Rivals!: The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th CenturyISBN: 978-1-4051-7764-1
Paperback
304 pages
April 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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Rivals! The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th
Century presents the most memorable rivalries in over a hundred
years of American sports history.
- Examines ten of the greatest American sports rivalries of the past century, relating them to their broader historical context
- Includes the rivalries between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, Duke and North Carolina, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, and more
- Draws upon the most recent works of sport historians, as well as hundreds of books, articles, and newspaper accounts
- Reveals a deep understanding of American sports history and American popular culture
- Features 30 images that bring the rivalries vividly to life