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This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society.... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Jackie Robinson: Add a description of this character.
- Muhammad Ali
- Johnson
- Roone Arledge
- Vince Lombardi
- Rozelle
- Di Maggio
- Gibson
- Reagan
- Rickey
- Riggs
- Bill Russell
- Namath
- Tyson
- Jim Brown
- Hank Aaron
- Miller
- Palmer
- Alcindor
- Zaharias
- Willie Mays
- Hogan
- Woody Hayes
- Mantle
- Greenberg
- Wilkinson
- O'malley
- Clemente
- Marciano
- Jim Crow
- Evert
- Louganis
- Davis
- Tony Hawk
- Koufax
- Ryan
- Joe Louis
- White
- Bowie Kuhn
- Williams
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- New York City
- Jordan
- Los Angeles
- America
- Soviet Union
- California
- Texas
- Washington
- Michigan
- San Francisco
- St. Louis
- Atlanta
- Chicago
- Alabama
- Dallas
- Philadelphia
- Kentucky
- Kansas City
- Hollywood
- Indianapolis
- Vietnam
- Boston
- West Coast
- Germany
- Baltimore
- Minneapolis
- Brooklyn
- Midwest
- Berkeley
- Maryland
- Madison Square Garden
- Wisconsin
- Nebraska
- Houston
- West Point
- Helsinki
- Pennsylvania
- Mexico
- China
- Oklahoma
- Florida
- Stoneham
- Ohio State
- Munich
- Birmingham
- Pittsburgh
- Georgia
First Sentence edit
Nineteen forty-one was a difficult year.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kathryn Jay (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 796.357097309045
Subjects edit
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