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Informationen zum Autor Steven A. Riess is a professor of history and a Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. Gerald R. Gems is a professor of health and physical education at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois. Klappentext A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history Zusammenfassung A celebration of the fast! the strong! the agile! and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The History of Sports in Chicago Steven A. Riess 1 1. Horse Racing in Chicago, 1883-1894: The Interplay of Class, Politics, and Organized Crime Steven A. Riess 59 2. When Chicago Was Wheel Crazy George D. Bushnell 81 3. The Car Race of the Century Cord Scott 91 4. The Rise of the Spectator, the Coach, and the Player, 1895-1905 Robin Dale Lester 105 5. Black Entrepreneurship in the National Pastime: The Rise of Semiprofessional Baseball in Black Chicago, 1890-1915 Michael E. Lomax 147 6. News, Narratives, and the Black Sox Scandal: History's First Draft Daniel A. Nathan 173 7. Red Grange and the Chicago Bears John M. Carroll 199 8. The Dempsey-Tunney Fight Bruce J. Evensen 233 9. Entrepreneurship and the Rise of the Chicago Blackhawks John Chi-Kit Wong 253 10. Blocked Shot: The Development of Basketball in the African-American Community of Chicago Gerald R. Gems 281 11. No Freaks, No Amazons, No Boyish Bobs Susan K. Cahn 299 12. 1969 and the Chicago Cubs David Claerbaut 317 13. Bittersweet Championships: Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls, and International Sports Marketing Walter L. LeFeber 341 Contributors 353 Index 357Illustrations follow page 252
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Steven A. Riess is a professor of history and a Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. Gerald R. Gems is a professor of health and physical education at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.
