedman.
- Authors:
- Freedman, Lew
- Contents:
- Introduction#1 Jackie Robinson#2 The Miracle on Ice#3 James Naismith and the Invention of Basketball#4 Joe Louis#5 Title IX#6 Sports Come to Radio#7 Sports Come to Television#8 ESPN: Sports around the Clock#9 Muhammad Ali Defies Uncle Sam#10 Jesse Owens#11 Cincinnati Red Stockings Go Pro#12 The World Series#13 Babe Ruth Transforms Baseball#14 Red Grange Introduces Pro Football to the World#15 The Great Jim Thorpe#16 The NFL's Greatest Game#17 Roberto Clemente#18 Marvin Miller and Baseball Free Agency#19 The NBA Integrates#20 Texas Western Wins NCAA Basketball#21 Hank Aaron Breaks Babe Ruth's Record#22 Fritz Pollard, the NFL's First African American Coach#23 The Black Sox Scandal#24 Bill Russell, First African American NBA Coach#25 Don Larsen's Perfect Game#26 Joe Namath's Super Bowl Prediction#27 Secretariat the Great#28 Joe DiMaggio's 56-Game Hitting Streak#29 Ted Williams Bats .406#30 The Death of Dale Earnhardt#31 Michael Jordan Plays While Sick#32 Jack Nicklaus Reclaims Glory#33 The Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics#34 Richard Petty's 200th Win#35 Lance Armstrong#36 Kenny Sailors Invents the Jump Shot#37 Pete Gogolak's Funny Kicking#38 Introduction of the NBA Shot Clock#39 Pete Rose, Charlie Hustle#40 President Nixon's Ping-Pong Diplomacy#41 Miami Dolphins Go 17–0#42 Frank Robinson, First African American Manager#43 Althea Gibson#44 Women's Pro Basketball#45 Johnny Vander Meer's Two No-Hitters#46 The Houston Astrodome#47 U.S. Soccer World Cup Champs#48 Wilt ChamberlainIntroduction#1 Jackie Robinson#2 The Miracle on Ice#3 James Naismith and the Invention of Basketball#4 Joe Louis#5 Title IX#6 Sports Come to Radio#7 Sports Come to Television#8 ESPN: Sports around the Clock#9 Muhammad Ali Defies Uncle Sam#10 Jesse Owens#11 Cincinnati Red Stockings Go Pro#12 The World Series#13 Babe Ruth Transforms Baseball#14 Red Grange Introduces Pro Football to the World#15 The Great Jim Thorpe#16 The NFL's Greatest Game#17 Roberto Clemente#18 Marvin Miller and Baseball Free Agency#19 The NBA Integrates#20 Texas Western Wins NCAA Basketball#21 Hank Aaron Breaks Babe Ruth's Record#22 Fritz Pollard, the NFL's First African American Coach#23 The Black Sox Scandal#24 Bill Russell, First African American NBA Coach#25 Don Larsen's Perfect Game#26 Joe Namath's Super Bowl Prediction#27 Secretariat the Great#28 Joe DiMaggio's 56-Game Hitting Streak#29 Ted Williams Bats .406#30 The Death of Dale Earnhardt#31 Michael Jordan Plays While Sick#32 Jack Nicklaus Reclaims Glory#33 The Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics#34 Richard Petty's 200th Win#35 Lance Armstrong#36 Kenny Sailors Invents the Jump Shot#37 Pete Gogolak's Funny Kicking#38 Introduction of the NBA Shot Clock#39 Pete Rose, Charlie Hustle#40 President Nixon's Ping-Pong Diplomacy#41 Miami Dolphins Go 17–0#42 Frank Robinson, First African American Manager#43 Althea Gibson#44 Women's Pro Basketball#45 Johnny Vander Meer's Two No-Hitters#46 The Houston Astrodome#47 U.S. Soccer World Cup Champs#48 Wilt Chamberlain Scores 100 Points in a Game#49 Cy Young Wins 511 Games#50 The Jack Dempsey–Gene Tunney Long Count#51 Baseball's All-Star Game#52 Bill Mazeroski's Amazing Home Run#53 Michael Phelps#54 Martina Navratilova Wins and Comes Out#55 Magic Johnson Shows You Can Live with AIDS#56 John Wooden's 10 NCAA Titles#57 University of Connecticut Women's Basketball#58 The Cal Ripken Streak#59 Wayne Gretzky Changes Hockey#60 Pat Summitt Wins Big and Inspires#61 Jack Johnson Is Hated for Being Black and Good#62 Fernandomania#63 Frank Shorter Is Golden#64 Wilma Rudolph#65 Tiger Woods Tries to Be the Greatest#66 Honus Wagner and Baseball Cards#67 Pittsburgh's Immaculate Reception#68 Babe Didrikson Zaharias#69 Indiana State versus Michigan State#70 A Basketball Sisterhood#71 Marshall University's Plane Crash#72 Oklahoma Football's 47-Game Winning Streak#73 Tommie Smith's and John Carlos's Gloved Fists#74 Jim Brown's Stunning Career and Departure#75 Willie Mays's World Series Gem#76 The Ice Bowl#77 Rocky Marciano, Undefeated Champion#78 A. J. Foyt#79 Bobby Thomson Wins the Pennant#80 Red Sox at Last#81 Dan Jansen's Challenges#82 The Fosbury Flop#83 Win One for the Gipper#84 Kerri Strug#85 Loyola's 1963 Iron Men#86 The Death of Len Bias#87 Peyton the Great#88 Bob Beamon's Leap#89 Roger Maris Tops the Babe#90 The National Hockey League Expands#91 College Basketball's Game of the Century#92 Baseball's Only Fatality#93 The Earthquake World Series#94 Libby Riddles Wins the Iditarod#95 Baseball Teams Start City Hopping#96 Monica Seles Is Stabbed#97 Billie Jean King Steps Up for Women's Tennis#98 Tommy John Surgery#99 Fantasy Sports#100 Soap Opera on SkatesIndex. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Greenwood
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (416 pages)
- Subjects:
- 796
Sports & Recreation -- General
Sports tournaments -- United States
Sports -- United States
Social Science -- Popular Culture
History of sport - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9798216040682
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781440835742
- Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
- View Content:
- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.785997
- Ingest File:
- 20_030.xml