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Author: Gary Herron Publisher: University of New Mexico Press ISBN: 082635940X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 168
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With almost two hundred color photographs, this illustrative explosion shows you the players, the plays, the coaches, and the sold-out crowds dressed in red.
Author: Gary Herron Publisher: University of New Mexico Press ISBN: 082635940X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 168
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With almost two hundred color photographs, this illustrative explosion shows you the players, the plays, the coaches, and the sold-out crowds dressed in red.
Author: Joseph L. Price Publisher: Mercer University Press ISBN: 9780865546943 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 272
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In From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion, nine scholars of religion and theology explore the relationship between religion and sports in American popular culture and the role of sports as religion.
Author: John Feinstein Publisher: Villard ISBN: 0307800911 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 628
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Feinstein takes readers inside the locker rooms, the grueling practices, the late-night strategy sessions. They get a close-up look at recruiting, referees, injuries, winning, losing, and the private lives of the game's biggest stars.
Author: Brian O'Connell Publisher: UPNE ISBN: 9781584654766 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 254
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Stories from a fascinating life devoted to providing opportunities for citizens to improve their lives, strengthen their communities, and empower democracy.
Author: Douglas Andrew Stark Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803286910 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 290
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Wartime Basketball tells the story of basketball's survival and development during World War II and how those years profoundly affected the game's growth after the war. Prior to World War II, basketball--professional and collegiate--was largely a regional game, with different styles played throughout the country. Among its many impacts on home-front life, the war forced pro and amateur leagues to contract and combine rosters to stay competitive. At the same time, the U.S. military created base teams made up of top players who found themselves in uniform. The war created the opportunity for players from different parts of the country to play with and against each other. As a result, a more consistent form of basketball began to take shape. The rising popularity of the professional game led to the formation of the World Professional Basketball Tournament (WPBT) in 1939. The original March Madness, the WPBT was played in Chicago for ten years and allowed professional, amateur, barnstorming, and independent teams to compete in a round-robin tournament. The WPBT included all-black and integrated teams in the first instance where all-black teams could compete for a "world series of basketball" against white teams. Wartime Basketball describes how the WPBT paved the way for the National Basketball League to integrate in December 1942, five years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. Weaving stories from the court into wartime and home-front culture like a finely threaded bounce pass, Wartime Basketball sheds light on important developments in the sport's history that have been largely overlooked.
Author: James R. Wallen Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 1459743229 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 274
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Gridiron Underground traces the Canadian lifeline that brought talented African-American football players who were overlooked, ignored, or prevented from playing football in their home country from the 1940s right through to the present day.
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