
Great Book of Washington DC Sports Lists.
Title:
Great Book of Washington DC Sports Lists.
Author:
Shapiro, Len.
ISBN:
9780786741700
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (363 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Introduction -- In the Beginning -- Why We Loved RFK Stadium -- Why We Hated RFK Stadium -- Games for the Ages -- Top 10 Redskins Gut-Punching Losses -- Top 10 Redskins Ass Whoopings -- Great Nicknames in Washington Sports -- The Top 10 Fashion Statements -- Best and Worst Hair -- My Top 10 Red Heads :: Dave Feldman -- Ten Reasons to Hate the Dallas Cowboys -- Over-the-Hill Redskins I Loved to Hate :: Calvin Hill -- The Top 10 Reasons the Cowboys Hate the Redskins :: Ed Werder -- A Fish Out of Water-the 10 Toughest Things about Covering the Cowboys as a Redskins Fan :: Kevin Blackistone -- The Top 11 "Cowskin" Stories -- The Top 10 Caps Trades :: Al Koken -- The 10 Greatest Washington Capitals :: William Gildea -- The Top 10 D.C. Area Boxers :: Thom Loverro -- The Top 10 Washington Fighters :: William Gildea -- My Top 10 Locker Room Guys :: Rick "Doc" Walker -- Class Acts -- Shame, Shame, Shame -- Dan Snyder's Top 10 Blunders -- Steve Spurrier's Top 10 Quotes as Redskins Coach -- All-Time Classic Quotes -- Reasons to Play for Your Hometown Redskins :: Ryan Kuehl -- Best-Ever Area High School Football Players :: John Ricca -- Remember the Titans, Sort Of :: Herman Boone -- The Top 10 University of Maryland Football Players Since 1972 -- My All-Time Maryland Football Guys :: Jimmy Roberts -- Top 10 University of Maryland Basketball Players -- My 10 Favorite Maryland Basketball Players :: Scott Van Pelt -- Gary Williams' Greatest Giant Killings -- Top 14 Maryland Basketball Disappointments -- My Top 10 Favorite All-Time University of Maryland Athletes :: Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. -- Ten Reasons to Love Baltimore -- Ten Reasons to Hate Baltimore -- Top 10 Congressional Athletes :: Lee Cowen -- Hail to the Chief: Presidential Jocks -- Hooping It Up In Congress :: Tom McMillen and Tom Downey -- Power Couples, Past and Present.
It Takes Two -- Odd Couples -- Mondo Bizarro -- The Top 10 D.C. Jewish Jocks -- The Top Five D.C. Pro Wrestling Pay-Per-View Events :: Al Galdi -- Redskins Best-Ever Draft: 1981 -- Worst Redskins First-Round Draft Picks -- Double-Digit Draft Dynamos -- The Catcher and the One They Couldn't Catch: Art Monk and Darrell Green's 11 Seasons Together -- The Five Best Redskins Linebackers Since I Retired :: Sam Huff -- Ten Great Washington Sports Traditions -- Ten Grand Old-But-Not-Forgotten Sports Venues -- Ten Local Chains We Miss Shopping At -- The Top 10 "White Guy" Montgomery County Shooters of the 70s -- Our ABA Dream Team -- Top 10 Northern Virginia High School Hoopsters :: Chris Knoche -- Tale of the Tape: The Two Greatest High School Basketball Games in Area History -- Where the Greats Used to Gather: D.C. Playgrounds :: John Thompson -- Georgetown's Ownership of the Clash of the Titans -- The Top 11 Georgetown Basketball Players -- The Top 10 Local Small-College Hoops Legends :: Ken Denlinger -- The Washington Media Launching Pad -- My 10 Most Memorable Moments in TV :: Steve Buckhantz -- My Top 10 Moments in Local TV :: Ernie Baur -- Pipeline to Bristol -- Whatever Happened To . . . Media Division -- Mister Tony Moments :: Tony Kornheiser -- Top Pardon the Interruption Catchphrases :: Erik Rydholm, Matt Kelliher, and Bonnie Berko -- The 10 Best Racehorses with Virginia or Maryland Connections :: Lenny Hale -- My Five Greatest Days at the Race Track :: Andrew Beyer -- Ten Reasons to Attend a NASCAR Race :: Liz Clarke -- Why I Love to Hate NASCAR -- Andy's Top Washington Radio Legends -- My 10 Favorite Redskins Radio Calls :: Frank Herzog -- D.C.'s Top DJs :: Marty Dempsey, aka Mike Kelly -- It's Always a Holliday, On Stage or On the Air:: Johnny Holliday -- WTEM Alums Who Have Hit It Big -- Hollywood on the Potomac.
The 10 Best Movies Set in Washington -- The Best Washington-centric Sports Movies -- The 10 Best Sports Movies of All Time -- Too Early or Too Late -- Ten Who Came Late -- Where Did He Come From? -- The Top 10 Redskin August Heroes -- The 10 Best Redskins Quarterbacks of All Time -- The 10 Worst Redskin Quarterbacks -- Redskins Who Should Be in the Hall of Fame -- How I Rank My 14 Kick Return TDs :: Brian Mitchell -- Good Breeding: Fathers, Sons, and Daughters -- The Top Memories of 70 Years of D.C. Area Sports through Three Generations :: Al Pollin, Andy Pollin and Jeremy Pollin -- Top 10 Most Hated Sports Personalities, Non-NFL -- The 10 Most Hated Guys in the NFL -- Washington's Best Sports Columnists Since 1970 -- Not That Guy: Redskins Draft Choices that Create Confusion -- Shirley Povich's 10 Greatest Newspaper Leads :: George Solomon -- The Biggest Sports News Stories of the Last 40 Years -- My 10 Most Memorable Moments as a Public Address Announcer :: Phil Hochberg -- Author, Author -- Best Washington Sports Blogs :: Dan Steinberg -- Teams and Sports Events I've Helped Fold :: Charlie Brotman -- The 10 Funniest People in Washington, EVER! :: Tony Perkins -- Ten Great Places to Go Fishing around Washington :: Angus Phillips -- D.C.'s Best Burgers :: Scott Linn -- Ten Best Running Routes in Washington :: Jim Hage -- The Five Best Naval Academy Pro Athletes -- Tennis, Anyone? -- The Greatest Washington Olympians -- Ten Greatest Washington Soccer Moments :: Steve Goff -- The Top 10 D.C. United Players Ever :: Steve Goff -- Head Coaches Who Got Their Start Here -- The Top 10 Coaches/Managers -- My 10 Favorite Washington College Basketball Coaches :: John Feinstein -- The 10 Oddest One-and-Done Coach Stories -- The All-Peter Principle Top 10 -- Top 10 Reasons Why Gibbs I Was Better Than Gibbs II -- Tale of the Tape: Coach Z versus Chief Zee.
All-Time Washington Golfers -- Five Fabulous and/or Famous Public Courses -- The Five Swankiest Area Golf Clubs -- Major Championships of Golf in the Washington Area -- Tiger Hardly Ever In Our Tank -- The Top 10 Injuries That Impacted Washington Sports History -- The 10 Worst Washington Sports Tragedies -- Worst Local Seasons -- Top 10 Stunners -- Unsuccessful Athlete Pickup Lines :: Carol Maloney -- The Top 10 Ways Sports Have Changed for Women :: Christine Brennan -- My Favorite Stats :: Chuck "Stats" Sapienza -- The Top 10 Who Wore the Top 10 Numbers -- Sammy Baugh's 1943 Season -- Our 10 Favorite Amazing Walter Johnson Numbers -- My All-Time Favorite Washington Senators :: Thomas Boswell -- They Were Expansion Senators? -- The Top 10 Baseball Players from the D.C. Area :: Tim Kurkjian -- Why We Hate FedEx Field -- Why We Love FedEx Field -- Start to Finish -- The Top 100 D.C.-Area Athletes of All Time.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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