Philadelphia Phenoms (eBook)

The Most Amazing Athletes to Play in the City of Brotherly Love

Michael Baumann (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
256 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61321-737-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Its been more than fifty years since Wilt Chamberlain began excelling on a Philadelphia basketball court. After his rookie season in the NBA, he broke a slew of league records and became one of the most revered professional athletes in Philadelphia history.Yet Chamberlain is not the only star to earn the praise of the dedicated fans of Philly sports. Mike Schmidt, Bobby Clarke, Reggie White, Joe Frazier, and Charles Barkley are among other sports stars held in high regard in the City of Brotherly Love.Philadelphia Phenoms ranks and details the achievements of the top twenty athletes across the various professional sports teams in the history of Philadelphia sports. Eric Karabell focuses on the legends that helped make Philly the fantastic sports town its become by speaking to the greats themselves as well as to the writers and broadcasters who chronicled their remarkable achievements. This book is perfect for fans who plan their commitments around the schedules of the Phillies in spring, the 76ers and Flyers in winter, and the Eagles in autumn.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Michael Baumann is a South Jersey native and a contributor to Grantland. His work has been featured on ESPN.com, the Score, Baseball Prospectus, and SB Nation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.10.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Schlagworte: 1970 • America • Athletes • Bay • b-ball • books on athletes • books on bays • books on b-balls books on six • books on boston sports • books on college basketballs • books on college footballs books on bruins • books on eagles • books on franchises • books on goalkeepers • books on hockeys • books on iverson • books on leagues • books on mondragon • books on montero • books on philadelphia • books on phillies • books on phils • books on professional sports • books on pros • books on rennes • books on scorers • books on seba • books on sebastien • books on soccers • books on sounders • books on sports teams • books on stanley • books on tryouts • books on utley • boston sports • brotherly • Bruins • bullies • college basketball • College Football • donovan mcnabb • Eagles • first-ever • France • Franchise • Goalkeeper • Hockey • Iverson • league • Midfield • Mondragon • Montero • offseason • on-field • packers • peter nowak • Philadelphia • phillies • phils • Pro • professional sports • Rennes • richie ashburn • scored • scorer • Seba • Sebastien • sixers • Soccer • sounders • sports teams • Stanley • tryout • utley
• ISBN-10: 1-61321-737-4 / 1613217374
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61321-737-5 / 9781613217375