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Index Note: Page numbers in bold type indicate illustrations Aaron, Hank (Henry) 346, 347, 348, Bridgestone Invitational (Firestone Allen, Lucius 250 349, 417-19 2010) 357 Allen, Paul 276 ABA (American Basketball Association) Akron Flyers 146 Allison, Bobby 299 292 Alabama 55, 195, 196, 197, 200, 202, 229 Allison, Davey 299 ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Birmingham Black Barons 194 Alps 228, 317 226-9, 307, 316-17, 320, 324, 379 Mobile 192 Alva, Tony 443 Monday Night Football 231, 232, Montgomery 210, 331 Alzado, Lyle 414 233, 234 Talladega 300 Amateur Athletic Union 59, 67, 68, Nightline 352 see also Auburn University; University 132, 323 Wide World of Sports 228, 233 of Alabama Sullivan Award 412 see also Arledge; Cosell; Jennings; Alamar, Roberto 342 Ameche, Alan 217, 218 Koppel; McKay; Michaels Alcindor, Lew (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) America (yacht) 22 Abdul-Jabbar see Alcindor 250, 251, 252, 253, 292, 339, 351 America’s Cup 22 ABL (American Basketball League) Alexander, Charles 97, 102, 109 American Association (baseball) 47-50, 147, 291 Alexander, Grover Cleveland 116 96, 104 Abrosimova, Svetlana 374 Alexeev, Vasily 411 American Association of University Acapulco 228 Alger, Horatio 407 Professors 167 Adams, Bud 226 Ali, Muhammad 333-5, 336, 337, 346, American Lawn Tennis (magazine) 206 Adelman, Melvin L. 20 403, 404, 407 American League (baseball) 101, 104, Adidas 395 All-American Football Conference 205, 106, 108, 113, 115, 161, 193, Afghanistan 308, 323 223-4, 273 278, 281 AFL (American Football League) 225-6, All-American Girls Professional All-Star roster 204, 205, 341 229, 288-9 Baseball League 134, 135, 160 see also Johnson (Ban) merger of NFL and 289-90 All-Americans 66, 67, 78, 81, 83, 84, 132, American Medical Association 404 African-American history 3 142, 146, 168, 170, 173, 201, 212, American Professional Football Agassi, Andre 429 250, 294, 374, 391, 422, 423, 441 Association 69, 146 aggressive games 123 COPYRIGHTEDsee also Columbia University; MATERIALAmerican Tennis Association 206 see also extreme sports Duquesne University; Georgia American Tobacco Company 314 Agnew, Spiro 306 Tech; Long Island University; Ohio Amherst College (MA) 75 Ahe, Christian von der 49 State University; Purdue Universi- Anderson, Greg 417 AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate ty; UConn; University of Alabama; Andropov, Yuri 324 Athletics for Women) 367-9, 392 University of Maryland; University animal baiting 9, 13 Akers, Dwight 17 of Michigan; University of Minne- dogs 14 Akers, Michelle 382, 384 sota; University of Missouri rats 25 Akron 295 Allen, Forrest “Phog” 147, 180-1, 182 Anson, Adrian “Cap” 45-6, 49 Sports in American Life: A History, Third Edition. 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Index 463 anti-Catholic sentiment 97, 172 spread of baseball up and down the Barrow, Ed 116 anti-prizefi ghting issues coast 29 Barzun, Jacques 34, 460 groups 188 Atlas, Charles 394-5 baseball 1, 33-52, 59, 62, 63, 66, 77, 85, laws 54, 57 Attell, Abe 110 95-119, 205, 274, 303, 456, 459 anti-Semitism 157, 314 Attles, Al 351 American embrace of 78, 436 AOC (American Olympic Committee) Auburn University (AL) 248 annual budgets 2 67, 312 Auerbach, Arnold “Red” 291, 413 arrival of top-notch players from Aparicio, Luis 342 Auriemma, Geno 372-3, 374, 375, 376 Japan 343 APFA (American Professional Football Aurora (yacht) 21 betting on 396, 397, 399, 400, 401, 452 Association) 69, 146 Austin, Brad 137 black communities/representation Appalachian region 13-14, 446 Austin, Tracy 429 in 185-6, 193, 346, 350-3 Argentina 329 Australia 57, 186, 312 college 75, 182, 234 see also Buenos Aires; Firpo; Ginobli internet sports books 398 competitive team sports programs Arizona 196, 245 see also Court; Smith (Stan); Sydney in 71-2 Tucson Open (1969) 433 Australian football 234 creation of 27-30 Winston Cup races 301 Austria see Innsbruck desegregation of 332 see also McCain; Phoenix Autry, Gene 281 drug use in 418 Arizona Cardinals 147 Auxter, David 367 explosion in salaries 287 Arizona State University 82, 345, 416 Avilov, Nikolai 326 fantasy leagues 451 Wildcats of 86 healthy respect for its traditions 348 see also University of Arizona Baader, Andreas 321 Hispanics in 342, 344 Arkansas 152, 220, 247, 459 badminton 5, 9, 123 history of 4 Fort Smith 117 Baer, Max 219 institution known for quality of its Little Rock Central High School 331 Baker, Buck 300 teams 172 Arkansas Razorbacks 345 Baker, Dusty 344 international appeal of 343 Arledge, Roone 227-9, 231, 316, 317, 426 Baker, John “Home Run” 39 labor disputes 284-7 Armstrong, Lance 436-41, 445 Baker, Newton 107 long slump in 151-7 Army-Navy game (1893) 82 BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory loss of talent by Negro leagues 212 Army Relief Fund 199 Company) 417 minor-league 67 Art Institute of Florida 360 Baltimore 14, 23, 30, 48, 105, 106, 191, most lucrative contract in history Arum, Bob 409 220, 229, 274, 276, 279, 306 of 416 Ashe, Arthur 208-9, 343, 346, 359, 362 see also Gans national rankings of high school Asian working conditions 346 Baltimore Afro-American 194, 200 teams 425 Associated Press 211, 424 Baltimore Black Sox 193 number of franchises in US 277 Coach of the Year award 249 Baltimore Colts 217, 218, 230, 275 one of the most complete players Female Athlete of the Year (1957) 207 Baltimore Orioles 47, 96-7, 103, 281 279 Athens Olympics (2004) 328 Camden Yards/Oriole Park 277, opportunities to learn specifi c skills Atlanta 144, 210, 220, 248, 282 278, 282 required of 351 Olympics (1996) 328, 385-6 see also Palmeiro origins of 70 see also Emory University Baltimore Ravens 275, 277, 291 outspoken opponent of the integra- Atlanta Braves 277, 281, 282, 285, see also Rice (R.) tion of 203 344, 347 Banks, Ernie 205 popularity of 75, 95, 343 Atlanta Constitution 210 Banks, Sonny 333 racially integrated 193 Atlanta Falcons/Hawks/Thrashers 277 Barber, Walter “Red” 155, 219 salaries 291 Atlantic City 392, 454 Barbie 384 special role played in national cul- Bacharach Giants 193 Barbour, Sandy 370 ture by 460 Atlantic Coast Conference 211, 262, Barcelona Olympics (1992) 294, 327 spring 70 263, 345, 458 Barkley, Charles 327 statewide championships in 422 Atlantic Monthly 63 Barmore, Leon 374 symbolic patriotic exercises prior to Atlantic Ocean 9, 11, 62, 161, 392 Barnett, Ross 211 start of games 2 Middle Passage across 350 Barnstable, Dale 182-3 taxpayer dollars in 276 464 Index baseball (Continued) revolutionary new form of shoe 396 Berg, Patty 386 televised 136, 219-20, 236, 384, 418 salaries 255-6 Berkeley see under University of trend that saw black youth gravitate states that formed a strong bond California away from 345 with 72 Berlin Olympics (1936) 194, 195, 196, upsurge of interest among urban statewide championships in 422 218, 310 African Americans 191 televised 74, 236, 254, 260, 261, 373, Brundage’s opposition to American war years 160-1 384, 422 boycott 314 women in 130, 132, 133, 134, 136, 388 trend that saw black youth gravitate heavy-handed German propaganda year-round instructional programs toward 345-6 320 428, 429 US losses in Olympics (1972/1988) 327 see also Owens; West Berlin youth 302, 425-6, 428, 429, 442 women/girls in 121, 122, 124-6, Berry, Raymond 217 see also American Association; 130-3, 135, 136, 315, 366-7, 371-4, Bias, Len 413 Brotherhood of Professional 375, 376-7, 385-6 Bibby, Henry 250 Base Ball Players; Little League year-round instructional programs Bible, Dana X. 171 Baseball; major-league baseball; 428, 429 bicycle activity 123-4, 125, 445 National Association of Base youth competitive programs 425 off -road 236 Ball Players; National Baseball see also ABA; ABL; college basketball; racing 1, 20, 186, 228, 234, 410 Hall of Fame; National League; Elite Eight; Harlem Globetrotters; see also Armstrong; Coors Organized Baseball; professional International Basketball International; Fignon; Hinault; baseball; World Series Federation; National Association International Cycling Union; Baseball Commissioners 204, 349, 399, of Basketball Coaches; NBA; Junior World Championship; 400, 401, 418, 452 professional basketball Landis (F.); LeMond; Simpson; Basic Agreement 49, 284, 286 Basketball Association of America 206 Tour de France; Tour du Pont; basketball 1, 208, 211-14, 350, 456 Bauman, Charlie 247 Virenque; World Professional attractiveness to corrupt gamblers Baylor, Don 344 Road Race 182 Baylor, Elgin 351 Bicycle Classic World Professional betting on 182, 396, 397, 399 Baylor University (TX) 377 Road Race 436 big-time 164 Bears of 86 Big East Conference 262, 263, 345, black head coaches commonplace 345 BCS (Bowl Championship Series) 262, 372-4, 375 competitive team sports programs 263, 264, 458 Big Ten Conference 163, 177, 196, 211, in 71-2 Beach, Rex 188 241, 245, 246, 247, 255, 261-3, 266, fantasy 451 Beamon, Bob 318 269-70, 458 greatest player of the last decade 352 Beard, Ralph 182-3 Big-12 Conference 262, 458 heavy representation by outstanding Bears see Baylor University; Chicago billiards 7, 25, 58, 59 black athletes 353 Bears Bird, Larry 260, 292, 294, 327, 413 high school 250, 373, 425, 459 Beasley, DaMarcus 303 Bird, Sue 374 inner-city 4, 5 Beaver Stadium (Penn State) 266, 267, Bissinger, H. G. “Buzz” 424-5 inventor/father of 71, 180 269 Black Coaches Association 344 investors in 140 Beckham, David 303 Black Knights (Army West Point) 183 major-league franchises 277 Bednarik, Chuck 225 Black Muslims 334, 335, 336 most attractive program for prized Bee, Clair 179, 181, 183 Black Panthers 338 recruits 253 Beecher,