Contains information about sports in America, including biographical profiles of 100 men and women athletes whose achievements have had lasting significance to the world of sports and American society, arranged alphabetically within eight chronological time periods, ranging from 1770 to 1996.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Forging America : sports in the beginning years -- America expands : athletics as a new business -- Play on : at war and in school -- A glorious decade : the golden age of sports -- The depression : sports as a great escape -- After World War II : an end to segregation -- Upheaval : sports in a time of change -- Prime time : television brings big dollars to sports.