{"product_id":"sports-on-film-9798765130919","title":"Sports on Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Johnny D. Boggs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSports on Film\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers behind the scenes of how movies get made and puts them in the stands for some of the key moments in sports in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSports on Film\u003c\/i\u003e documents key events in American sports history through the films that depict them, starting with the integration of major-league baseball when Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Other significant events and personalities examined include the college basketball point-shaving incident of the 1950s; journalist George Plimpton's attempt to go through the Detroit Lions' NFL training camp in the early 1960s; the originations and popularity of rodeo; the brief run of women's professional baseball during World War II; the underdog racehorse Seabiscuit during the Great Depression; the rise of African American boxer Muhammad Ali; the unique 1970s \"Battle of the Sexes\" tennis event between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King; and Ford Motor Company's run in the 1960s to take motorsports to Europe's premier event in Le Mans, France.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45086478041239,"sku":"9798765130919","price":1909.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798765130919.webp?v=1768545731","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sports-on-film-9798765130919","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}