The Story Of The Washington Redskins

Author : Larry Mack
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 1681032732
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Washington Redskins Story written by Larry Mack and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not shy of media attention, the Washington Redskins were the first to televise all of their games across the Southern United States. Previously, the Redskins broadcasted their games on the radio. Even though fans can watch or listen at home, the Redskins have been selling out game tickets since 1968! Tune in and discover the Washington RedskinsÕ traditions and history in this book for reluctant readers.

Author : Thomas Smith
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807000825
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Showdown written by Thomas Smith and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic NFL/civil rights story—the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House In Showdown, sports historian Thomas G. Smith captures a striking moment, one that held sweeping implications not only for one team’s racist policy but also for a sharply segregated city and for the nation as a whole. Part sports history, part civil rights story, this compelling and untold narrative serves as a powerful lens onto racism in sport, illustrating how, in microcosm, the fight to desegregate the Redskins was part of a wider struggle against racial injustice in America.

Author : Sara Gilbert
Publisher : NFL Today (Creative)
ISBN 13 : 9781608183234
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Washington Redskins written by Sara Gilbert and published by NFL Today (Creative). This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The history of the National Football League's Washington Redskins, surveying the franchise's biggest stars and most memorable moments from its inaugural season in 1932 to today"--Provided by publisher.

Author : C. Richard King
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080328845X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redskins written by C. Richard King and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Washington Redskins franchise remains one of the most valuable in professional sports, in part because of its easily recognizable, popular, and profitable brand. And yet “redskins” is a derogatory name for American Indians. The number of grassroots campaigns to change the name has risen in recent years despite the current team owner’s assertion that the team will never do so. Franchise owners counter criticism by arguing that the team name is positive and a term of respect and honor that many American Indians embrace. The NFL, for its part, actively defends the name and supports it in court. Prominent journalists, politicians, and former players have publicly spoken out against the use of “Redskins” as the name of the team. Sportscaster Bob Costas denounced the name as a racial slur during a halftime show in 2013. U.S. Representative Betty McCollum marched outside the stadium with other protesters––among them former Minnesota Vikings player Joey Browner––urging that the name be changed. Redskins: Insult and Brand examines how the ongoing struggle over the team name raises important questions about how white Americans perceive American Indians, about the cultural power of consumer brands, and about continuing obstacles to inclusion and equality. C. Richard King examines the history of the team’s name, the evolution of the term “redskin,” and the various ways in which people both support and oppose its use today. King’s hard-hitting approach to the team’s logo and mascot exposes the disturbing history of a moniker’s association with the NFL—a multibillion-dollar entity that accepts public funds—as well as popular attitudes toward Native Americans today.

Author : Richard Whittingham
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780671660369
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Washington Redskins written by Richard Whittingham and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1990 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two hundred photographs embellish a narrative history of the Washington Redskins, following the NFL team, its great moments, and its legendary players from its inception to the present

Author : Adam Lazarus
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006237575X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hail to the Redskins written by Adam Lazarus and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, the definitive account of the Washington Football Team's championship decade. A must-read for any fan, Hail to the Redskins is full of interviews with key inside sources to vividly re-create the plays, the players, the fans, and the opponents that shaped this unforgettable football dynasty. Based on more than ninety original interviews, here is the rollicking chronicle of the famed Washington Football Teams of the Joe Gibbs years—one of the most remarkable and unique runs in NFL history. From 1981 to 1992, Gibbs coached the franchise to three Super Bowl victories, making the team the toast of the nation’s capital, from the political elite to the inner city, and helping to define one of the sport’s legendary eras. Veteran sportswriter Adam Lazarus masterfully charts the Washington Football Team's rise from mediocrity (the franchise had never won a Super Bowl and Gibbs’s first year as head coach started with a five-game losing streak that almost cost him his job) to its stretch of four championship games in ten years. What makes their sustained success all the more remarkable, in retrospect, is that unlike the storied championship wins of Joe Montana’s 49ers and Tom Brady’s Patriots, the Washington Football Team's Super Bowl victories each featured a different starting quarterback: Joe Theismann in 1983, the franchise’s surprising first championship run; Doug Williams in 1988, a win full of meaning for a majority African American city during a tumultuous era; and Mark Rypien in 1992, capping one of the greatest seasons of all time, one that stands as Gibbs’s masterpiece. Hail to the Redskins features an epic roster of saints and sinners: hard-drinking fullback John Riggins; the dominant, blue-collar offensive linemen known as “the Hogs,” who became a cultural phenomenon; quarterbacks Williams, the first African American QB to win a Super Bowl, and Theisman, a model-handsome pitchman whose leg was brutally broken by Lawrence Taylor on Monday Night Football; gregarious defensive end Dexter Manley, who would be banned from the league for cocaine abuse; and others including the legendary speedster Darrell Green, record-breaking receiver Art Monk, rags-to-riches QB Rypien, expert general managers and talent evaluators Bobby Beathard and Charley Casserly, aristocratic owner Jack Kent Cooke, and, of course, Gibbs himself, a devout Christian who was also a ruthless competitor and one of the sport’s most adaptable and creative coaching minds.

Author : Andrew O'Toole
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080329946X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fight for Old DC written by Andrew O'Toole and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1932 laundry-store tycoon George Preston Marshall became part owner of the Boston Braves franchise in the National Football League. To separate his franchise from the baseball team, he renamed it the Redskins in 1933 and then in 1937 moved his team to Washington DC, where the team won two NFL championships over the next decade. But it was off the field that Marshall made his lasting impact. An innovator, he achieved many "firsts" in professional football. His team was the first to telecast all its games, have its own fight song and a halftime show, and assemble its own marching band and cheerleading squad. He viewed football as an entertainment business and accordingly made changes to increase scoring and improve the fan experience. But along with innovation, there was controversy. Marshall was a proud son of the South, and as the fifties came to a close, his team remained the only franchise in the three major league sports to not have a single black player. Marshall came under pressure from Congress and the NFL and its president, Pete Rozelle, as league expansion and new television contract possibilities forced the issue on the reluctant owner. Outside forces finally pushed Marshall to trade for Bobby Mitchell, the team's first black player, in 1962. With the story of Marshall's holdout as the backdrop, Fight for Old DC chronicles these pivotal years when the NFL began its ascent to the top of the nation's sporting interest.

Author : Jim Gigliotti
Publisher : Bigfoot Books
ISBN 13 : 9781645192497
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Washington Redskins written by Jim Gigliotti and published by Bigfoot Books. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go Redskins! Through narrative nonfiction, timelines, and Fun Facts, readers will engage with the history and superstars of the Washington Redskins like never before.

Author : Bo Smolka
Publisher : SportsZone
ISBN 13 : 9781680782370
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Washington Redskins written by Bo Smolka and published by SportsZone. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the history of the Washington Redskins football team, highlighting popular players, influential coaches, and more.

Author : James J. Haggerty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Hail to the Redskins;" the Story of the Washington Redskins written by James J. Haggerty and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: