The Chicago Sports Reader : 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City

Steven A Riess

ISBN 10: 025207615X / ISBN 13: 9780252076152

Edité par University Of Illinois Press Jan 2009, 2009

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Neuware - A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780252076152

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Chicago Sports Reader : 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
• Éditeur: University Of Illinois Press Jan 2009
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 025207615X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780252076152
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 227 L x 153 H x 24 P (en millimètres) 227 millimètres de largeur par 153 millimètres de hauteur par 24 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 603 grammes

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Synopsis

The Chicago Sports Reader examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. Contributors explore why sports have been especially important in Chicago, how these sports were organized, and how sports promote not only a sense of community and hometown pride but also the agony of defeat and betrayal. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history--the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls--as well as great Chicago sports legends Red Grange, Michael Jordan, and others. The authors also examine more specialized sports such as racing, cycling, and women's baseball. In addition to examining the highlights of Chicago sport, The Chicago Sports Reader also acknowledges a few lowlights, such as the role of organized crime, the Cubs' demise in 1969, and the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919.

Contributors are George D. Bushnell, Susan K. Cahn, John M. Carroll, David Claerbaut, Bruce J. Evensen, Gerald R. Gems, Walter LeFeber, Robin Dale Lester, Michael E. Lomax, Daniel A. Nathan, Steven A. Riess, Cord Scott, and John Chi-Kit Wong.

À propos de l?auteur

Steven A. Riess is a professor of history and a Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. Gerald R. Gems is a professor of health and physical education at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.