DC sports
Subtitle: the nation's capital at play
By: edited by Chris Elzey and David K. Wiggins
Series: Sport, culture & society; Sport, culture & society (University of Arkansas Press)
Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9781610755665; 9781557286772
Subjects: Sports; History; GAMES; Gambling; SPORTS & RECREATION; Business Aspects; Essays; Reference; TRAVEL; Special Interest
Description: Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, but sport has always been an integral part of the city, and Washingtonians are among the country's most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation's capital, from turn-of-the-century venues such as the White Lot, Griffith Stadium, and DC Memorial Stadium to Howard-Lincoln Thanksgiving Day football games of the roaring twenties; from the surprising season of the 1969 Washington Senators to the success of Georgetown basketball during the 1980s. This collection covers the field, in.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Extraordinary History of Cycling and Bike Racing in Washington, DC; 2. Less Than Monumental; 3. The Biggest "Classic" of Them All; 4. Teeing Off against Jim Crow; 5. Shirley Povich and the Tee Shot That Helped Launch DC Sportswriting; 6. Between the Lines; 7. Exercising Civil Rights; 8. "The Greatest High School Basketball Game Ever Played"; 9. Whips, Darts, and Dips; 10. Uniting a Divided City; 11. George Allen, Richard Nixon, and the Washington Redskins.; title: 12. A Little Big Man, a Fat Lady, and the Bullets' Remarkable Season13. Assuming "Its Place among the Ice Hockey Centers of the Nation"; 14. "The People's Race"; 15. Georgetown Basketball in Reagan's America; 16. Washington Baseball Fans; 17. Washington Sports Memories, Personal and Collective; Notes; Contributors; Index.