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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Sport, culture & society
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Sport, culture & society (University of Arkansas Press)
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Till Death Do Us Part: The Grand Tour of Baltimore's Graveyard Greats / David Zang -- 2. Jockeying for Position: The Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, and Baltimore / Ari de Wilde -- 3. Black Knights and Engineers: The City-Poly Football Rivalry / Dean Bartoli Smith and Ted Patterson -- 4. "For a White Boy's Chance in the World": Joe Gans, Baltimore's Forgotten Fighter / William Gildea -- 5. On the Courts of Druid Hill: Lucy Diggs Slowe and the Rise of Organized Black Tennis / Amira Rose Davis -- 6. Sweat Equity: Physical Education at The Bryn Mawr School for Girls / Elizabeth M. Nix -- 7. "More Than a Century of Champions": Johns Hopkins University Lacrosse / Neil A. Grauer -- 8. The Bears of Baltimore: Morgan State University Intercollegiate Athletics / Jerry Bembry -- 9. The Team That Made Baltimore Proud: The Baltimore Bullets and the 1947-1948 Championship Season / Chris Elzey -- 10. Toots Barger: Queen of Duckpins / Stacy Karten -- 11. "The Best Ambassador Baltimore Ever Had": Art Donovan and the Colts / Michael Olesker -- 12. Sam Lacy and John Steadman: Empathy and a Conscience on the Sports Pages / Dennis Gildea -- 13. Baltimore's Bard of Baseball: Jim Bready Remembers the O's of Old / Rafael Alvarez -- 14. Black Sport and Baltimore: Spats, the Judge, and the Pearl / James Coates, Hannah Doban, and Nevon Kipperman -- 15. Orange and Black Forever: How a New Yorker Fell in Love with Earl Weaver's Baltimore Orioles / Lee Lowenfish -- 16. A Missed Opportunity: Baltimore's Failed Stadium Project, 1969-1974 / Richard Hardesty -- 17. The Greatest High School Basketball Team Ever: The Dunbar Poets, 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 / Chad Carlson -- 18. Baltimore Baseball Icons: The Babe, Mr. Oriole, the Iron Man, and the Forgotten Day / Daniel A. Nathan. |
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19. The Ravens' Flight to Normalcy: How Winning Restored Baltimore's Football Culture / Charles Kupfer -- 20. A Phelpsian Triptych: Mountain, Machine, and Man / Dean Bartoli Smith -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sports -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Sports. |
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Maryland -- Baltimore. |
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Athletes -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Athletes. |
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. |
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. |
| Added Author |
Nathan, Daniel A., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781682260050 1682260054 (OCoLC)946905505 |
| ISBN |
9781610755917 (electronic book) |
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161075591X (electronic book) |
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9781682260050 |
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1682260054 |
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