Author : Brian Sandalow
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 17,7 MB
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 163494030X
Chicago: America’s Best Sports Town tells the stories of the athletes and beloved sports teams of this Midwestern metropolis. Yes, some losing is involved, but so is plenty of triumph and, most of all, passion.
Author : Steven A. Riess
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 025207615X
A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history
Author : Sean McAdam
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 42,98 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1634940288
This book recounts the stories behind the triumphs—and occasional setbacks—of the athletes, coaches, and teams that have combined to make Boston America’s best sports town.
Author : Donald L. Miller
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 2014-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0795339852
“A wonderfully readable account of Chicago’s early history” and the inspiration behind PBS’s American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world’s most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of 1871 and several cholera epidemics, to its winner-take-all politics, dynamic business empires, breathtaking architecture, its diverse cultures, and its multitude of writers, journalists, and artists, Chicago’s story is violent, inspiring, passionate, and fascinating from the first page to the last. The winner of the prestigious Great Lakes Book Award, given to the year’s most outstanding books highlighting the American heartland, City of the Century has received consistent rave reviews since its publication in 1996, and was made into a six-hour film airing on PBS’s American Experience series. Written with energetic prose and exacting detail, it brings Chicago’s history to vivid life. “With City of the Century, Miller has written what will be judged as the great Chicago history.” —John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times “Brims with life, with people, surprise, and with stories.” —David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of John Adams and Truman “An invaluable companion in my journey through Old Chicago.” —Erik Larson, New York Times–bestselling author of The Devil in the White City
Author : Will Graves
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1634940415
Nothing brings fans together quite like pro football, a Sunday tradition. Take a front-row seat to everything that makes the NFL great in Football Season Ticket: The Ultimate Fan Guide.
Author : Ed Wheatley
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 14,23 MB
Release : 2022-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1681064022
What city broke barriers by welcoming some of the first African American baseball players in addition to the first female owners of both an MLB and NFL team? Where have local colleges dominated a specific sport, winning dozens of national titles over as many years? The answer, of course, lies in St. Louis, a hotbed of professional and amateur sports with a diverse history and an evolving legacy of success. In St. Louis Sports Memories: Forgotten Teams and Moments from America’s Best Sports Town, relive the highlights from the championships to the crossroads of social change that have characterized St. Louis’s sports scene for more than a century. Learn about the tennis legend who found an accepting environment to master his game during the racial turmoil of the 1960s. Make sure you can recite both the four MLB teams and the four NFL teams that have called St. Louis home. Each moment or memory is accompanied by history and anecdotes to form an indelible vignette showcasing some of the most loved as well as the long forgotten stories of the names you know and the ones you should know. Local award-winning author Ed Wheatley brings his die-hard fan perspective to this unique and nostalgic look at St. Louis’s winning record. Root for the home teams and for the bygone heroes in this town that boasts one of the greatest histories in the annals of sports.
Author : Arthur Hastings Grant
Publisher :
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Cities and towns
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Page : 544 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Cities and towns
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Author : Chris Russo
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 37,86 MB
Release : 2004-05-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0767914627
The essential book for any sports fan, from one of the reigning kings ofsports talk radio, Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo Sports fans Which was the greater achievement, Ted Williams’s .406 season or Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak? Who would dominate the ultimate Pebble Beach showdown? Ben Hogan or Tiger Woods? Who was really the most important athlete of the twentieth century?If you love sports, there’s only one thing better than a good game—and that’s a good argument. Who’s the best ever? The worst ever? Underrated? Overpaid? Now, in his long-awaited and completely original book—updated for the 2003 sports season—Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo sets up and breaks down the hundred greatest sports arguments of all time. In classic Mad Dog style, each chapter tackles a classic sports debate and takes sides with the lively and authoritative opinions that have made him one of the top radio personalities in the country. Whether you agree with The Dog—or agree to disagree with the book’s often controversial conclusions—The Mad Dog 100 is the perfect companion for any sports fan.
Author : Ron Rapoport
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 17,5 MB
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 022603674X
Bears, Bulls, Cubs, Sox, Blackhawks—there’s no city like Chicago when it comes to sports. Generation after generation, Chicagoans pass down their almost religious allegiances to teams, stadiums, and players and their never-say-die attitude, along with the stories of the city’s best (and worst) sports moments. And every one of those moments—every come-from-behind victory or crushing defeat—has been chronicled by Chicago’s unparalleled sportswriters. In From Black Sox to Three-Peats, veteran Chicago sports columnist Ron Rapoportassembles one hundred of the best columns and articles from the Tribune, Sun-Times, Daily News, Defender, and other papers to tell the unforgettable story of a century of Chicago sports. From Ring Lardner to Rick Telander, Westbrook Pegler to Bob Verdi, Mike Royko to Hugh Fullerton , Melissa Isaacson to Brent Musburger, and on and on, this collection reminds us that Chicago sports fans have enjoyed a wealth of talent not just on the field, but in the press box as well. Through their stories we relive the betrayal of the Black Sox, the cocksure power of the ’85 Bears, the assassin’s efficiency of Jordan’s Bulls, the Blackhawks’ stunning reclamation of the Stanley Cup, the Cubs’ century of futility—all as seen in the moment, described and interpreted on the spot by some of the most talented columnists ever to grace a sports page. Sports are the most ephemeral of news events: once you know the outcome, the drama is gone. But every once in a while, there are those games, those teams, those players that make it into something more—and great writers can transform those fleeting moments into lasting stories that become part of the very identity of a city. From Black Sox to Three-Peats is Chicago history at its most exciting and celebratory. No sports fan should be without it.
