Road America (NASCAR Library Collection) by Steve Zautke

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 after they misplaced an surprising 134 video games in 1899. Over a hundred years later, the 2003 Detroit Tigers stood aside because the purely group in baseball heritage to lose 60 video games prior to July in a season.

Suffolk Downs (Images of Sports)

Considering the fact that starting 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 reminiscent of Seabiscuit, John Henry, and Cigar. as well as those mythical horses, corridor of repute 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 ebook is an exam of cultural resistance to segregation on the earth of black baseball via an research of editorial artwork, folktales, nicknames, “manhood” and the artwork of clowning. African american citizens labored to dismantle Jim Crow in the course of the production 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 1/2 the 20th century.

The Best of Peter Finney, Legendary New Orleans Sportswriter

5 instances every one week over the last numerous a long time, activities fanatics in New Orleans all started their mornings by way of examining neighborhood sportswriter Peter Finney. Finney's newspaper columns -- interesting, informative, and encouraging -- hooked up New Orleans readers to the realm of activities, for almost 70 years. From a occupation overall of 15,000 articles, this ebook bargains a main collection of the superior of Finney's writing in addition to an creation from Peter Finney, Jr.