Bibliograph

1968, a pivotal moment in American sports, James C. Nicholson

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Label

1968, a pivotal moment in American sports, James C. Nicholson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1968

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1051687158

Responsibility statement

James C. Nicholson

Series statement

Sport and popular culture series

Sub title

a pivotal moment in American sports

Summary

"Opening with Vince Lombardi's last win as coach of the Packers in Super Bowl II and closing with Joe Namath's Super Bowl III guarantee, James Nicholson delivers an original portrait of a sensational closing decade in American culture. Controversies on the field and in the ring reflected broader political and social turmoil in the late-sixties United States. With one of the most contentious presidential elections in US history, the ongoing civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War all storming in the background, Nicholson charts a course through the oddly unsettled waters of American sports in 1968: the Masters golf tournament decided by the strict enforcement of an arcane rule to the detriment of a foreign player; the winner of the Kentucky Derby disqualified for a drug violation; Muhammad Ali waiting in sports exile while he appealed a criminal conviction for draft evasion; an unorthodox rendition of the national anthem at the World Series nearly overshadowing the game it preceded; and the silent gesture at the Mexico City Olympics made by Tommie Smith and John Carlos that shocked the nation"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Brian M. Ingrassia -- Prologue, December 31, 1967 -- Leap year -- Law and order -- Where have you gone ...? -- Mexico City -- Antiheroes - Epilogue

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Nineteen sixty-eightPivotal moment in American sports

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