Rivals : legendary matchups that made sports history

Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- (Added Author). Rodgers, R. Pierre. (Added Author).

Summary: The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, and illustrate with is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that are often decidedly different in race and culture, political and societal ideology, personality, geography, or religion. The competitive impulse and these differences combine to form a singular mix intensified by fans and the media.

Record details

ISBN: 1557289212 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781557289216 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1557289204 (casebound : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781557289209 (casebound : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xx, 465 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The purest of rivalries: Rafer Johnson, C.K. Yang, and the 1960 Olympic Decathlon / Joseph M. Turrini -- The King and the Bear: the Arnold Palmer-Jack Nicklaus rivalry and the rise of modern golf / George B. Kirsch -- The mortality of kings: Ali versus Frazer / Gerald Early -- "We were about winning": Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and the rivalry that remade the NBA / Daniel A. Nathan -- Friendly rivals: Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert / Mary Jo Festle -- The battle of the Carmens: Debi Thomas versus Katarina Witt / Alison M. Wrynn and Annette R. Hofmann -- Bitter foes, but marketing pros: the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry / Ryan King-White -- A tale of two cities: the Toronto Maple Leafs versus the Montreal Canadiens / Brian P. Soebbing and Daniel S. Mason -- Like cats and dogs: the Massillon-Canton McKinley football rivalry / Lawrence W. Hugenberg and Brian C. Pattie -- A rivalry for the ages: Tennessee-UConn women's basketball / Jaime Schultz -- Three yards and a pool of blood: Ohio State versus Michigan / Brad Austin -- Corporate Cowboys and blue-collar bureaucrats: the Dallas-Washington football rivalry / Stephen H. Norwood -- Imperial rivalries: America versus Britain for the Davis Cup / S.W. Pope -- This has nothing to do with money: the Ryder Cup and international rivalry in golf / John Nauright -- The match of the century: The U.S.-USSR rivalry in sports / Chris Elzey -- Dare to dream: U.S. Women's Soccer versus the world / Lindsey J. Meń.