Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles
Cloth: 12/11/2017
About the Book
What were the iconic sports moments of the last century? In Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles, a team of sports aficionados climb onto their bar stools to address that never-solved but essential question. Triumphs and turning points, rivalries and record-setters—each chapter tracks down the real story behind the epic moments and legendary careers sports fans love to debate. Topics include Abner Doubleday and the origins of baseball; the era-defining 1979 duel between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson; how Denver and Cleveland relive The Drive; the myths surrounding the Ali-Foreman Rumble in the Jungle; Billie Jean King's schooling of Bobby Riggs; the Miracle on Ice; and ESPN's conquest of the sports world.Filled with eye-opening lore and analysis, Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles is an entertaining look at what we think we know about sports.
About the Author
Steven Gietschier is an associate professor of history at Lindenwood University. Previously, he was Senior Managing Editor for Research at the Sporting News.Reviews
"A fascinating collection of 23 essays. . . Recommended."--Choice"The twenty-three scholarly articles compiled by Steve Gietschier in Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles are nothing short of thorough and impressive. The book is accessible and informative and a wonderful window into the curious, fluid nature of American sports history." --AETHLON: The Journal of Sport Literature
"Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles brings alive memorable sporting moments and lets us imagine how and when and why they happened." --Journal of Sport History
Blurbs
"An exhaustively researched, no-jargon-allowed-in-the-writing set of essays that examines some of the iconic moments in sports to show how our memories of those events and their importance are a combination of myth, legend, and reality."--Charles Korr, author of The End of Baseball As We Knew It: The Players Union, 1960–1981
"Steven Gietscher has recruited an all-star roster of sport historians whose efforts have resulted in an anthology of events in America’s sporting past that provides all fans an opportunity to both learn and re-imagine."--Stephen Wenn, coauthor of Tarnished Rings: The International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal
"Remarkably fun to read. A great book for a general sports fan."--Sarah K. Fields, author of Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Law of Reputation
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