Power players : sports, politics, and the American presidency
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New York ; Boston : Twelve, 2023.
Physical Desc
327 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Status
Holt - Non-Fiction
973.099 Cillizza
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Published
New York ; Boston : Twelve, 2023.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 325-327)
Description
"While every modern president has used sports to relate to Joe Q. Public, Power Players turns the lens around to examine how sports have shaped our presidents and made for some amazing moments in White House history, including: Dwight Eisenhower played so much golf he had a putting green built outside the Oval Office! (He also almost died on a golf course while in office.) How John F. Kennedy’s touch-football games with family were knowing plays to polish the Camelot mystique. People might not have related to the aloof and awkward Richard Nixon but, hey, he would bowl a few frames just like them. Ronald Reagan didn’t just play the part of 'The Gipper' for the silver screen, but truly adopted the famous footballer’s never-say-die persona. George H.W. Bush once ran a horseshoe league from the White House--with a commissioner and brackets! (He would later claim to have come up with the fan expression, 'You da man.') Bill Clinton’s Arkansas Razorback fandom was so intense that he could be found shouting at the referees from a box at the basketball national championship game in 1994. George W. Bush’s not only owned the Texas Rangers but also threw out the most iconic first pitch ever in the 2001 World Series. What really went down when Barack Obama played pickup hoops with the North Carolina Tarheels. (He later won the state by .3 percent of the vote.) Donald Trump is the only president ever featured in a professional wrestling storyline—and everything real and fake that went with that....[A] love of sports shines through as the key to understanding who these presidents really were and how they chose to play by the rules, occasionally bluff or cheat, all the while coaching the country into a few quality wins and some notorious losses." --publisher's website
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cillizza, C. 1. (2023). Power players: sports, politics, and the American presidency (First edition.). Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cillizza, Chris 1976-. 2023. Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency. Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cillizza, Chris 1976-. Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency Twelve, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cillizza, Chris 1976-. Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency First edition., Twelve, 2023.
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