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This book examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history - the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls - as well as great Chicago sports legends Red Grange, Michael Jordan, and others. The authors also examine more specialized sports such as racing, cycling, and women's baseball. In addition to examining the highlights of Chicago sport, "The Chicago Sports Reader" also acknowledges a few lowlights, such as the role of organized crime, the Cubs' demise in 1969, and the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919. Contributors are George D. Bushnell, Susan K. Cahn, John M. Carroll, David Claerbaut, Bruce J. Evensen, Gerald R. Gems, Walter LeFeber, Robin Dale Lester, Michael E. Lomax, Daniel A. Nathan, Steven A. Riess, Cord Scott and John Chi-Kit Wong.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: specific events & topics

• Full title: Chicago Sports Reader
• Subtitle: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9780252076152
• ISBN: 025207615X
• ID: 04869483
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Weight: 603 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. January 2009

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