Powerful Moments in Sports : The Most Significant Sporting Events in American...

by Martin Gitlin

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Powerful Moments in Sports : The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History, Hardcover by Gitlin, Martin, ISBN 1442264950, ISBN-13 9781442264953, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. Title IX is passed. Some moments in sports—whether they take place on a track, on a tennis court, or in a courtroom—transcend the event itself. This book features twenty events that had profound social, political, and cultural importance and inspired athletes and spectators alike. It examines how a particular moment in sports history revolutionized a sport, how a contest of speed inspired a nation, or even how a humble victory affected the world.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Year: 2017
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781442264953
• Condition: Good

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