Gridiron Gauntlet
Title | Gridiron Gauntlet PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Piascik |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publications |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 2011-09-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1589796527 |
On Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972, British paratroopers killed thirteen innocent men in Derry. It was one of the most controversial events in the history of the Northern Ireland conflict and also one of the most mediated. The horror was recorded in newspapers and photographs, on TV news and current affairs, and in film and TV drama. In a cross media analysis that spans a period of almost forty years up to the publication of the Saville Report in 2010, "The British Media and Bloody Sunday" identifies two countervailing impulses in media coverage of Bloody Sunday and its legacy: an urge in the press to rescue the image and reputation of the British Army versus a troubled conscience in TV current affairs and drama about what was done in Britain's name. In so doing, it suggests a much more complex set of representations than a straightforward propaganda analysis might allow for, one that says less about the conflict in Ireland than it does about Britain, with its loss of empire and its crisis of national identity.
The 1951 Los Angeles Rams
Title | The 1951 Los Angeles Rams PDF eBook |
Author | George Bozeka |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 381 |
Release | 2022-04-25 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476678421 |
The 1951 Los Angeles Rams were one of the greatest teams in professional football history. Led by pioneer owner Daniel Reeves, head coach Joe Stydahar, and future Hall of Famers Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin, Elroy Hirsch, Tom Fears, and Andy Robustelli, the team won the NFL championship of that season. In doing this, they defeated the defending champion Cleveland Browns in a fantastic rematch of the 1950 title game. The Rams were the first team in a major professional sports league to relocate to the West Coast, forever changing the face of the NFL and professional sports in America. Fueled by an exciting and accomplished lineup of veteran star players and impactful rookies, the product of the Rams' innovative scouting system and their reintegration of the NFL in 1946, the Rams successfully married the NFL to the glamorous world of Hollywood. Delve into the story of the '51 Rams, the NFL's First West Coast Champions.
Pro Football in the 1960s
Title | Pro Football in the 1960s PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Gallivan |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 250 |
Release | 2020-06-08 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476678316 |
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.
Library Journal
Title | Library Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 516 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Libraries |
ISBN |
Red gauntlet
Title | Red gauntlet PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Scott |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 490 |
Release | 1885 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
American Chamber of Commerce Journal
Title | American Chamber of Commerce Journal PDF eBook |
Author | American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 901 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Philippines |
ISBN |
The Loneliness of Children
Title | The Loneliness of Children PDF eBook |
Author | John Killinger |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780814908303 |