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- catalog abstract ""African Americans and Latino Americans have played an increasingly significant role in the ongoing saga of American sports - and not just in popular sports like basketball and baseball. This is the first comprehensive, multisport biographical resource to concentrate exclusively on the accomplishments, achievements, and personal struggles of notable African American and Latino American athletes of the last quarter century." "A total of 175 important contemporary athletes - 113 African Americans and 62 Latino Americans - are profiled. Most made significant contributions to their sport since 1990." "Eighteen sports, from baseball to bobsledding, are covered. The profiles of the men and women include personal background information and athletic career achievements through 2002. Each athletic career is traced, including entrance into sport, major accomplishments, records set, awards and honors, and overall impact. Quotations from the athletes enrich each profile. Bibliographies and photos complement the entries."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13168325.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""African Americans and Latino Americans have played an increasingly significant role in the ongoing saga of American sports - and not just in popular sports like basketball and baseball. This is the first comprehensive, multisport biographical resource to concentrate exclusively on the accomplishments, achievements, and personal struggles of notable African American and Latino American athletes of the last quarter century." "A total of 175 important contemporary athletes - 113 African Americans and 62 Latino Americans - are profiled. Most made significant contributions to their sport since 1990."".
- catalog description ""Eighteen sports, from baseball to bobsledding, are covered. The profiles of the men and women include personal background information and athletic career achievements through 2002. Each athletic career is traced, including entrance into sport, major accomplishments, records set, awards and honors, and overall impact. Quotations from the athletes enrich each profile. Bibliographies and photos complement the entries."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Alphabetical List of Entries with Sport xi -- Alphabetical List of Entries with Sport by Heritage xv -- List of Entries by Major Sport xix -- List of Entries on Women with Sport xxiii.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 448 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Latino and African American athletes today.".
- catalog identifier "0313320489 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Latino and African American athletes today.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,".
- catalog relation "Latino and African American athletes today.".
- catalog subject "796/.092/2 B 22".
- catalog subject "African American athletes Biography Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "GV697.A1 L345 2004".
- catalog subject "Hispanic American athletes Biography Dictionaries.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Alphabetical List of Entries with Sport xi -- Alphabetical List of Entries with Sport by Heritage xv -- List of Entries by Major Sport xix -- List of Entries on Women with Sport xxiii.".
- catalog title "Latino and African American athletes today : a biographical dictionary / edited by David L. Porter.".
- catalog type "Biography Dictionaries. fast".
- catalog type "text".