Sports & recreation fads

Contents Introduction * Hank Aaron: 715 * Aristocratic Pastimes (1880-1910) * Arnie's Army * Artificial Turf * Charles Atlas and Dynamic Tension * Autographs * Automobiling * Bagatelle * Balloon Jumping * Barking off Squirrels * The Rise of Baseball * Baseball Card Collecting * The "Battle of the Sexes": Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs * Bicycling * Billiards * Bison Shooting * Black Power at the XIX Olympics * The "Black Sox Scandal" * Blacks in Sports Management Positions * Boom Cars * Bowling * Bridge * Charades * Classic Baseball Shirt Reproductions * Cooperative Sports and Games * Crossword Puzzles * The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders * Dance Marathons * Joe Di Maggio's Consecutive Game Hitting Streak * Drive-In Restaurants * Drive-In Theaters * Dungeons and Dragons * The Endless Summer * Exercise Videos * Fantasy Baseball * Mark "Bird" Fidrych * Bobby Fischer and the Chess Craze * Flagpole Sitting * Fletcherizing: A Dietary Route to Fitness * The Flying Wedge * Franchise Shifting in Major League Baseball * Frisbee * Game Improvement Sports Gear * Games of Deception * Gliders * Gouging * The Herkie Jump * Hoosier Hysteria * Horseless Carriage Races * The Hot Rod Cult * Hot Tubs * Hula Hoops * Ice Yachting * The Ickey Shuffle * Bo Jackson and 2-Sport Athletes * Lotteries * Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling for the Heavyweight Championship * The M&M Boys' Race With Ruth * Mah Jong * Mickey Mantle's Race With Ruth * Marathon Flying * Medical Electricity as a Tool for Fitness * Frank Merriwell * Them Amazin' Mets * Miniature Golf * Monopoly * Muhammed Ali * Muscular Christianity * "Broadway Joe" Namath * North/South Horse Races * The Notre Dame Mystique * Ouija Board * Parachuting * Parlor Disguises * Pedestrian Events * Pelota * Perestroika in Pro Sports * Personal Watercraft * Pick Up Sticks * Ping Pong * Platform Tennis * Pushball * Quoits * "The Refrigerator": William Perry * Jackie Robinson and Baseball's Color Line * The Pete Rose Gambling Scandal * Babe Ruth Calls His Shot * Scandals in College Athletics * Scrabble * Skateboarding * The Slam Dunk * Slave Fights * Snow Bat * Spirit of the Times * Spiritualism * Sting Ray Bicycles * Streaking * The John L. Sullivan Mystique * Surfing * The Topless Bathing Suit * Trivial Pursuit * Tug-of-War * The Mike Tyson-Robin Givens Affair * Volleyball * "We Are Family": The 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates * WrestleMania * Yo-Yos * Index