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We showed Baltimore : the lacrosse revolution of the 1970s and Richie Moran's Big Red / Christian Swezey, foreword by Bill Tierney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swezey, Christian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cornell University--Sports--History--20th century.
- Cornell University.
- Lacrosse--History--20th century.
- Lacrosse.
- College sports--New York (State)--History--20th century.
- College sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca New York ; London : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "The sport of lacrosse is older than baseball. And it underwent a transformation in the 1970s. Heavy, handmade wooden sticks were replaced by lighter, plastic ones; the NCAA instituted a playoff to determine national champions; Long Island began producing top players; and Cornell rose to the top of the sport"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: 1978, 2001, 1970
- June 13, 1970
- The climb begins
- Barbarians at the gate
- The first NCAA tournament
- Falling short
- The establishment strikes back
- Assembling the pieces
- The French connection
- Start of a streak
- From Brown stadium
- Flamin' Eamon
- That-a-way in Piscataway
- Epilogue: end of an era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781501762833
- 1501762834
- OCLC:
- 1268543097
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