Playing the Stadium Game
Author | : Mandy Rafool |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Mandy Rafool |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Martin J. Greenberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 722 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Commercial leases |
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Author | : Clay Latimer |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 2010-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1429662859 |
"Describes various activities and people who work behind the scenes during a National Football League game"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Jay Weiner |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780816634347 |
"Stadium Games begins with the events leading to the arrival of the Twins and Vikings to the state in 1961 and traces subsequent controversies about professional sports in the region up to the present. Weiner discusses the factors that make Minnesota the poster child for the nation's stadium debates - the recent departure of the North Stars hockey team, the near departure of the Timberwolves, the strong opposition of taxpayers, and the apparent greed of team owners. Stadium Games reveals the behind-the-scenes deals and inside scoop on what went wrong in the recent unsuccessful campaign for a new ballpark, divulging how public relations experts failed and how government leaders conspired to fake out Minnesota's citizens."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : Frank Andre Guridy |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2024-08-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1541601475 |
The "deep and impactful" story of the American stadium (Howard Bryant, author of Full Dissidence)—from the first wooden ballparks to today’s glass and steel mega-arenas—revealing how it has made, and remade, American life. Stadiums are monuments to recreation, sports, and pleasure. Yet from the earliest ballparks to the present, stadiums have also functioned as public squares. Politicians have used them to cultivate loyalty to the status quo, while activists and athletes have used them for anti-fascist rallies, Black Power demonstrations, feminist protests, and much more. In this book, historian Frank Guridy recounts the contested history of play, protest, and politics in American stadiums. From the beginning, stadiums were political, as elites turned games into celebrations of war, banned women from the press box, and enforced racial segregation. By the 1920s, they also became important sites of protest as activists increasingly occupied the stadium floor to challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, fascism, and more. Following the rise of the corporatized stadium in the 1990s, this complex history was largely forgotten. But today’s athlete-activists, like Colin Kaepernick and Megan Rapinoe, belong to a powerful tradition in which the stadium is as much an arena of protest as a palace of pleasure. Moving between the field, the press box, and the locker room, this book recovers the hidden history of the stadium and its important role in the struggle for justice in America.
Author | : Bob Hunter |
Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 527 |
Release | : 2019-09-10 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0821446835 |
In Players, Teams, and Stadium Ghosts, sportswriter Bob Hunter has assembled a Hall of Fame collection of his best writing from the Columbus Dispatch. Fans will encounter some of the biggest names in sports and relive great moments from games played by amateurs and pros. They’ll encounter forgotten players and teams that struggled. Hunter shows us LeBron James when he was a 15-year-old high school freshman, already capturing the world’s attention; 20-year-old Derek Jeter’s meteoric rise through the minors, including the Columbus Clippers; a strange encounter with Pete Rose hustling frozen pizzas; and the excitement of watching future WNBA star Katie Smith dominate a Columbus Quest championship game. The common thread is the personal touch that Hunter consistently uses to take readers beyond the final scores and the dazzle of lights. These are the people behind the athletes. They’re remembered for how they played, but Hunter reminds us who they were.
Author | : Clay Latimer |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2010-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1429662832 |
"Describes various activities and people who work behind the scenes during a Major League Baseball game"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : John Ed Bradley |
Publisher | : ESPN |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2008-10-07 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1933060670 |
“A lyrical memoir . . . about his teammates, his coaches, his parents and the magnetic power of football in Louisiana.”—NPR “The best sports book of the year.”—Sports Illustrated Inspired by a classic essay about a visit to a dying coach, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium explores in gorgeous detail the inescapable pull of college football—the cocky smiles behind the face masks, the two-a-day drills, the emotionally charged bus rides to the stadium, the curfew checks, the film-study sessions, the locker room antics, and the yawning void left in one’s soul the moment the final whistle sounds. To understand why it’s so painful to give up the game, you must first understand the intimacy of the huddle. “It ends for everybody,” writes John Ed Bradley, “and then it starts all over again, in ways you never anticipated. Marty Dufresne sits in his wheelchair listening to the Tiger fight song . . . Ramsey Darder endures prison by playing the games over in his head . . . Big Ed Stanton never took up the game of golf, and yet he rides the streets of Bayou Vista in a cart nearly identical to Coach Mac’s, recalling the one time the old man invited him for a ride.” Far more than a memoir, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium is a brutally honest, profoundly moving look at what it means to surrender something you love.
Author | : Scott Pitoniak |
Publisher | : Triumph Books |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2008-03 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1617499129 |
At the end of the 2008 season, Yankee Stadium will be closing its doors, and in memory of this illustrious stadium, this tribute provide fans with hundreds of anecdotes about the iconic ballpark through the eyes of both those who performed there and the many others who were spectators. Stories shared by those who worked, played, rooted or cheered there, grace the pages of this memento, including Billy Crystal witnessing a monster home run by Mickey Mantle at his first game at Yankee Stadium on May 30, 1956; Bob Costas following the Yankees and his favorite player Mickey Mantle in the 1950s; Ernie Harwell calling both football and baseball games at Yankee Stadium; and Keith Olbermann going to games and chasing foul balls in the late 1960s. Filled with interesting facts and heartwarming stories, "Memories of Yankee Stadium" is a special gift for all of those who want to remember forever the beloved Yankee Stadium the way it was.
Author | : Jeff Fox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780982365601 |
A visual and written account of the final game played in Yankee Stadium, told from the perspective of a devoted fan and professional writer who eloquently delivers a fond final salute to the grandest of all stadiums. After an introductory essay about the author's lifelong relationship with the Stadium, this photo-essay tribute takes the reader from the pre-game activities in the surrounding neighborhood through many of the Stadium's key aspects - Memorial Park, the bleachers, the groundskeepers, batting practice and on to the game. While viewing the pre-game ceremonies and historic moments in the game itself, the reader pays one final visit to the food stands, familiar decades-old walkways and ramps, with a brief stop to savor the final setting of the sun behind the grandstands. Then it is on to the post-game celebration and sad final trek through the exits. These personal photographs from a loving fan's perspective are accompanied by brief, poignant commentaries. Truly a book to savor for its evocative delivery of one of baseball's most memorable days.