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Spanning 125 years of feats and follies, this groundbreaking sports bible has it all: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Colorful profiles of famous and infamous players and teams in virtually every sport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Crowd-pleasing trivia featuring obscure facts and figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Stats of wins and losses, fumbles and scores, games and rankings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Insider views of venues and stadiums, sports writers and announcers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Thrilling tales of edge-of-your-seat wins, of records set and championships lost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Vivid replays of memorable moments for players and teams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Star Tribune sports reporter Joel Rippel offers the comprehensive history of men's and women's sports from high school and amateur to pro. The North Star State's big four--football, baseball, basketball, and hockey--are packed here with just about every sport championed by Minnesota's own, including golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, soccer, tennis, gymnastics, figure skating, dogsledding, curling, luging, snowmobiling, running, bike racing, auto racing, horse racing, hunting, fishing, swimming, water skiing, volleyball, cheerleading, and more.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50365296902417,"sku":"CIN0873515587G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50370953380113,"sku":"CIN0873515587A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51329272545553,"sku":"CIN0873515587VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53081809649937,"sku":"NIN9780873515580","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0873515587.jpg?v=1751170999"},{"product_id":"75-memorable-moments-in-minnesota-sports-book-joel-a-rippel-9780873514750","title":"75 Memorable Moments in Minnesota Sports","description":"The Twins' 1987 and 1991 World Series victories. Dan Patch's world-record 1:55 mile. The first state high school hockey tournament. Bronko Nagurski's All-American days at the U. George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers. Bobby Jones winning the U.S. Open at Interlachen. The University of Minnesota's first women's varsity basketball game (earlier than you think--February 24, 1900). Minnesota is home to a rich and memorable sports history. And sports journalist Joel A. Rippel offers a chance to relive some of those classic and unforgettable events in this exciting collection of sports stories.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Beginning with the first baseball game recorded in Minnesota--before the territory became a state--Rippel leads sports fans on a tour of 150 years of Minnesota sports highlights. Inside are stories that are sure to spark the memories and imagination of young and old alike--the Gopher baseball team winning the College World Series in 1956, the Flying Dutchmen of Edgerton (a town with a population of less than one thousand) winning the state high school basketball tournament in 1960, the U.S. Olympic hockey team's gold medal victory in 1980 with twelve Minnesotans on its twenty-man roster. The stories are peopled with familiar characters and famous teams: Pudge Heffelfinger, the Duluth Eskimos, the Minneapolis Millers and the St. Paul Saints, Patty Berg, Roy Campanella, Rod Carew, Calvin Griffith, Herb Brooks, Bud Grant, and Kevin Garnett.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rippel surveys a wide range of sports history, covering professional, college, and high school sports, from basketball, ice hockey, and football to boxing, golf, soccer, and horse racing. 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Legendary players like Bruce Smith and Bronko Nagurski helped the Gophers dominate Minnesota sports for the first sixty years of the twentieth century. This book provides a look at some of the most memorable players, coaches, and games of the last seventy-five years. From the Golden Era of 1934–41, which included five national titles, Sonny Franck and Bill Daley recall their most memorable games. The Gophers won another national title and went to two Rose Bowls in the early ’60s under coach Murray Warmath and quarterback Sandy Stephens, who became the first black quarterback to earn All-America honors at a major college. Warmath remembers the second Rose Bowl as his most memorable game. 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