Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles (ePub)

What were the iconic sports moments of the last century? In Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles , a team of sports aficionados climb onto their bar stools to address that never-solved but essential question. Triumphs and turning points, rivalries and record-setters "each chapter tracks down the real story behind the epic moments and legendary careers sports fans love to debate. Topics include Abner Doubleday and the origins of baseball; the era-defining 1979 duel between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson; how Denver and Cleveland relive The Drive; the myths surrounding the Ali-Foreman Rumble in the Jungle; Billie Jean King's schooling of Bobby Riggs; the Miracle on Ice; and ESPN's conquest of the sports world. Filled with eye-opening lore and analysis, Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles is an entertaining look at what we think we know about sports.|
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Foreword
1. Abner Doubleday and the "Invention" of Baseball / Thomas L. Altherr
2. The "Stars and Stripes" at the Olympic Games / Mark Dyreson
3. The Black Sox Scandal Redux / Daniel A. Nathan
4. The Creation of the Negro National League / Leslie Heaphy
5. George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Post-Mortem Faux Pas / Ronald A. Smith
6. Babe Didrikson at the 1932 Olympic Games / Lindsay Parks Pieper
7. Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" in the 1932 World Series / Larry R. Gerlach
8. March Madness or Madness in March? / Chad Carlson
9. Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, and the Reintegration of the National Football League / David K. Wiggins
10. Althea Gibson, America's First African American Grand Slam Champion / Maureen Smith
11. Blaming Walter O'Malley for Moving the Dodgers West / Robert Trumpbour
12. The Greatest Game Ever? / Richard C. Crepeau
13. The Marichal–Roseboro Brawl and Its Coverage "Underneath America" / Samuel O. Regalado
14. What Really Happened When Curt Flood Sued Baseball / Steven Gietschier
15. Dan Gable's Unbelievable Defeat / David Zang
16. The 1972 U.S.–U.S.S.R. Olympic Basketball Final / Kevin Witherspoon
17. Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs, 1973 / Jaime Schultz
18. Ali–Foreman and the Myth of the Rope-a-Dope / Michael Ezra
19. Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson, 1979 / Murry Nelson
20. The Birth of ESPN, a Sports Junkie's Nirvana / Travis Vogan
21. Remembering and Forgetting America's Hockey Miracles / Stephen Hardy
22. Remembering and Reliving "The Drive" in Cleveland and Denver / Andrew D. Linden
23. The Rise and Fall of The National Sports Daily / Dennis Gildea
Afterword: The Future of Sports Memories
Contributors
Index|Steven P. Gietschier is an associate professor of history at Lindenwood University. Previously, he was Senior Managing Editor for Research at The Sporting News .