International Sport: A Bibliography, 2000: An Index to by Richard William Cox

Cellar Dwellers: The Worst Teams in Baseball History

In 1890, baseball’s Pittsburgh Alleghenys received a measly 23 video games, wasting 113. The Cleveland Spiders crowned this list once they misplaced an marvelous 134 video games in 1899. Over a hundred years later, the 2003 Detroit Tigers stood aside because the in basic terms workforce in baseball background to lose 60 video games prior to July in a season.

Suffolk Downs (Images of Sports)

On account that establishing on July 10, 1935, Suffolk Downs has performed host to a few of Thoroughbred racing�s maximum champions, together with Triple Crown winners struggle Admiral, Whirlaway, and attack, in addition to different greats similar to Seabiscuit, John Henry, and Cigar. as well as those mythical horses, corridor of status jockeys George Woolf, Johnny Longden, Eddie Arcaro, Chris McCarron, Angel Cordero, and Jerry Bailey have all competed on the East Boston oval.

The Set-Up Men: Race, Culture and Resistance in Black Baseball

This publication is an exam of cultural resistance to segregation on the planet of black baseball via an research of editorial paintings, folktales, nicknames, “manhood” and the paintings of clowning. African americans labored to dismantle Jim Crow throughout the construction of a cultural counter-narrative that headquartered on baseball and the Negro Leagues that celebrated black fulfillment and that highlighted the contradictions and fallacies of white supremacy within the first half the 20th century.

The Best of Peter Finney, Legendary New Orleans Sportswriter

5 instances every one week over the last a number of a long time, activities enthusiasts in New Orleans all started their mornings through analyzing neighborhood sportswriter Peter Finney. Finney's newspaper columns -- wonderful, informative, and encouraging -- hooked up New Orleans readers to the area of activities, for almost 70 years. From a occupation overall of 15,000 articles, this ebook deals a main choice of some of the best of Finney's writing in addition to an advent from Peter Finney, Jr.