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6. THE ODD COUPLE: ALTHEA GIBSON AND ALICE MARBLE, FOREST HILLS, 1950
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. THE MAKING OF A NON- ICONIC SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH: JOHN HEMMENT’S SALVATOR V. TENNY 8
- 2. THE SLIDE: T Y COBB STEALS THIRD 18
- 3. THE LONG COUNT: DEMPSEY AND TUNNEY 28
- 4. “SOME ARE EASY AND SOME ARE TOUGH— THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT”: NICKOLAS MURAY’S PORTRAIT OF BABE RUTH 36
- 5. WOMAN IN WHITE WITH AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM: HELENE MAYER, 1936 46
- 6. THE ODD COUPLE: ALTHEA GIBSON AND ALICE MARBLE, FOREST HILLS, 1950 54
- 7. WILLIE MAYS AND THE CATCH HEARD ’ROUND THE WORLD 64
- 8. JACKIE ROBINSON: SAFE AT HOME 74
- 9. ALAN AMECHE FROM THE ONE: THE 1958 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 84
- 10. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: ALI -LISTON II 94
- 11. WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE: KATHRINE SWITZER, JOCK SEMPLE, AND THE BOSTON MARATHON 104
- 12. PERCHED VALOR: THE BLACK POWER PHOTOGRAPH THAT EXPOSED INJUSTICE AND TRANSFORMED GENERATIONS 114
- 13. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING BROADWAY JOE: JOE NAMATH IN FORT LAUDERDALE, 1969 126
- 14. SECRETARIAT AT THE BELMONT 136
- 15. “HENDERSON HAS SCORED FOR CANADA”: PHOTOGRAPHING CANADIAN NATIONALISM 148
- 16. U.S. VS. THEM: AMERICAN NATIONALISM AND SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’S FAMOUS COVER IMAGE OF THE MIRACLE ON ICE 162
- 17. TIME STAMPING CENTRE COURT: BORG AT WIMBLEDON 174
- 18. THE ART OF FERNANDO VALENZUELA: BASEBALL AND CHICANX CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA 184
- 19. MICHAEL JORDAN AT THE 1988 SLAM DUNK CONTEST: THE NBA AND NIKE TAKE FLIGHT IN THE NEW GILDED AGE 194
- 20. SOVEREIGN CELEBRATION: CATHY FREEMAN, 1994 206
- 21. MOMENT OF VICTORY: BRANDI CHASTAIN AND THE 1999 WORLD CUP 218
- 22. PLAY BALL: MO’NE DAVIS AND THE VISUALIZATION OF ATHLETIC GIRLHOOD IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 230
- 23. TO DREAM AGAIN: THE FOUNDING OF NIFA AND THE FIRST WORLD INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONS 242
- 24 KAEPERNICK’S CLICHÉ 256
- 25. THE HUG: F INDING A COMMUNITY’S FUTURE ON THE PITCH 266
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 277
- CONTRIBUTORS 279
- PHOTO CREDITS 285
- INDEX 287
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. THE MAKING OF A NON- ICONIC SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH: JOHN HEMMENT’S SALVATOR V. TENNY 8
- 2. THE SLIDE: T Y COBB STEALS THIRD 18
- 3. THE LONG COUNT: DEMPSEY AND TUNNEY 28
- 4. “SOME ARE EASY AND SOME ARE TOUGH— THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT”: NICKOLAS MURAY’S PORTRAIT OF BABE RUTH 36
- 5. WOMAN IN WHITE WITH AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM: HELENE MAYER, 1936 46
- 6. THE ODD COUPLE: ALTHEA GIBSON AND ALICE MARBLE, FOREST HILLS, 1950 54
- 7. WILLIE MAYS AND THE CATCH HEARD ’ROUND THE WORLD 64
- 8. JACKIE ROBINSON: SAFE AT HOME 74
- 9. ALAN AMECHE FROM THE ONE: THE 1958 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 84
- 10. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: ALI -LISTON II 94
- 11. WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE: KATHRINE SWITZER, JOCK SEMPLE, AND THE BOSTON MARATHON 104
- 12. PERCHED VALOR: THE BLACK POWER PHOTOGRAPH THAT EXPOSED INJUSTICE AND TRANSFORMED GENERATIONS 114
- 13. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING BROADWAY JOE: JOE NAMATH IN FORT LAUDERDALE, 1969 126
- 14. SECRETARIAT AT THE BELMONT 136
- 15. “HENDERSON HAS SCORED FOR CANADA”: PHOTOGRAPHING CANADIAN NATIONALISM 148
- 16. U.S. VS. THEM: AMERICAN NATIONALISM AND SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’S FAMOUS COVER IMAGE OF THE MIRACLE ON ICE 162
- 17. TIME STAMPING CENTRE COURT: BORG AT WIMBLEDON 174
- 18. THE ART OF FERNANDO VALENZUELA: BASEBALL AND CHICANX CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA 184
- 19. MICHAEL JORDAN AT THE 1988 SLAM DUNK CONTEST: THE NBA AND NIKE TAKE FLIGHT IN THE NEW GILDED AGE 194
- 20. SOVEREIGN CELEBRATION: CATHY FREEMAN, 1994 206
- 21. MOMENT OF VICTORY: BRANDI CHASTAIN AND THE 1999 WORLD CUP 218
- 22. PLAY BALL: MO’NE DAVIS AND THE VISUALIZATION OF ATHLETIC GIRLHOOD IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 230
- 23. TO DREAM AGAIN: THE FOUNDING OF NIFA AND THE FIRST WORLD INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONS 242
- 24 KAEPERNICK’S CLICHÉ 256
- 25. THE HUG: F INDING A COMMUNITY’S FUTURE ON THE PITCH 266
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 277
- CONTRIBUTORS 279
- PHOTO CREDITS 285
- INDEX 287
