Oiler Blues
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Oiler Blues
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Author : John Pirkle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Oiler Blues written by John Pirkle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Football categories.
The Houston Oilers were old the American Football League's first champion in 1960. Sadly for Oiler fans, that was the high point for a franchise that stands out as the only original AFL team to never appear in a Super Bowl. Now, they are the Tennessee Titans.John Pirkle, a former U.S. Justice Department attorney and lifelong fan, does not place blame for the playoff losses and team leaving, he lets the facts speak for themselves, but he does caution their new fans in Tennessee to prepare themselves for owner Bud Adams sometimes Machiavellian management technique and the heartache that is sure to come.To the extent sports has its heroes and moments of triumph, the Oilers are the other side, and that is why their story is so interesting. If you like football, you will love this book, even if the Oilers and their fans did not love living it.
The Edmonton Oilers
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Author : K. Michael Gaschnitz
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-09-11
The Edmonton Oilers written by K. Michael Gaschnitz and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-11 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Edmonton Oilers have been one of the most successful and exciting hockey teams during the last twenty years. Led in their glory days by Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Jari Kurri, Glenn Anderson, and Grant Fuhr, it is not surprising that the Oilers won five Stanley Cups in seven years. This work is a history of the Edmonton Oilers from 1979, the year the team joined the National Hockey League, through the 2000-2001 season. The first part details each of the Oilers' seasons and provides complete regular and postseason scoring and goal-tending statistics for each season. The second part presents an alphabetical listing of every player to wear an Oilers uniform and his statistics while playing for the team. There are also sections on the Oilers' seven years in the World Hockey Association before joining the NHL, team transactions, drafts, player awards, team milestones and records, summaries of all five of the Stanley Cup-winning games, and the Sky Reach Center, home of the Oilers.
Earl Campbell
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Author : Asher Price
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2019-09-05
Earl Campbell written by Asher Price and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Earl Campbell was a force in American football, winning a state championship in high school, rushing his way to a Heisman trophy for the University of Texas, and earning MVP as he took the Houston Oilers to the brink of the Super Bowl. An exhilarating blend of biography and history, Earl Campbell chronicles the challenges and sacrifices one supremely gifted athlete faced in his journey to the Hall of Fame. The story begins in Tyler, Texas, featuring his indomitable mother, a crusading judge, and a newly integrated high school, then moves to Austin, home of the University of Texas (infamously, the last all-white national champion in college football), where legendary coach Darrell Royal stakes his legacy on recruiting Campbell. Later, in booming, Luv-Ya-Blue Houston, Campbell reaches his peak with beloved coach Bum Phillips, who celebrates his star runner’s bruising style even as it takes its toll on Campbell’s body. Drawing on new interviews and research, Asher Price reveals how a naturally reticent kid from the country who never sought the spotlight ran into complex issues of race and health. In an age when concussion revelations and player protest against racial injustice rock the NFL, Campbell’s life is a timely story of hard-earned success—and heart-wrenching sacrifice.
Houston Oilers
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Author : James R. Rothaus
language : en
Publisher: Creative Education
Release Date : 1986-12
Houston Oilers written by James R. Rothaus and has been published by Creative Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-12 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The history of the Houston Oilers football team.
The Sports Revolution
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Author : Frank Andre Guridy
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2021-03-23
The Sports Revolution written by Frank Andre Guridy and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-23 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In the 1960s and 1970s, America experienced a sports revolution. New professional sports franchises and leagues were established, new stadiums were built, football and basketball grew in popularity, and the proliferation of television enabled people across the country to support their favorite teams and athletes from the comfort of their homes. At the same time, the civil rights and feminist movements were reshaping the nation, broadening the boundaries of social and political participation. The Sports Revolution tells how these forces came together in the Lone Star State. Tracing events from the end of Jim Crow to the 1980s, Frank Guridy chronicles the unlikely alliances that integrated professional and collegiate sports and launched women’s tennis. He explores the new forms of inclusion and exclusion that emerged during the era, including the role the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders played in defining womanhood in the age of second-wave feminism. Guridy explains how the sexual revolution, desegregation, and changing demographics played out both on and off the field as he recounts how the Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers and how Mexican American fans and their support for the Spurs fostered a revival of professional basketball in San Antonio. Guridy argues that the catalysts for these changes were undone by the same forces of commercialization that set them in motion and reveals that, for better and for worse, Texas was at the center of America’s expanding political, economic, and emotional investments in sport.
Billboard
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949-12-03
Billboard written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949-12-03 with categories.
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Scientific American
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
Scientific American written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Science categories.
Linthead Stomp
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Author : Patrick Huber
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2008
Linthead Stomp written by Patrick Huber and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Music categories.
An exploration of the origins and development of American country music in the Piedmont's mill villages celebrates the colorful cast of musicians and considers the impact that urban living, industrial music, and mass culture had on their lives and music.
Contemporary Authors
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Author : Scot Peacock
language : en
Publisher: Contemporary Authors
Release Date : 2000
Contemporary Authors written by Scot Peacock and has been published by Contemporary Authors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.
Your students and users will find biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers in this volume of Contemporary Authors®. Authors in this volume include: Mararet Ayer Barnes Alan Garner Denise Levertov Lytton Strachey
Pro Football In The 1960s
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Author : Patrick Gallivan
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-06-08
Pro Football In The 1960s written by Patrick Gallivan and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-08 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The 1960s were a tumultuous period in U.S. history and the sporting world was not immune to the decade's upturn of tradition. As war in Southeast Asia, civil unrest at home and political assassinations rocked the nation, professional football struggled to attract fans. While some players fought for civil rights and others fought overseas, the ideological divides behind the protests and riots in the streets spilled into the locker rooms, and athletes increasingly brought their political beliefs into the sports world. This history describes how a decade of social upheaval affected life on the gridiron, and the personalities and events that shaped the game. The debut of the Super Bowl, soon to become a fixture of American culture, marked a professional sport on the rise. Increasingly lucrative television contracts and innovations in the filming and broadcasting of games expanded pro football's audiences. An authoritarian old guard, best represented by the revered Vince Lombardi, began to give way as star players like Joe Namath commanded new levels of pay and power. And at last, all teams fielded African American players, belatedly beginning the correction of the sport's greatest wrong.