Nineteen sixty-two - it's been called 'the end of innocence', as America witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis and the following year saw the Kennedy assassination and the early stirrings of Vietnam. In baseball, 1962 was a thrilling season. Five years prior the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had migrated west to Los Angeles and San Francisco, ...
What fans don't love to relive the good times of their favorite team? Like-wise, in a twisted sort of way, what fans can really resist a self-pitying look back on some of those times that tested their allegiance? Those disastrous games, seasons, and plays that made the good times even better? The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly includes the best and ...
What fans don't love to relive the good times of their favorite team? Likewise, in a twisted sort of way, what fans can really resist a self-pitying look back on some of those times that tested their allegiance? Those disastrous games, seasons, and plays that made the good times even better? The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly includes the best and ...
Barry Bonds: Baseball's Superman is the biography of the game's first four-time Most Valuable Player. In 2001, Bonds broke the greatest record in sports -- the all-time single season home run record held over the years by Babe Ruth, Roger Maris and Mark McGwire -- and, arguably, had the greatest season in baseball history. There is no doubt that ...
In sweltering heat of September of 1970 on Legion Field, the USC Trojans and the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide played a game that defined the emancipation of the South from its sordid history of racial segregation. When USC's black running back Sam The Bam Cunningham ran roughshod all over the all-white Crimson Tide, more than a football ...
The images are unforgettable, and too numerous to count. Back-to-back national titles in 2003 and 2004. Back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners Matt Leinert and Reggie Bush in 2004 and 2005. Classic matchups with Notre Dame and Pac-10 Conference rivals Arizona, Stanford, Oregon, and UCLA. The all-time great game, "The Comeback" of 1974, blitzing to 55 ...
'The suddenness of the punch had caught me off guard ! I knew then that something was definitely wrong.' On 31 July 1975, members of The Miami Showband were returning to Dublin after a gig in Banbridge when they were stopped at a border checkpoint. For Stephen Travers, the band's new bass player, it was an unusual experience but he wasn't too ...
"Dodgers Past and Present" traces the history of this storied franchise from its origins in the 1880s to its latest accomplishments on the field in L.A. Pairing historic black-and-white photos and contemporary images of the modern game, the book explores the players and the managers, the ballparks and the equipment, the traditions and the fans ...
THE 1969 MIRACLE METS is a retrospective of the 1969 season and World Series championship of the "Amazin Mets," scheduled for March 2009 publication to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the 1969 miracle season, a seminal event in baseball and New York history. The Mets' new stadium as well as the new Yankee Stadium are due to open at that time ...
In this lively history of the USC football program, Steven Travers asserts that under the guidance of coach Pete Carroll (55-10), Notre Dame has taken a backseat to the Trojans, and that a case can be made for USC to don the mantle of greatest ever college football program.
From the leather helmet era to the media circus of college football today, Travers presents a carefully researched examination of college football and its role in our society. Photographs complement the text, providing a deep sense of how the sport has evolved, details our obsession with identifying winners, and uses examples of popular culture-- ...
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