Kansas City vs. Oakland

The Bitter Sports Rivalry That Defined an Era

Matthew C. Ehrlich (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2019
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04265-2 (ISBN)

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A driving ambition linked Oakland and Kansas City in the 1960s. Each city sought the national attention and civic glory that came with being home to professional sports teams. Their successful campaigns to lure pro franchises ignited mutual rivalries in football and baseball that thrilled hometown fans. But even Super Bowl victories and World Series triumphs proved to be no defense against urban problems in the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s. Matthew C. Ehrlich tells the fascinating history of these iconic sports towns. From early American Football League battles to Oakland's deft poaching of baseball's Kansas City Athletics, the cities emerged as fierce opponents from Day One. Ehrlich weaves a saga of athletic stars and folk heroes like Len Dawson, Al Davis, George Brett, and Reggie Jackson with a chronicle of two cities forced to confront the wrenching racial turmoil, labor conflict, and economic crises that arise when soaring aspirations collide with harsh realities.Colorful and thought-provoking, Kansas City vs. Oakland breaks down who won and who lost when big-time sports came to town.

Matthew C. Ehrlich is a professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include Heroes and Scoundrels: The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture and Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in the Public Interest.

CoverContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Striving for the Big Leagues2. Chiefs vs. Raiders, Part I3. A’s vs. Royals, Part I4. Chiefs vs. Raiders, Part II5. A’s vs. Royals, Part II6. “Triumph and Tragedy”ConclusionNotesIndexBack cover

Erscheinungsdatum	05.08.2019
Reihe/Serie	Sport and Society
Zusatzinfo	16 black & white photographs, 2 maps
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-252-04265-4 / 0252042654
ISBN-13	978-0-252-04265-2 / 9780252042652
Zustand	Neuware