The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
The Chicago Sports Reader examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. Contributors explore why sports have been especially important in Chicago, how these sports were organized, and how sports promote not only a sense of community and hometown pride but also the agony of defeat and betrayal. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history—the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls—as well as great Chicago sports legends Red Grange, Michael Jordan, and others. The authors also examine more specialized sports such as racing, cycling, and women's baseball. In addition to examining the highlights of Chicago sport, The Chicago Sports Reader also acknowledges a few lowlights, such as the role of organized crime, the Cubs' demise in 1969, and the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919.

Contributors are George D. Bushnell, Susan K. Cahn, John M. Carroll, David Claerbaut, Bruce J. Evensen, Gerald R. Gems, Walter LeFeber, Robin Dale Lester, Michael E. Lomax, Daniel A. Nathan, Steven A. Riess, Cord Scott, and John Chi-Kit Wong.

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The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
The Chicago Sports Reader examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. Contributors explore why sports have been especially important in Chicago, how these sports were organized, and how sports promote not only a sense of community and hometown pride but also the agony of defeat and betrayal. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history—the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls—as well as great Chicago sports legends Red Grange, Michael Jordan, and others. The authors also examine more specialized sports such as racing, cycling, and women's baseball. In addition to examining the highlights of Chicago sport, The Chicago Sports Reader also acknowledges a few lowlights, such as the role of organized crime, the Cubs' demise in 1969, and the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919.

Contributors are George D. Bushnell, Susan K. Cahn, John M. Carroll, David Claerbaut, Bruce J. Evensen, Gerald R. Gems, Walter LeFeber, Robin Dale Lester, Michael E. Lomax, Daniel A. Nathan, Steven A. Riess, Cord Scott, and John Chi-Kit Wong.

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The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City

The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City

The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City

The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City

Overview

The Chicago Sports Reader examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. Contributors explore why sports have been especially important in Chicago, how these sports were organized, and how sports promote not only a sense of community and hometown pride but also the agony of defeat and betrayal. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history—the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls—as well as great Chicago sports legends Red Grange, Michael Jordan, and others. The authors also examine more specialized sports such as racing, cycling, and women's baseball. In addition to examining the highlights of Chicago sport, The Chicago Sports Reader also acknowledges a few lowlights, such as the role of organized crime, the Cubs' demise in 1969, and the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919.

Contributors are George D. Bushnell, Susan K. Cahn, John M. Carroll, David Claerbaut, Bruce J. Evensen, Gerald R. Gems, Walter LeFeber, Robin Dale Lester, Michael E. Lomax, Daniel A. Nathan, Steven A. Riess, Cord Scott, and John Chi-Kit Wong.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780252076152
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 01/29/2009
Series: Sport and Society
Edition description: 1st Edition
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Steven A. Riess is a professor of history and a Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. Gerald R. Gems is a professor of health and physical education at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The History of Sports in Chicago   Steven A. Riess   1
1. Horse Racing in Chicago, 1883-1894: The Interplay of Class, Politics, and Organized Crime   Steven A. Riess   59
2. When Chicago Was Wheel Crazy   George D. Bushnell   81
3. The Car Race of the Century   Cord Scott 91
4. The Rise of the Spectator, the Coach, and the Player, 1895-1905   Robin Dale Lester   105
5. Black Entrepreneurship in the National Pastime: The Rise of Semiprofessional Baseball in Black Chicago, 1890-1915   Michael E. Lomax   147
6. News, Narratives, and the Black Sox Scandal: History's First Draft   Daniel A. Nathan   173
7. Red Grange and the Chicago Bears   John M. Carroll   199
8. The Dempsey-Tunney Fight   Bruce J. Evensen   233
9. Entrepreneurship and the Rise of the Chicago Blackhawks   John Chi-Kit Wong   253
10. Blocked Shot: The Development of Basketball in the African-American Community of Chicago   Gerald R. Gems   281
11. No Freaks, No Amazons, No Boyish Bobs   Susan K. Cahn   299
12. 1969 and the Chicago Cubs   David Claerbaut   317
13. Bittersweet Championships: Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls, and International Sports Marketing   Walter L. LeFeber   341

Contributors   353
Index   357

Illustrations follow page 252
 
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