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The
Great Book of Detroit Sports Lists (Great Book of Sports Lists)
by Mike Stone, Art Regner
Paperback from Running Press
Sports talk in America has evolved
from small-time barroom banter into a major media smorgasbord that runs
24/7 on TV and radio. With hundreds of billions of dollars generated annually
by pro and college teams in major markets nationwide, sports fans across
the country are more dedicated than ever to their teams. And when it comes
to sports talk especially all-sports radio it's all about entertainment,
information, prognostication, analysis, rankings, and endless discussion.
Prominent sports-media figures in each of the three target cities Cleveland,
Detroit, and Washington, D.C. engage in this phenomenon with a compilation
of sports lists sure to delight as well as stir up debate within these
already-buzzing sports communities.
List topics include:
What were the most lopsided trades in local sports history?
Who were the most overrated athletes to play in our town?
What local athlete had the best appearance in TV or film?
What was the most heartbreaking loss in local sports history?
What was the greatest single play in local sports history?
Who are our team's most hated rivals?
Plus dozens of guest" lists contributed by famous local sports and
entertainment celebrities.
Not only does Detroit host major pro sports teams the Lions (NFL), the
Red Wings (NHL), the Tigers (MLB), and the Pistons (NBA) the area also
includes prominent college sports programs such as the University of Michigan.
Detroit's fans are some of the most educated and fanatical in the country,
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Hiking
Michigan - 2nd Edition (America's Best Day Hiking Series)
by Roger Storm, Susan Wedzel
Paperback from Human Kinetics
ISBN: 0736075070
Hiking Michigan is your complete guide to 146 of the most scenic
day hikes in the state. From Upper to Lower Peninsula and all trails in
between, you'll experience the spectacular beauty of the Great Lake State
In this one-of-a-kind resource you'll find these features:
- Detailed descriptions of every hike in every region, including special
points of interest, estimated hiking time and distance, and difficulty
ratings for each trail
- Phone numbers and Web sites, park hours and rules, and available
facilities for 77 of the state's most scenic parks and natural areas
- Easy-to-read maps for every park and trail to help you navigate your
hike and locate landmarks and other points of interest
- A convenient trail finder that provides a summary of each trail's
features and available facilities
Hiking Michigan brings to life the history, terrain, flora, and
fauna of each area. And its descriptions of nearby recreational and sightseeing
destinations ensure you won't miss anything on your trip. Hiking Michigan
is your guide to enjoying the great outdoors!
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The
Great Detroit Sports Debate
by Drew Sharp, Terry Foster
Paperback from Sports Publishing
ISBN: 1596700483
What Detroit sports fan wouldn't love a bar battle in book form? A
tray of fiery wings, a frosty brew, and a stubborn friend have always been
the appropriate recipe for an impassioned discourse on the pertinent questions
that have furrowed eyebrows and itched nerves locally. Would the Bad Boys
have beaten the ego-less 2004 championship Pistons? Despite his social
imperfections, shouldn't Ty Cobb be the face of the Tigers' century-long
history more so than Al Kaline? Who was the best number-twenty to ever
play for the Lions? Yeah, yeah, Barry Sanders was a great runner, but did
you ever see Lem Barney take over a game in different ways? Could Bo Schembechler
have similar success in today´s college football environment? Who
is the bigger bust of second overall draft selections - the Pistons' Darko
Milicic or the Lions' Charles Rogers? Larry Brown or Chuck Daly? Mr. Hockey
or The Captain? Why must there be a choice between the two?
There is obviously no middle ground when it comes to Detroit sports
and those who loyally throw their hearts into the various teams' ebbs and
flows. It is no surprise that The Sporting News ranked Detroit as the third
greatest sports city in the United States in the summer of 2005 - right
behind Boston and Philadelphia. Devotion morphs into opinion, often crossing
the border into belligerence. That's what makes Detroit sports so engaging.
Itss also why Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp and Detroit News
feature writer and morning radio talk-show host Terry Foster take on the
top Detroit sports debates of all time in this unique book.
Sharp and Foster have lived their entire lives in the Detroit area.
Both are award-winning journalists with a combined 46 years of Detroit
newspaper, radio, and television experience. Both covered the Pistons'
beat for their respective newspapers during the team's first two NBA championship
seasons in 1989 and 1990. In Great Detroit Sports Debates they deliver
a richly detailed exposition of the mindset of a fan base that lives vicariously
through the exploits of their beloved players and teams. Sharp and Foster
are the two most authoritative journalistic voices on the linkage between
Detroit sports past and present. They know it because they've lived it. |
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Best
Tent Camping: Michigan
by Matt Forster
Paperback from Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN: 0897326423
Written to steer campers away
from concrete slabs and convoys of RVs, Best Tent Camping: Michigan
points tent campers to the most scenic and serene campsites in the state.
This guide has a campground to suit nearly every camper's taste. You'll
find essential information about each campground (including season, facilities,
rates, directions, GPS coordinates, and Web sites), as well as a description
of the campground, the best sites, and nearby activities such as hiking,
canoeing, fishing, and mountain biking. |
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Backpacking
in Michigan
by Jim DuFresne
Paperback from University of Michigan Press/Regional
ISBN: 0472032682
With 65 photographs and 77 detailed
maps, this indispensable guide to the state's hiking trails gives beginners
to advanced hikers all the information they need to plan their next Michigan
overnight or weekend backpacking trip. Featuring 50 trails---27 in the
Lower Peninsula---ranging from one-hour to multiple-day treks in both the
Upper and Lower Peninsulas, Backpacking in Michigan has something for every
hiker.
Information on hike length and difficulty, elevation gain, the amount
of time needed to complete the hike, camping facilities, and nearby towns
accompanies each of the trail listings. The author also provides extensive
reference maps along with a description of scenic highlights. In addition
to backcountry explorations of remote trails, Backpacking in Michigan includes
classic Michigan adventures such as the Lakeshore Trail in Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore, the Greenstone Ridge Trail in Isle Royale National
Park, North Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and
Jordan River Pathway in the Mackinaw State Forest.
While Backpacking in Michigan focuses primarily on the trails
themselves, it also makes planning your Michigan adventure as easy as possible
by providing important information on routes to and from the trailhead,
as well as park fees and reservation information for shelters, walk-in
cabins, rental yurts, and overnight camping.
Jim DuFresne is a Michigan native and author of more than a dozen wilderness,
travel, and hiking guidebooks. He is author of Isle Royale National
Park: Foot Trails and Water Routes; 50 Hikes in Michigan:
The Best Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks in the Lower Peninsula; Best
Hikes with Children: Michigan; Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State
Park: A Backcountry Guide for Hikers, Campers, Backpackers, and Skiers;
as well as The Complete Guide to Michigan Sand Dunes, copublished
by the University of Michigan Press and Petoskey Publishing. |
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Michigan
State Football: They Are Spartans (MI) (Images of Sports)
by Steve Grinczel
Paperback from Arcadia Publishing
Media Published: 2004-
ISBN: 0738532142
Michigan State University's football history is overflowing with famous,
interesting, and colorful figures. From Gideon "Charlie" Smith, who in
1913 became one of the nation's first black collegiate players, to George
Webster, the "Greatest Spartan of All Time," to Morton Andersen, who still
holds the Big Ten record for longest field goal-they are all Spartans.
Earl Morrall, Bubba Smith, Lorenzo White... the list goes on. Added to
this list of tremendous players are legendary coaches like the "Biggie"
Munn and Duffy Dougherty. And who could forget the famous 10-10 tie with
Notre Dame in 1966 or the Rose Bowl victory over Southern Cal in 1987?
Spartan tradition is more than the coaches and players on the field,
however, and Michigan State Football: They Are Spartans offers many rare
images and long-forgotten anecdotes about how the program became a player
on the national stage. The early days as a farm college team, the development
into a football power as an independent, the successful struggle to join
the Big Ten conference, and of course, the historic rivalry with a certain
team from Ann Arbor are all recounted in the pages of this book. |
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Twelve
Classic Trout Streams in Michigan: A Handbook for Fly Anglers
by Jim DuFresne, Gerth E. Hendrickson
Paperback from University of Michigan Press/Regional
ISBN: 0472033689
"Since it first appeared in
1985, Hendrickson's book has introduced legions of fly fishers to the state's
most-treasured rivers. In this newest edition, author Jim DuFresne has
made a good book better . . . DuFresne, author of more than twenty books,
is a careful, consummate researcher and passionate fly angler. Modern trout
anglers are lucky to have a wealth of Michigan rivers and streams to discover
and to carry on the special sport first enjoyed by fly fishers more than
150 years ago. And they are lucky to have this book to help guide them
to the best of all places to do it."
---Tom Huggler, award-winning author of more than a dozen outdoors
books
This completely revised and updated edition of the indispensable original
offers more information on why Michigan is such a great place for all fly
fishers. Twelve Classic Trout Streams also features new material---for
example, information on hatches, including a hatch schedule chart; a list
of ten flies that every Michigan angler should have; and equipment (line
weight, rod length, etc.) for Michigan streams.
At the heart of the book is the increased number of public access sites
complete with GPS coordinates---a first among guides to Michigan streams.
There are also all new photographs and improved maps that include stream
bottom identification.
Twelve Classic Trout Streams answers basic questions for any trip to
a trout stream to be successful. Where are the best access sites? How wide
and deep is the river there? Will you stand on firm sand or gravel, slip
on hard clay or muddy stones, or sink into soft sand or mud? Is the current
slow enough that you can wade easily upstream or so fast that you will
be swept off your feet? All of these things are described or shown on the
maps.
Gerth E. Hendrickson was a member of Trout Unlimited and the Federation
of Fly Fishers. He wrote prolifically on trout streams.
Jim DuFresne is an outdoor writer based in Clarkston, Michigan, and
author of more than a dozen wilderness/travel guidebooks. DuFresne gave
up the spinning rod for the fly rod in the mid-1980s and has never turned
back. |
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Fish Michigan: One Hundred Northern Lower Michigan Lakes
by Tom Huggler, Thomas E. Huggler, Gary W. Barfknecht
Listed under Fishing Michigan
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Hikes in Michigan: The Best Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks in the Lower Peninsula
by Jim Dufresne
Paperback from Countryman Pr
Baseball
Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan
by Peter Morris
Baseball seems tailor-made for the historian, yet even today, after
almost a century and a half of organized play, baseball's origins remain
unclear. Most accounts focus on Eastern teams and the advent of professionals,
but how the game spread across a predominantly rural America to become
our national pastime is a question still largely unresolved.
In this well-researched study of Michigan baseball from the 1830s to
the 1870s, baseball scholar Peter Morris offers many answers. Drawing on
such sources as personal memoirs, period photographs, and an extensive,
often hilarious variety of newspaper accounts, he paints a vivid portrait
of a game that was widely--if erratically--played well before the Civil
War and gradually evolved from an informal amusement into an activity for
local groups of young men and finally into a serious, organized sport.
Baseball began with pick-up "raisin'" games--so called because they
took place after rural roof-raisings--played purely for fun by any number
of participants, with myriad local variations. The first amateur clubs
appeared in the 1850s and were often ridiculed for playing a child's game--"baseball
fever" was then a term of mockery--but as they persevered and issued challenges
to other teams from nearby towns, rivalries developed, rules began to conform,
and a tradition started to take shape.
Tournaments, often connected with county fairs, and increased newspaper
coverage gave the game new momentum after the Civil War, and what had been
sociable matches became serious contests, sometimes marred by bad blood.
Enclosed grounds changed the nature of the game--most notably with respect
to home runs--and allowed teams to charge admission, which introduced a
new element of commercialism, community involvement, and a heightened sense
of competition. Ultimately, it brought about a level of play that made
the best "amateur" clubs able to challenge professional teams from the
East when they toured the country.
As he traces the exploits of clubs like the Excelsiors, the Wahoos,
and the Unknowns, season by season and often game by game, Morris adds
a wealth of new detail to the story of baseball's early days, showing how
decades of at least nominally amateur play prepared the way for the advent
of the National League in the 1870s, and with it the true beginnings of
the professional sport we know today. In the process, he also paints a
fascinating portrait of the attitudes, values, and lives of rural Americans
in the mid-nineteenth century.
Peter Morris, a former English instructor at Michigan State University,
is a specialist in nineteenth-century baseball and an active member of
the Society for American Baseball Research.
Paperback from University of Michigan Press
Trail
Atlas of Michigan: Nature, Mountain Biking, Hiking Cross Country Skiing
by Dennis R. Hansen
Paperback from Hansen Pub
Trout Ponds and Lakes in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan: An Anglers
Guide
by Christopher Deubler
Listed under Fishing Michigan
Harbor
Wanderers: A Michigan Boating Experience
by C. J. Elfont, Edna A. Elfont, C J.
Hardcover from Sleeping Bear Press
Stadium
Stories: Michigan Wolverines: Colorful Tales of the Maize and Blue
by Jim Cnockaert
Paperback from Globe Pequot Pr
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Years of Bo: Scrapbook Memories of a Michigan Football Icon
by Triumph Books
Hardcover from Triumph Books
Michigan
State Football: They Are Spartans
by Stephen V. Grinczel, Stephen V. Grinczez
Paperback from Arcadia
A
Legacy of Champions: The Story of the Men Who Built University of Michigan
Football
by Joe Falls, Bob Wojnowski, John U. Bacon, Angelique S. Chengelis,
Chris McCosky, Francis J. Fitzgerald
Hardcover from Ctc Sports
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Wild
Shore: Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak
by Greg Breining
Paperback from Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt)
Cobb
Would Have Caught It: The Golden Age of Baseball in Detroit
by Richard Bak
Paperback from Wayne State Univ Pr (T)
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Mountain
Biking Michigan: The Best Trails in Northern Lower Michigan
by Mike Terrell
Paperback from Thunder Bay Press
Short
Bike Rides in Michigan, 2nd
by Pamela Stovall
Paperback from Globe Pequot Pr
Great
Michigan Deer Tales-Book 3
by Richard P. Smith
Paperback from Smith Pubns
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The
Last Magic Summer: A Season With My Son
by Peter Gent
Hardcover from William Morrow
We
Only Played Home Games: Wacky, Raunchy, Humorous Stories of Sports and
Other Events in Michigan's Maximum Security Prison
by Leonard Brumm, Leonard "Oakie" Brumm
Paperback from Brumm Enterprises L.L.C.
The
Michigan Wolverines Football Team (Great Sports Teams)
by David Aretha
Library Binding from Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Tradition:
Bo Schembechler's Michigan Memories
by Bo Schembechler, Dan Ewald
Hardcover from Huron River Press
Sub
4:Oo: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile
by Chris Lear, Jim Ryun
Hardcover from Rodale Press
Tales
from Michigan Stadium
by Jim Brandstatter
Hardcover from Sports Publishing, Inc.
Winter
Trails Michigan : The Best Cross-Country Ski & Snowshoe Trails
by Bill Semion
Paperback from Globe Pequot Pr
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