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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 1992, America's National Pastime is in crisis and already on the path to the unthinkable: canceling a World Series for the first time in history. The owners are at war, their decades-long battle with the players has turned America against both sides, and the players' growing addiction to steroids will threaten the game's very foundation. It is a crucial moment in the game's history that catalyzes a struggle for power by three strong-willed...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1973, baseball was in crisis. The first strike in pro sports had soured fans, game attendance had fallen, and America's team the Yankees had lost more games and money than ever. Baseball was facing a bust. Yet, five of baseball's greatest figures saved the sport and returned it to its pedestal as America's pastime. Powerhouse Hank Aaron surprised the nation by beating Babe Ruth's home run record in the face of racist threats. George Steinbrenner...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
For 34 years, he berated his players and tormented Yankees managers and employees. He played fast and loose with the rules, and twice could have gone to jail. He was banned from baseball for life--but was allowed back. Yet George Steinbrenner also built the New York Yankees from a mediocre team into the greatest sports franchise in America. Now acclaimed sportswriter Peter Golenbock draws on more than a hundred interviews to tell the story of "The...
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A firsthand, behind-the-scenes account of the turmoil that pervaded the New York Yankee franchise in the late 1970s, this book discusses George Steinbrenner's purchase and continual rebuilding of the team--alongside a colorful cast of players and businessmen. Not merely a look at the time spent in Yankee Stadium, this chronicle also describes the team's public arguments, practical jokes, drunken excess, self-aggrandizing publicity efforts, and the...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Vivid, informed, and gracefully written, The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty is sports writing at its very best." - David Halberstam
"The best and clearest view yet inside the secret society that is the New York Yankees." - --John Feinstein, author of Season on The Brink and Caddy For Life
A well-mulled, highly atmospheric, and richly versed story of the Bronx Bombers' great 1996-2001 ride. - Kirkus Reviews
The definitive treatise on the great...
Publisher
ESPN Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Yankees remain the most successful team in American sports history. Behind George M. Steinbrenner, a man who with his passing in July 2010 proved to be as iconic to the team as its pinstripes, the Yankees restored their storied sports stature with seven World Championships. Through all the ups and downs of his reign, 'The Boss' managed to link the legends and legacy of Yankees past to Yankees present. Barbara Kopple documents an historic moment...
Series
30 for 30 volume no. 21-23
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Unmatched: "No individual sports rivalry can boast the same intensity and impact as that of Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. But even more remarkable is what happened off the court where they formed a strong and lasting friendship, bonding them to this day."--Container.
The house of Steinbrenner: "Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple documents the historic final days at the old Yankee Stadium, the opening of the new stadium and the...
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