Twin Cities Sports: Games for All Seasons

ISBN-13: 9781682261095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str.

Sheldon Anderson

Spis treści

Introduction
Map of Minnesota
Map of the Twin Cities

1. From Parks to Recreation: The Minneapolis Parks System, 1880s–1920s by Shannon Murray
2. Fairways Open to All: A History of Golf in the Twin Cities by Thomas B. Jones
3. Aces on Ice: The Glory Days of Speed Skating in the Twin Cities by David C. Smith
4. The End of Jim Crow and the Decline of Minnesota Gopher Football by Sheldon Anderson
5. From the Cedar-Riverside Marines to the Purple People Eaters: Professional Football in the Twin Cities by Dick Dahl
6. Just for Kicks: The World’s Game Comes to the Twin Cities by Tom Taylor
7. The State of Basketball: Minnesota’s Storied Hardcourt History by Sheldon Anderson and David C. Smith
8. The Minneapolis Lakers: The First NBA Dynasty by Stew Thornley
9. Minnesota Ice: The Eleventh Hockey Province by David C. Smith and Sheldon Anderson
10. From DC Follies to Frostbite Falls: Calvin Griffith and the Senators’ Move to Minnesota by Jon Kerr
11. The Minnesota Twins, Tony Oliva, and the Cuban Baseball Players by Blair Williams
12. Of King Tuts and Kewpies: Professional Boxing in the Twin Cities by Scott Wright
13. “How ‘bout Dat, You Turkey Necks!”: The Heyday of Twin Cities Pro Wrestling by Sheldon Anderson and Brad Lundell