Powerful Moments In Sports: The Most Significant Sporting Events In American History

This book looks at the most important sporting events in American history, those that transcended the athletic performance itself and made an impact on culture and society. It includes achievements so legendary that they altered the course of their sport or even the nation. Powerful Moments in Sports includes such iconic events as Jackie Robinson signing with the Dodgers, Jesse Owens winning four gold medals in Nazi Germany, Billie Jean King defeating Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," and more.

• | Author: Martin Gitlin
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• | Publication Date: Apr 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1442264950
• | ISBN-13: 9781442264953