Professional Sports
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Introduction...................................................................................................................1 The Postwar Boom...............................................................................................2 America's Obsession.............................................................................................3 Chapter 1: The Rise of Professional Sports in America............................................6 The Rise of Professional Sports in the Twentieth Century ...................................6 Baseball in American History .............................................................................19 Radio, Television, and the Internet ...............................................................22 . The National Pastime .....................................................................................26 Pro Football and the Rise of Sports Television..................................................28 The Success of Monday Night Football........................................................34 In Quest of... [continues]
Online Information For the online version of BookRags' Professional Sports (Pop Culture) Research Topic Guide, including complete copyright information, please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/issues/professional−sports/ Copyright Information
©2000−2005 BookRags, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
This BookRags Research Topic Guide is offprint from Gale's Examining Pop Culture series. ©2003; by Greenhaven Press. Greenhaven Press is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Greenhaven Press® and Thomson Learning are trademarks used herein under license. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher.
Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................1 The Postwar Boom...............................................................................................2 America's Obsession.............................................................................................3 Chapter 1: The Rise of Professional Sports in America............................................6 The Rise of Professional Sports in the Twentieth Century ...................................6 Baseball in American History .............................................................................19 Radio, Television, and the Internet ...............................................................22 . The National Pastime .....................................................................................26 Pro Football and the Rise of Sports Television..................................................28 The Success of Monday Night Football........................................................34 In Quest of... [continues]
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