Hidden Histories & Hidden Gems
The books he didn't know he needed.
Haunted histories, true crime, secret stories, and surprising reads from coast to coast. The perfect gift for the dad who thinks he knows everything — until he opens this.</p>
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Marc Bona
Hidden History of Cleveland Sports
9781467146128
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Explore the hidden gems of Cleveland sports
Cleveland sports history goes well beyond The Shot, The Fumble, The Drive and so many other ignoble moments. Many of the city's most illustrious sports tales are long-forgotten chapters of tribulations and tragedy, of fleeting fame and enduring milestones. There are forgotten firsts, such as football's first pass and the invention of baseball's slider having ties to Cleveland. There are overshadowed tragedies like a fatal crash involving an Indians pitcher occurring the same year two of the team's hurlers were killed in a high-profile boating accident. And then there are the near misses--like George Steinbrenner coming within seconds of owning the Indians and a famous musician who almost became a Cleveland Brown.
From basketball to boxing, hockey to Heisman, journalist Marc Bona chronicles more than a century of unremembered tales.
David Caraviello
Hidden History of Gamecocks Football
9781467143318
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Since the earliest days of football, the Gamecocks have helped make the sport a favorite in the Palmetto State. In the early 1900s, the team joined many other schools banning college football because of the injuries and deaths nationwide. Martha Williams Brice donated $2.75 million from her estate to help bring about an aggressive and overdue expansion. After executing one dazzling play after another and surviving three down-to-the-wire games in ACC play, the Gamecocks won their first and only conference championship in 1969. Author David Caraviello offers a behind-the-scenes look at Gamecock football history.
Joel Rippel
Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports
9781467153188
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%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.
Will Vandervort
Hidden History of Clemson Football
9781467143493
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From its auspicious start in 1896 to being on top of the college football world under Dabo Swinney, Clemson Football is one of the more colorful programs in all of college football. Learn how the program got its start in 1896 with a donation of land. Discover the beginning of the IPTAY program. Find out the origin of the Tiger paw and the tradition of the Clemson two-dollar bill. And, of course, get the backstage look at the “good ol’ fashioned hate” that makes the Clemson-Carolina rivalry such a passionate one. Author Will Vandervort provides a behind-the-scenes look at Clemson Football’s small beginnings to its current elite status as a three-time national champion and college football power under Swinney.
