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The 100 greatest American athletes


Gitlin, Marty, author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 2018

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200 years of sport in America : a pageant of a nation at play


Twombly, Wells, author
New York : McGraw-Hill, 1976. 1976

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$40 million slaves : the rise, fall, and redemption of the Black athlete


Rhoden, William C.
New York : Crown Publishers, [2006] 2006

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African Americans in sports


Nasium, James, 1961-
Philadelphia, PA : Mason Crest Publishers, [2013] 2013

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  LJW J920 AFRICAN AMERICANS    Storage
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African Americans in sports


Mooney, Carla, 1970-
Detroit : Lucent Books, 2012. 2012

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Art Rust's Illustrated history of the Black athlete


Rust, Art, 1927-2010.
Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1985. 1985

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Biographical dictionary of American sports.



New York : Greenwood Press, [1988] 1988

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A brief history of American sports


Gorn, Elliott J., 1951-
[New York, N.Y.] : Hill and Wang, 1993. 1993

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The gospel according to ESPN : saints, saviors & sinners


Lovinger, Jay.
New York : Hyperion, [2002] 2002

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Howard Cosell : the man, the myth, and the transformation of American sports


Ribowsky, Mark.
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012] 2012

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A level playing field : African American athletes and the Republic of Sports


Early, Gerald Lyn.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. 2011

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  796.092 EA7L    Check Shelf
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The Mad Dog 100 : the greatest sports arguments of all time


Russo, Christopher.
New York : Doubleday, 2003. 2003

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The Mad Dog hall of fame : the ultimate top-ten rankings of the best in sports


Russo, Christopher.
New York : Doubleday , [2006] 2006

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Mexican Americans and sports : a reader on athletics and barrio life



College Station : Texas A and M University Press, [2007] 2007

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The most amazing sports moments of all time


Williams, Doug (Sportswriter), author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2016] 2016

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Not just a game : power, politics & American sports



[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014. 2014

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Out of the shadows : a biographical history of African American athletes



Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2006. 2006

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Pictorial history of American sports : from colonial times to the present


Durant, John, 1902-1983.
[New York] : A.S. Barnes [1965] 1965

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Pictorial history of American sports : from colonial times to the present


Durant, John, 1902-1983.
[Cranbury, New Jersey] : A. S. Barnes and Company, [1973] 1973

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Powerful moments in sports : the most significant sporting events in American history


Gitlin, Marty, author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 2017

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  796 GITLIN    Check Shelf
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Remember their sacrifice : stories of unheralded athletes of color


Khatib, Arif, 1934- author.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] 2023

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Sometimes they even shook your hand : portraits of champions who walked among us


Schulian, John, 1945-
Lincoln : University of Nebraska/Bison Books, [2011] 2011

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Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand : Portraits of Champions Who Walked Among Us.


Schulian, John, 1945-
Lincoln : UNP - Bison Original, 2011. 2011

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Sport and the shaping of Italian-American identity


Gems, Gerald R.
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013. 2013

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Sport in America : from wicked amusement to national obsession



Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [1995] 1995

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Sports


Howse, Jennifer.
New York : AV² by Weigl, ©2012. 2012

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Sports illustrated for kids year in sports 2004



New York : Scholastic, 2003. 2003

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 Granby, Main Library - Children's Room  J796.097 SPO    Check Shelf
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Sports in America.



Ipswich, MA : H. W. Wilson , a division of EBSCO Publishing, Inc., [2013] 2013

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  796.0973 SPORT    Check Shelf
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Talking to GOATs : the moments you remember and the stories you never heard


Gray, Jim, author.
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] 2020

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That's Gotta Hurt : the Injuries That Changed Sports Forever


Geier, David, Dr., author.
Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imorint of University Press of New England, [2017] 2017

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Tiger Woods's back and Tommy John's elbow : injuries and tragedies that transformed careers, sports,


Gelber, Jonathan, author.
New York : Sports Publishing, 2019. 2019

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  617.1027 GEL    Check Shelf
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Why we win : great American coaches offer their strategies for success in sports and life


Packer, Billy.
Chicago, Ill. : Masters Press, [1999] 1999

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