O God of Players : : The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs /

O God of Players : : The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs / / Julie Byrne.

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Between 1972 and 1974, the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College-a small Catholic women's school outside Philadelphia-made history by winning the first three women's national college basketball championships ever played. A true Cinderella team, this unlikely fifteenth-seeded squad triumphed ag...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Byrne, Julie,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Series:Religion and American Culture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 21 photos
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTE ON NOTATION
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction: Philadelphia Hoop and Catholic Fun
  • 1. Making the Team,Making Identity
  • 2. Practicing Basketball, Practicing Class
  • 3. Bodies in Basketball
  • 4. Praying for the Team
  • 5. Ladies of the Court
  • 6. Championships and Community
  • Postscript: Immaculata Basketball and U.S. Religious History
  • Appendix A: Immaculata College Basketball Survey
  • Appendix B: Surveys, Interviews, Correspondence, and Unpublished Memoirs
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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