History of Sports
epub |eng | 2013-05-13 | Author:Conrad Anker [Anker, Conrad]
NEW ROUTES The next big breakthrough occurred in 1960, when the Chinese/Tibetans embarked on a massive 214-member expedition whose leader was none other than Mao Zedong. They chose the North ...
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Mountains
May 29,2017 )
epub |eng | 2007-05-24 | Author:Mike Vaccaro [Vaccaro,Mike]
Good thing, too. If people weren’t able to lose themselves in the daily dramas revolving around DiMaggio’s four or five daily trips to the plate, they may have been forced ...
( Category:
History of Sports
May 25,2017 )
epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2014-06-10 | Author:Dan E. Moldea [Moldea, Dan E.]
36 Car Dealers’ Bonanza SINCE THE ALLEGED FIXES in 1951 by a crooked referee, game officials in the NFL have become targets of close scrutiny by the league. A thorough ...
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History of Sports
May 19,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Hutchinson
The assumption of most of us is that the car killed off cycling. It did nothing of the sort, because nothing killed off cycling. Cycling continued to grow into the ...
( Category:
Cycling
April 15,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Christopher McGrath
No racecourse in Ireland, except Punchestown and Fairyhouse, ever had more people on it. Old men and women who had never before seen a race came 50 miles. The city ...
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Equestrian
March 23,2017 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Howard Bingham & Max Wallace [Bingham, Howard & Wallace, Max]
The induction had been originally scheduled for April 11 in Louisville, but Ali’s attorneys had requested a transfer to Houston, Texas, because he had taken up residence there to assume ...
( Category:
African-American Studies
February 9,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-06 | Author:Kevin Cook
9 “Knock Their Dicks Off” That winter, in Mackey vs. NFL, the players’ union beat the Rozelle Rule in court. That meant the commissioner could no longer order compensation—usually high-round ...
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History of Sports
January 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-17 | Author:Schiot, Molly [Schiot, Molly]
LISA OLSON Though Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke won equal access for female reporters to team locker rooms in 1978, change was slow to come. Harassment and humiliation by male ...
( Category:
Women in History
December 8,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-08-31 | Author:Cait Murphy
1975 PRE’S ROCK In his too-brief career, Steve Prefontaine did the impossible: he made distance running cool to Americans. At the time of his death in 1975, the James Dean ...
( Category:
United States
December 4,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-16 | Author:Chicago Tribune Staff [Chicago Tribune Staff]
Scottie Pippen helps Michael Jordan stay on his feet during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 11, 1997 in Utah. Stricken with stomach problems, Jordan still managed to ...
( Category:
State & Local
November 25,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-26 | Author:Lazenby, Roland [Lazenby, Roland]
The Lakers defeated Houston in the first round of the play-offs that season, then were swept by San Antonio in the next round. As things turned sour, Derek Harper was ...
( Category:
Basketball
November 8,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-31 | Author:Phil West [WEST, PHIL]
The team did have successes that were hard to ignore—namely, its 1976 Soccer Bowl triumph against the Minnesota Kicks in Seattle—but it was ultimately an iteration of the franchise that ...
( Category:
History of Sports
November 6,2016 )
epub, azw |eng | 2016-07-10 | Author:Nick Clayton [Clayton, Nick]
The 1878 Salvo with Starley’s balance gear provided his lasting memorial. The 1886 Humber-style tricycles broke many records and a few bones as well. The Humber Cripper direct steerer eventually ...
( Category:
Cycling
September 19,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-24 | Author:Richard Hoffer
—Chapter 14— A Leopard-Skin Hat, a Monster, and Mr. Tooth Decay It had been more than just a sports event for several years now. Ali, able to weave personality and ...
( Category:
African-American Studies
July 20,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-07-06 | Author:Max Leonard
1950 116 starters Winner: Ferdi Kübler, 32.78 km/h Lanterne rouge: Fritz Zbinden, 31.87 km/h @ 4h06’47” 51 finishers 1976 130 starters Winner: Lucien Van Impe, 34.51 km/h Lanterne rouge: Aad ...
( Category:
Cycling
July 9,2016 )
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