Since the fighting Irish first took to the field in 1887, Notre Dame has developed an incomparable level of tradition and achievementboth on the gridiron and in the classroom.
The Pittsburgh Steelers rank as one of the NFLs truly legendary franchises, and this book, written from the fans perspective, provides readers with unique stories about the players and coaches who took part in many of the greatest and most euphoric victories in the teams history.
In Tales from the Los Angeles Kings Locker Room, Bob Miller shares 40 years of Hollywood hockey with fans, reminding them of the highs and lows of Los Angeles hockey, while entertaining them with behind-the-scenes looks into the history of the 2012 Stanley Cup championship team.
The glory years for the Toronto Maple Leafsfour Stanley Cups in the 1960smay be distant memories, but what the team lacks in recent accomplishments is made up for by their history, which is rich in drama, pathos, and, most of all, humor.
In 1979, San Francisco was in turmoil attempting to recover from the assassination of two of its leaders: Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
Alabama's Crimson Tide has been the most dominant college football team in America for the past decade, winning five national championships and five conference titles.
To baseball fans of today, the name Dodgers is synonymous with Hollywood, the warm California sun, and names like Tommy Lasorda, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, and Orel Hershiser.
Straight from the mouths of the legends of the Silver and Black, Cheating Is Encouraged recapitulates the many as infamous stories from the last team to play outlaw football.
All parties seem to be in agreement that the rivalry between the University of Miami and the University of Florida is as nasty and historical as they come; going back to the thirties, its the state of Floridas oldest major rivalry.
More than a just a trivia book, So You Think Youre A Kentucky Basketball Fan challenges your knowledge of Wildcats basketball with stories behind each question and answer that brings the history of this legendary team to life.
Amazing Tales from the 2004 Boston Red Sox Dugout is a different kind of look back at the incredible championship seasonthrough the eyes of the players involved.
Bowl Full of Memories: 100 Years of Football at the Yale Bowl covers the Yale football from its inception in 1872 and pays tribute to the historic Yale Bowl, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2014.
The accepted narrative in football-crazy Texas is that racial integral came to the states national sport in the mid-1960s, generally associated with Jerry LeVias celebrated arrival at SMU in Dallas.
After the Civil War, the Yankee textile industry began a steady transfer south, bringing with it the tradition of a mill village, usually owned by the mill's owner, where the workers and their families lived.
This book examines the popularity of football in Latin America and the importance of sound archives in a country in which orality is the basis of important social relations.
When Hubert Davis was named head mens basketball coach at the University of North Carolina in April 2021, history had already been made, as Davis became the programs first Black head coach.
Nach den Vorstellungen Himmlers sollte sich die SS eine Führungsposition im deutschen Sport erkämpfen und als selbsterklärte, rassische Elite der Volksgemeinschaft auch mithilfe des Sports ihren Eliteanspruch unter Beweis stellen.
As one of the first voices of the University of Kentucky men's basketball program, Claude Sullivan (19241967) became a nationally known sportscasting pioneer.
