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Overview"Sports on Film takes readers behind the scenes of how movies get made and puts them in the stands for some of the key moments in sports in America. Sports on Film documents key events in American sports history through the films that depict them, starting with the integration of major-league baseball when Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Other significant events and personalities examined include the college basketball point-shaving incident of the 1950s; journalist George Plimpton's attempt to go through the Detroit Lions' NFL training camp in the early 1960s; the originations and popularity of rodeo; the brief run of women's professional baseball during World War II; the underdog racehorse Seabiscuit during the Great Depression; the rise of African American boxer Muhammad Ali; the unique 1970s ""Battle of the Sexes"" tennis event between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King; and Ford Motor Company's run in the 1960s to take motorsports to Europe's premier event in Le Mans, France." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Johnny D. Boggs (Independent Scholar, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: ABC-CLIO Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9781440875557ISBN 10: 1440875553 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 11 October 2021 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , College/higher education , Educational: Primary & Secondary , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsSeries Foreword Preface Introduction Chronology 1. The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) 2. The Basketball Fix (1951) 3. Paper Lion (1968) 4. Junior Bonner (1972) 5. A League of Their Own (1992) 6. Ali (2001) 7. Seabiscuit (2003) 8. Miracle (2004) 9. Battle of the Sexes (2017) 10. Ford v Ferrari (2019) Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJohnny D. Boggs is an award-winning freelance magazine writer, novelist, and film historian living in Santa Fe, NM. A native of South Carolina, he is a former newspaper journalist. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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