Pittsburgh Sports - Stories From The Steel City (Paperback, New edition)

Summer afternoons at Forbes Field, playoff Sundays with the Steelers, winter nights at the Igloo cheering for Mario and the Penguins: "Pittsburgh Sports" captures all that and more. With stories from sports fans, historians, and former athletes, "Pittsburgh Sports" mixes personal experiences with team histories to capture the full range of what it means to be a sports fan--in Pittsburgh, or, by extension, anywhere.
A book that can be read cover-to-cover, or in bits and pieces, "Pittsburgh Sports" includes chapters on the ill-fated Pittsburgh Pipers, who won the American Basketball Association's first championship, then folded four years later; the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays, perennial Negro League powerhouses; Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, and other legends of western Pennsylvania high school football; boxing's illustrious past in the Iron City; football reminiscences by a former Steelers punter; and the ups and downs of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

General

Imprint:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	September 2002
Editors:	Randy Roberts
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8229-5773-7
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
LSN:	0-8229-5773-6
Barcode:	9780822957737

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