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Title:
A kind of grace : a treasury of sportswriting by women / edited by Ron Rapoport ; with an afterword by Mary Garber.
Edition:
1st Zenobia Press ed.
Publisher:
Zenobia Press,
Copyright Date:
1994
Description:
385 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Sports for women.
Women athletes--Biography.
Women sportswriters--United States--Biography.
Sports--Récits.
Sports--Miscellanées.
Presse sportive.
Femmes journalistes sportives.
Other Authors:
Rapoport, Ron.
Contents:
Pioneers / J.E. Vader -- Women's old images fading rapidly / Jane Gross -- Female sportswriter finally rocks the boat / Kristen Huckshorn -- Donna Lopiano and the art of reform / Johnette Howard -- Real trouble with Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue is not the photos / J.E. Vader -- Great Olympics gender bender hunt / Mary Jollimore -- Delicate balance / Linda Robertson --
Mary Bacon loses her final race / Joan Ryan -- Fight of Heather Farr's life / Betty Cuniberti -- Victims of obsession / Karen Crouse -- Zola Budd: on the run no more / Julie Cart -- Fighting the whispers / Ann Killon -- Battle with Bulimia tarnishes Cohen's golden world / Suzanne Halliburton -- Sarajevo: hearts of gold in a sea of gray / Jane Leavy --
Out of Bosnia: òur tennis courts are now a graveyard' / Karen rosen -- Prospects warned about the dangers of life / Claire Smith -- Runner's story: why did Kathy Ormsby jump off that bridge? / Sharon Robb -- Tonya Harding: skating on the edge / Michelle Kaufman -- Cross country to memory's finish line / Rachel Blount -- For John and Debbie Lucas, the demons are never far away / Helen Ross --
Lady in the white silk dress / Sarah Ballard -- A dodo in name only / Jill Lieber -- G̀orgeous Gussie' holds on to less-than-glamorous life / Melissa Isaacson --Navritilova and tennis: a simply perfect match / Sally Jenkins -- Reliving the battle of the sexes / Janis Carr -- Jennifer Capriati's helping hands / Kelly Carter -- Driving force / Jackie MacMullan -- Inside baseball: the passion of Sharon Jones / Ann Killion --
Coaching women: just whose job is it? / Johnette Howard -- Angels' Jackie Autry increasingly taking reins from cowboy / Robin Norwood -- A gift for Vivian Stringer / Ailene Voisin -- Riding instructor / Pohla Smith -- Theresa Grentz and the search for Olympic gold / Diane Pucin -- Mike Boyd's field of dreamers / Elizabeth M. Cosin --
Lynette Woodard: from blacktop to desktop / Jo-ann Barnas -- Out of America / Linda Robertson -- Pride of East St. Louis / Toni Ginnetti -- Beating the odds and foe after foe / Cindy Martinez Rhodes -- Why aren't women racing at Indy? Janet Guthrie knows / Tracy Dodds -- Scouts' honor / Amy Niedzielka -- Memories of Iowa's cherished six-girl game / Jane Burns --
Pam Minick: inexorably tied to roping / Cathy Harasta -- Life on the fly / Laura Vecsey -- Richly rewarded / Barbara Baker -- Peggy Schlater's foreign policy / Cathy Breitenbucher -- Joyner-Kersee beat a tough start / Mike Turner -- Most intimidating game of all / Lesley Visser -- My gold, my self / Christine Brennan -- My mother, my rival / Mariah Burton Nelson, Ms. -- Girls basketball: tears of grief and pride / Jacqui Banaszynski --
Lady buffs are finally getting their due / Donna Carter -- Trying out / Michelle Himmelberg -- Lady who rode like a man / Maryjean Wall -- Jersey belles / Jenny Kellner -- A team player / Patricia Rodriguez -- Liberman loves game in spite of all the pain / Melissa Isaacson -- All dressed up and nowhere to goalie / Rose DiManno -- This fairy tale ends 1-16 / Cindy Martinez Rhodes --
A damnable defense / Sonja Steptoe -- No news is bad news / Shelley Smith -- No Super Sunday for battered women / Joan Ryan -- I've seen more flesh on the M1 roadworks! / Liz Kahn -- Two bitter slices of life / Mary Barker -- Oh, no! Not another boring interview with Steve Carlton / Diane K. Shah -- Hey guys, how about just saying no? / Susan Fornoff --
ISBN:
9781571430137 (pbk.)
157143013X (pbk.)
LCCN:
94060001
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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