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| Title Statement | They changed the game: 50 stories and illustrations celebrating creativity in sports / Matthew & Ariana Broerman. |
|---|---|
| Author | Broerman, Matthew |
| Additional Contributors | Broerman, Ariana |
| Publication | Chicago, IL: Triumph Books,[2024]©2024 |
| Extent of Item | 111 pages |
| ISBN | 9781637275825 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07960972 |
| Contents | Alice Coachman : track & field --Axel Paulsen : fugure skating --Babe Ruth : baseball --Bill Bowerman : track & field --Billie Jean King : tennis --Bob Gibson : baseball --Candy Cummings : baseball --Caster Semenya : track & field --Chuck Taylor : basketball --Curt Flood : baseball --Daichi Suzuki & David Berkoff : swimming --Darryl Dawkins : basketball --Dave Volz : track & field --Dick Fosbury : track & field --Disgrace of Gijón : world football --Doug Allison : baseball --Ed Walsh : baseball --Fran Tarkenton : American football --George Mikan : basketball --Greg Pruitt : American football --Homer Jones : American football --Jackie Robinson : baseball --Johann Olav Koss : speed skating --John Devitt & Lance Larson : swimming --John Madden : American football --Kathrine Switzer : running --Kenny Sailors : baseketball --Kulsoom Abdullah : weightlifting --Lew Alcindor : basketball --Ludwig Guttmann : paralympics --Magic Johnson : basketball --Martin Brodeur : hockey --Michael Jordan : basketball --Miroslaw Graf : ski jumping --Muhammad Ali : boxing --Paul Brown : American football --R.C. Owens & Morris Stroud : American football --Ray Mancini : boxing --Robert Walter Johnson : tennis --Rodney Mullen : skateboarding --Shaquille O'Neal : basketball --Stan Mikita & Bobby Hull : hockey --Stephen Curry : basketball --Tiger Woods : golf --Tom Blake : surfing --Tom Dempsey : American football --Tommy John : baseball --Usain Bolt : track & field --Wilt Chamberlain : basketball. |
| Summary | "How did we go from peach baskets to breakaway rims? From underhand lobs to 100-mph fastballs? They Changed the Game tells 50 stories of pioneering players, obscure rules, and defining moments that shaped the games we love. Told through the artwork of dozens of talented artists from all over the world, this book is a celebration of creativity both on and off the field"-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Athletes--Biography--Juvenile literature |
| Creative ability in sports--Juvenile literature | |
| Sports--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature | |
| By Genre | Biographies |
| Personal narratives | |
