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Philly Sports: Teams, Games, and Athletes from Rocky's Town (Sport, Culture, and Society)
Ryan K. Anderson
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Description for Philly Sports: Teams, Games, and Athletes from Rocky's Town (Sport, Culture, and Society)
Paperback. Editor(s): Wiggins, David K. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: APF; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Philadelphia sports—anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers— have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They’ve been known, so the tales go, to jeer Santa Claus and cheer at the injury of an opposing player.
Strangely though, much of America’s perception of Philadelphia sports has been shaped by a fictional figure: Rocky. The series of Hollywood films named after their title character has told and retold the Cinderella story of an underdog boxer rising up against ... Read more
Philadelphia sports—anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers— have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They’ve been known, so the tales go, to jeer Santa Claus and cheer at the injury of an opposing player.
Strangely though, much of America’s perception of Philadelphia sports has been shaped by a fictional figure: Rocky. The series of Hollywood films named after their title character has told and retold the Cinderella story of an underdog boxer rising up against ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
375
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557281876
SKU
V9781557281876
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About Ryan K. Anderson
Ryan Swanson is an assistant professor and director of the Lobo Scholars Program at the University of New Mexico. He has written widely on sport in America and is the author of When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime. David K. Wiggins is a professor and codirector of the Center for the Study ... Read more
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