Books with title Sports in America! 1950 - 1959

The last decade of the 20th century brought with it the Persian Gulf War, the election of Bill Clinton, and the dawn of the Internet age for the United States. In sports, the women's national soccer team won the first soccer world championship for the country in 128 years, basketball's Dream Team dunked their way to Olympic gold, and for the first time, the World Series was canceled because of a players' strike. 1990–1999, Second Edition explores this decade of firsts, complete with vivid images, handy reference features, and engaging prose for readers interested in sports.Highlights include:The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, playing in Guangzhou, China, in 1991 scores two historic firsts when it wins gold medals in the first women's World Cup Soccer Championship and becomes the first American world champions in soccer since the game was introduced 128 years earlierThe International Olympic Committee opens men's basketball to pro players in 1992, and the USA Dream Team takes the court, featuring Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, and Michael JordanA Major League Baseball players' strike ends the season in August 1994 and erases the World Series for the first time since 1904The first Extreme Games, held in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1995 air on ESPNTiger Woods wins the prestigious Master Tournament in 1997 with a record-setting 12-stroke victory.

The first decade of the 20th century saw many firsts from the first World Series baseball game to the first Indianapolis 500 auto race. This second edition of 1900 1919 is fully revised, and for the first time, contains full-color photographs. Highlights include: The first Rose Bowl game in 1902 The first World Series in 1903 Jack Johnson becoming the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion in 1908 The first Indianapolis 500 auto race in 1911 Jim Thorpe's amazing year in 1912 Tennis champ and survivor of the 1912 Titanic sinking Richard Williams coming back to win the U.S. Tennis Championship in 1914 The launch of the National Hockey League in 1918 The 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which players on the Chicago White Sox fixed the World Series.