Powerful Moments in Sports
Powerful Moments in Sports

Author: Martin Gitlin

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-04-06

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1442264969

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Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. Title IX is passed. Some moments in sports—whether they take place on a track, on a tennis court, or in a courtroom—transcend the event itself. Some have helped America live out its creed that all men are created equal. Others have pushed the nation toward gender equality. Others have changed individual sports to such a degree that they have transformed society. Powerful Moments in Sports: The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History encompasses more than a single player, team, or game. This book looks at how a particular event revolutionized a sport, how a contest of speed inspired a nation, or even how a humble victory affected the world. Martin Gitlin considers such impactful moments as Jackie Robinson’s integration of Major League Baseball, Gertrude Ederle becoming the first female to swim the English Channel—and shattering the times of five men who had accomplished the feat before her—and the underdog US hockey team defeating the Soviets at the 1980 Olympics. The twenty events featured in this book had profound social, political, and cultural importance and inspired athletes and spectators alike. Spanning multiple decades, Powerful Moments in Sports reveals the tremendous impact athletes have had on America—and the world—over the years. Covering football, baseball, hockey, basketball, track and field, boxing, and more, this book will fascinate and enlighten sports fans, historians, and those interested in the impact of athletic endeavors on culture and society.

The Greatest Moments in Sports
The Greatest Moments in Sports

Author: Len Berman

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1402220995

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A fun and memorable read for parents and children alike, The Greatest Moments in Sports serves as the perfect introduction to the world of sports.

The One Hundred Greatest Moments in St. Louis Sports
The One Hundred Greatest Moments in St. Louis Sports

Author: Bob Broeg

Publisher: Missouri History Museum

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781883982317

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St. Louis produced the 1904 Olympics, the man who created tennis's Davis Cup, the first forward pass in football, one of the best collections of soccer talent in North America, a Man named Stan, a record-smashing seventy home runs in one season, and most recently, the Super Bowl champion Rams.

Gymnastics: Great Moments, Records, and Facts
Gymnastics: Great Moments, Records, and Facts

Author: Teddy Borth

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1629707996

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Artistic gymnastics is a demonstration on strength, athletics, and grace. Gymnastics has athletes and moments that leave the world in awe. Nadia Comaneci was 14 years old when she was the first person to get a perfect score at the Olympics. Kohei Uchimura showed why he's the best in the world when he won the all-around title five years in a row. Gabby Douglas crushed her competition to become the first black gymnast to claim gold in the all-around event. Gymnastics: Great Moments, Records, and Facts show the people and events that make the sport great! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Great Moments in Basketball History
Great Moments in Basketball History

Author: Matt Christopher

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 0316082481

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The history of basketball is chock-full of famous buzzer-beating shots, amazing game-saving plays, and thrilling maneuvers that defy gravity. All fans have their favorite memory, just as they have their favorite team and their favorite player. Now here's a book that offers a look back at more than fifteen of the sport's best moments. The Block, The Steal, The Shot. Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Bird, Jordan, and James. Each entry captures the nail-biting tension of the minutes leading up to the play, as well as information about the superstar players that made them and the teams that they played for. Packed with facts and action, this is a book young basketball fans will reach for again and again -- and because it comes from Matt Christopher, young readers know they're getting the best sports writing on the shelf.

The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History
The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History

Author: Lew Freedman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-11-12

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 1440835756

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This engaging and informative work highlights the 100 biggest moments in the history of American sports, illustrating powerful connections between sporting events and significant social issues of the time. In this homage to sports history, author Lew Freedman compiles athletic feats that caught fans off guard, inspired awe, and left viewers on the edge of their seats, all while making an impression on the world at large. Freedman ranks 100 of the greatest moments in sports, reflecting on the dramatic impact of the events as well as their greater influence on American society of the time. The work showcases the social, historical, and cultural background of memorable games, teams, and athletes, highlighting the enduring value and importance of each selection. An introduction discusses the history of sports and explains the criteria for choosing the 100 sporting events in the book. Fascinating, little-known facts punctuate entries, such as how the athletic accomplishments of Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis helped ease racial tensions in the United States; why the passage of Title IX changed gender relations in the United States forever; and which technologies have altered the way Americans view sport. Content also traces the tremendous advancements of safety gear in sports, from the batting helmet and catchers' shin guards in baseball, to the hardshell helmet and face guard in football, to the face mask for goalies in hockey.

50 Great Moments in Pittsburgh Sports
50 Great Moments in Pittsburgh Sports

Author: David Shribman

Publisher: Triumph Books

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1623680646

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A century of Pittsburgh’s rich sports history is celebrated through 50 greatest moments in this volume, culled from the coverage by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Among the storied past of athletics in the Pennsylvanian city, this collection highlights such events as the Pirates at the World Series; Steelers' Super Bowls; the Penguins with their back-to-back Stanley Cups; the era when Carnegie “Tech,” Duquesne, and Pitt were all playing college bowls; and boxing title bouts fought by Harry Greb, Teddy Yaroz, and Billy Conn. These moments and others from the wide spectrum of franchises and Hall of Fame athletes in Pittsburgh’s history are celebrated in a commemorative format that illustrates why Pittsburgh has earned the title of the “Best Sports City” more than once and why “City of Champions” has come to describe the town time and time again.

Gods at Play: An Eyewitness Account of Great Moments in American Sports
Gods at Play: An Eyewitness Account of Great Moments in American Sports

Author: Tom Callahan

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1324004282

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A beautifully observed narrative of American sport: character, grit, tragedy, unremarked heroism, and, always, the illuminating story behind the story. As a columnist for Time magazine, among many other publications, Tom Callahan witnessed an extraordinary number of defining moments in American sport across four decades. He takes us from Roberto Clemente clinching his 3,000th, and final, regular-season hit in Pittsburgh; to ringside for the Muhammad Ali–George Foreman fight in Zaire; and to Arthur Ashe announcing, at a news conference, that he’d tested positive for HIV. There are also little-known private moments: Joe Morgan whispering thank you to a virtually blind Jackie Robinson on the field at the 1972 World Series, or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar saying he was more interested in being a good man than in being the greatest basketball player. Brimming with colorful vignettes and enlivened by Callahan’s eye for detail, Gods at Play offers surprising portraits of the most celebrated names in sports. Roger Rosenblatt calls Callahan “the most complete sportswriter in America. He knows the most and writes the best."

A Win for Women
A Win for Women

Author: Brandon Terrell

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1496647335

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In 1973 two of the world's most famous tennis stars took part in what became known as the "Battle of the Sexes." Bobby Riggs embraced the idea that men were superior to women in every way and claimed that he would defeat any woman on the tennis court. Meanwhile, Billie Jean King was determined to beat him. She knew she could win and prove that women were as just good as men. Readers will get a courtside seat and watch as Billie Jean King proves that women and girls everywhere deserve respect and equality at one of the most important moments in sports history.