Baltimore Sports: Stories from Charm City

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Daniel A. Nathan
University of Arkansas Press, 1 aug 2016 - 371 pagina's

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Baltimore is the birthplace of Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the incomparable Babe Ruth, and the gold medalist Michael Phelps. It’s a one-of-a-kind town with singular stories, well-publicized challenges, and also a rich sporting history. Baltimore Sports: Stories from Charm City chronicles the many ways that sports are an integral part of Baltimore’s history and identity and part of what makes the city unique, interesting, and, for some people, loveable.

Wide ranging and eclectic, the essays included here cover not only the Orioles and the Ravens, but also lesser-known Baltimore athletes and teams. Toots Barger, known as the “Queen of the Duckpins,” makes an appearance. So do the Dunbar Poets, considered by some to be the greatest high-school basketball team ever.

Bringing together the work of both historians and journalists, including Michael Olesker, former Baltimore Sun columnist, and Rafael Alvarez, who was named Baltimore’s Best Writer by Baltimore Magazine in 2014, Baltimore Sports illuminates Charm City through this fascinating exploration of its teams, fans, and athletes.

 

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The Grand Tour of Baltimores Graveyard Greats David Zang
1
The Preakness Stakes Pimlico and Baltimore Ari de Wilde
13
The CityPoly Football Rivalry Dean Bartoli Smith and Ted Patterson
27
Joe Gans Baltimores Forgotten Fighter William Gildea
37
Lucy Diggs Slowe and the Rise of Organized Black Tennis Amira Rose Davis
45
Physical Education at The Bryn Mawr School for Girls Elizabeth M Nix
59
Johns Hopkins University Lacrosse Neil A Grauer
73
Morgan State University Intercollegiate Athletics Jerry Bembry
93
Jim Bready Remembers the Os of Old Rafael Alvarez
167
Spats the Judge and the Pearl James Coates Hannah Doban and Nevon Kipperman
181
How a New Yorker Fell in Love with Earl Weavers Baltimore Orioles Lee Lowenfish
199
Baltimores Failed Stadium Project 19691974 Richard Hardesty
215
The Dunbar Poets 19811982 and 19821983 Chad Carlson
227
The Babe Mr Oriole the Iron Man and the Forgotten Day Daniel A Nathan
241
How Winning Restored Baltimores Football Culture Charles Kupfer
263
Mountain Machine and Man Dean Bartoli Smith
281

The Baltimore Bullets and the 19471948 Championship Season Chris Elzey
113
Queen of Duckpins Stacy Karten
129
Art Donovan and the Colts Michael Olesker
141
Empathy and a Conscience on the Sports Pages Dennis Gildea
155
Notes
293
Contributors
347
Index
351
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Daniel A. Nathan is professor of American studies at Skidmore College. He is the author of Saying It’s So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal and editor of Rooting for the Home Team: Sport, Community, and Identity.

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