{"product_id":"sports-on-film-johnny-d-boggs-9798765130919","title":"Sports on Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSports on Film\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers behind the scenes of how movies get made and puts them in the stands for some of the key moments in sports in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSports on Film\u003c\/i\u003e documents key events in American sports history through the films that depict them, starting with the integration of major-league baseball when Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Other significant events and personalities examined include the college basketball point-shaving incident of the 1950s; journalist George Plimpton's attempt to go through the Detroit Lions' NFL training camp in the early 1960s; the originations and popularity of rodeo; the brief run of women's professional baseball during World War II; the underdog racehorse Seabiscuit during the Great Depression; the rise of African American boxer Muhammad Ali; the unique 1970s \"Battle of the Sexes\" tennis event between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King; and Ford Motor Company's run in the 1960s to take motorsports to Europe's premier event in Le Mans, France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johnny D. Boggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765130919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d","brand":"Johnny D. Boggs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46217167831295,"sku":"9798765130919","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ad98f98-3324-473a-b9d9-4dbf53020288.jpg?v=1728514462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sports-on-film-johnny-d-boggs-9798765130919","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}