Sports & recreation fads

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Sports & recreation fads

Frank W. Hoffmann, William G. Bailey

（Haworth popular culture）

Haworth Press, c1991

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Simultaneously published: New York : Harrington Park Press, c1991

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

True to the spirit of the all-American athlete and our society's seemingly endless pursuit of and passion for leisure activities is Sports & Recreation Fads. This readable and fascinating reference book highlights some of the most notable as well as some long-forgotten pastimes and personalities. Sporting and recreation events have thrived in the United States for more than two centuries. Just about every sport and recreation embraced from Colonial America to the present has had its faddish aspects. The fascinating introduction provides a basic understanding of the importance of fads in the development of sports and recreation. No book on sports fads would be complete without several chapters on baseball, and this exciting volume is no different--Hank Aaron's 715th home run, baseball card collecting, Mark "the Bird" Fidrych's shining season with the Detroit Tigers, Bo Jackson's double career, Jackie Robinson's success in breaking the color barrier, and Pete Rose's gambling troubles--a true slice of Americana, the best and the worst of our favorite pastime!From the controversial people and events in professional athletics--Mohammed Ali, Joe Namath, Mike Tyson, the "battle of the sexes" between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, the "Black Sox Scandal," and the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, to the heroes--Charles Atlas, Joe Louis, and Babe Ruth, Hoffmann and Bailey illustrate the often fickle and sometimes enduring interest that Americans have for sports figures and their games. This informative and entertaining book also examines our personal quest for fitness, our devotion to automobiling, and our love of games, including bridge, charades, crossword puzzles, Monopoly, Dungeons & Dragons, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit. Sports &Recreation Fads is a handy guide to our favorite leisure activities of the last 200 years.

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Contents Introduction Hank Aaron: 715 Aristocratic Pastimes (1880-1910) Arnie's Army Artificial Turf Charles Atlas and Dynamic Tension Autographs Automobiling Bagatelle Balloon Jumping Barking off Squirrels The Rise of Baseball Baseball Card Collecting The "Battle of the Sexes": Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs Bicycling Billiards Bison Shooting Black Power at the XIX Olympics The "Black Sox Scandal" Blacks in Sports Management Positions Boom Cars Bowling Bridge Charades Classic Baseball Shirt Reproductions Cooperative Sports and Games Crossword Puzzles The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Dance Marathons Joe Di Maggio's Consecutive Game Hitting Streak Drive-In Restaurants Drive-In Theaters Dungeons and Dragons The Endless Summer Exercise Videos Fantasy Baseball Mark "Bird" Fidrych Bobby Fischer and the Chess Craze Flagpole Sitting Fletcherizing: A Dietary Route to Fitness The Flying Wedge Franchise Shifting in Major League Baseball Frisbee Game Improvement Sports Gear Games of Deception Gliders Gouging The Herkie Jump Hoosier Hysteria Horseless Carriage Races The Hot Rod Cult Hot Tubs Hula Hoops Ice Yachting The Ickey Shuffle Bo Jackson and 2-Sport Athletes Lotteries Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling for the Heavyweight Championship The M&M Boys' Race With Ruth Mah Jong Mickey Mantle's Race With Ruth Marathon Flying Medical Electricity as a Tool for Fitness Frank Merriwell Them Amazin' Mets Miniature Golf Monopoly Muhammed Ali Muscular Christianity "Broadway Joe" Namath North/South Horse Races The Notre Dame Mystique Ouija Board Parachuting Parlor Disguises Pedestrian Events Pelota Perestroika in Pro Sports Personal Watercraft Pick Up Sticks Ping Pong Platform Tennis Pushball Quoits "The Refrigerator": William Perry Jackie Robinson and Baseball's Color Line The Pete Rose Gambling Scandal Babe Ruth Calls His Shot Scandals in College Athletics Scrabble Skateboarding The Slam Dunk Slave Fights Snow Bat Spirit of the Times Spiritualism Sting Ray Bicycles Streaking The John L. Sullivan Mystique Surfing The Topless Bathing Suit Trivial Pursuit Tug-of-War The Mike Tyson-Robin Givens Affair Volleyball "We Are Family": The 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates WrestleMania Yo-Yos Index

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