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9780865344198

Sports in America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780865344198

  • ISBN10:

    0865344191

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-08-01
  • Publisher: Sunstone Pr
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Table of Contents

PROLOGUE 9(2)
1 The Author as a Participant 11(5)
2 Major Sports 16(45)
Baseball-the National Pastime
16(15)
Statistics, Strategy, and Demeanor
19(7)
Commercialism in Action
26(5)
Football-The Gridiron
31(8)
Basketball-an Indigenous American Sport
39(4)
Track and Jogging
43(18)
The Last Competitive Race
45(3)
Seeing Life Through Jogging
48(25)
The Domestic Scene
48(5)
International Exposure
53(8)
3 Minor Sports 61(29)
Tennis
61(8)
Other Racquet Games
69(4)
Water Sports (On and In)
73(8)
Ice Hockey
73(2)
Swimming
75(2)
Watercraft
77(4)
Golf
81(3)
Boxing
84(2)
Archery
86(2)
Soccer
88(2)
4 The Modern Olympics 90(9)
The Summer Olympics
90(4)
The Winter Olympics
94(5)
5 The Impact of Society on Sports 99(29)
Media Reactions
108(9)
Discrimination
117(8)
The War on Drugs
125(3)
6 Pseudo-Sports 128(5)
EPILOGUE 133

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