Sports in America 2000 2009 1st Edition by Jim Gigliotti ISBN 1604134577 9781604134575

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ISBN 10: 1604134577

ISBN 13: 9781604134575

Author: Jim Gigliotti 

The first decade of the 21st century has seen many exciting sporting contests and records set and broken. Michael Phelps stunned Olympic audiences as he swam to a record eight gold medals and seven world records in 2008, Lance Armstrong won his record-breaking seventh Tour de France, and the Yankees and the Mets squared off for the first “Subway Series” in almost half a century. In the new 2000–2009, readers will relive these exciting sports moments, learning in depth the details surrounding these sporting achievements.

Highlights include:

• The 2000 World Series, the first “Subway Series” since 1956, pits the New York Yankees against the New York Mets
• NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt Sr. dies in a crash during the 2001 Daytona 500
• The Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA championship for the third consecutive year in 2002
• Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France for a record-breaking seventh consecutive year in 2005
• At the 2008 Olympics, swimmer Michael Phelps wins a record eight gold medals and sets seven new world records.

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1: The Turn of the Century – The 2000s Begin

Chapter 2: The World of Major League Baseball (MLB)

Chapter 3: The National Basketball Association (NBA)

Chapter 4: The National Football League (NFL)

Chapter 5: The Rise of NASCAR

Chapter 6: The Impact of the Olympic Games

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