Hidden History Of Twin Cities Sports

Author : Joel Rippel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467153188

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Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports by Joel Rippel Pdf

Twin Cities sports fans are well-versed in disappointment, but the last 120 years of Minneapolis and St. Paul sports have also produced forgotten milestones. Most know of the Vikings' Super Bowl woes and the Twins' record-setting postseason losing streak. Few know that the first full-time college basketball coach originated here and that a Babe Ruth home run record supplanted a local player's achievement. Fewer still know about near misses like John Wooden almost becoming the University of Minnesota basketball coach in 1948 and Billie Jean King turning down an offer to join the Twin Cities' World Team Tennis franchise. Longtime Twin Cities journalist Joel Rippel documents these subjects and other forgotten or unheralded stories.

Author : Joel Rippel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439678206

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Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports by Joel Rippel Pdf

Twin Cities sports fans are well-versed in disappointment, but the last 120 years of Minneapolis and St. Paul sports have also produced forgotten milestones. Most know of the Vikings' Super Bowl woes and the Twins' record-setting postseason losing streak. Few know that the first full-time college basketball coach originated here and that a Babe Ruth home run record supplanted a local player's achievement. Fewer still know about near misses like John Wooden almost becoming the University of Minnesota basketball coach in 1948 and Billie Jean King turning down an offer to join the Twin Cities' World Team Tennis franchise. Longtime Twin Cities journalist Joel Rippel documents these subjects and other forgotten or unheralded stories.

Author : Sheldon Anderson
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781610756785

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Twin Cities Sports by Sheldon Anderson Pdf

The histories in Twin Cities Sports are rooted in the class, ethnic, and regional identity of this unique upper midwestern metropolitan area. The compilation includes a wide range of important studies on the hub of interwar speedskating, the success of Gopher football in the Jim Crow era, the integration of municipal golf courses, the building of a world-renowned park system, the Minneapolis Lakers’ basketball dynasty, the Minnesota Twins’ connections to Cuba, and more.

Author : Stew Thornley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439672013

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Historic Ballparks of the Twin Cities by Stew Thornley Pdf

From the rickety to the palatial, ballparks have grown up with and defined baseball in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Some old-timers have vivid memories of cheering for Willie Mays and Roy Campanella at Nicollet and Lexington. Others marveled at a majestic Killebrew home run at the Met. Many a lucky resident celebrated two world championships in the Metrodome and witnessed one of the greatest pitching performances in World Series history. More recently, fans have enjoyed the return of sunshine and even raindrops at Target Field. Described by City Pages as "the most respected local baseball historian," Stew Thornley leads a tour of where we--as well as our grandparents and now our children--discovered baseball.

Author : Joel A. Rippel
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0873514750

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75 Memorable Moments in Minnesota Sports by Joel A. Rippel Pdf

An illustrated history of the most electrifying, influential, and noteworthy moments in the state's sports history

Author : Neal Karlen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0873519329

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Augie's Secrets by Neal Karlen Pdf

A treasury of family secrets exposes the seamy underbelly of Minneapolis--gangsters, gambling, brothels, and the social life of organized crime.

Author : Theodore Christian Blegen,Bertha Lion Heilbron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Minnesota
ISBN : UCSC:32106019470217

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Minnesota History by Theodore Christian Blegen,Bertha Lion Heilbron Pdf

Vol. 6 includes the 23d Biennial report of the Society, 1923/24, as an extra number.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : PRNC:32101079672166

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The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Annalee Newitz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393652673

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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz Pdf

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Science Friday A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers—slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers—who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia. Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past, but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities, it may also reveal something of our own fate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2044 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015046422211

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National Guide to Funding in Arts and Culture by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015084434557

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Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1826 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UIUC:30112081497460

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The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal by Anonim Pdf

Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1830 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : NYPL:33433089986891

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Publisher and Bookseller by Anonim Pdf

Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924078875212

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Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Johanneck
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Crime
ISBN : 1478236671

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Minneapolis Underworld by Elizabeth Johanneck Pdf

When a well-connected Minneapolis organized crime member asked the author of HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY and TWIN CITIES PROHIBITION to write the history of the local underworld, she simply couldn't refuse Through newspaper articles and court documents, Johanneck fleshes out the rackets and the racketeers who ran them from the mid-1800's through the 1980's. But don't expect the city's crimes to be committed by the usual suspects. Avarice knows no bounds. Minneapolis' twin city has got nothing on her.