They Changed The Game
50 STORIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN SPORTS
How did we go from peach baskets to breakaway rims? From underhand lobs to 100-mph fastballs? They Changed the Game tells 50 stories of pioneering players, obscure rules, and defining moments that shaped the games we love. Told through the artwork of dozens of talented artists from all over the world, this book is a celebration of creativity both on and off the field.
ABOUT THE BOOK
- 9 inches x 11 inches
- 108 pages
- 50 original illustrations from two dozen international artists
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Foil stamped logo and emblem
- Perfect for a sports fan or art lover
THE ATHLETES
- ALICE COACHMAN • TRACK & FIELD
- AXEL PAULSEN • FIGURE SKATING
- BABE RUTH • BASEBALL
- BILL BOWERMAN • TRACK & FIELD
- BILLIE JEAN KING • TENNIS
- BOB GIBSON • BASEBALL
- BOBBY HULL • HOCKEY
- CANDY CUMMINGS • BASEBALL
- CASTER SEMENYA • TRACK & FIELD
- CHUCK TAYLOR • BASKETBALL
- CURT FLOOD • BASEBALL
- DAICHI SUZUKI • SWIMMING
- DARRYL DAWKINS • BASKETBALL
- DAVE VOLZ • TRACK & FIELD
- DAVID BERKOFF • SWIMMING
- DICK FOSBURY • TRACK & FIELD
- DIEGO MARADONA • WORLD FOOTBALL
- DOUG ALLISON • BASEBALL
- ED WALSH • BASEBALL
- FRAN TARKENTON • AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- GEORGE MIKAN • BASKETBALL
- GREG PRUITT • AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- HOMER JONES • AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- JACKIE ROBINSON • BASEBALL
- JOHANN OLAV KOSS • SPEED SKATING
- JOHN DEVITT • SWIMMING
- JOHN MADDEN • AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- KATHRINE SWITZER • RUNNING
- KENNY SAILORS • BASKETBALL
- KULSOOM ABDULLAH • WEIGHTLIFTING
- LANCE LARSON • SWIMMING
- LEW ALCINDOR • BASKETBALL
- LUDWIG GUTTMANN • PARALYMPICS
- MAGIC JOHNSON • BASKETBALL
- MARTIN BRODEUR • HOCKEY
- MICHAEL JORDAN • BASKETBALL
- MIROSŁAW GRAF • SKI JUMPING
- MORRIS STROUD • AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- MUHAMMAD ALI • BOXING
- PAUL BROWN • AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- PELÉ • WORLD FOOTBALL
- R.C. OWENS • AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- RAY MANCINI • BOXING
- ROBERT WALTER JOHNSON • TENNIS
- RODNEY MULLEN • SKATEBOARDING
- SHAQUILLE O'NEAL • BASKETBALL
- STAN MIKITA • HOCKEY
- STEPHEN CURRY • BASKETBALL
- TIGER WOODS • GOLF
- TOM BLAKE • SURFING
- TOM DEMPSEY • AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- TOMMY JOHN • BASEBALL
- USAIN BOLT • TRACK & FIELD
- WILT CHAMBERLAIN • BASKETBALL
THE ARTISTS
- CHELSEA CHARLES, CANADA
- CLÉMENT SOULMAGNON, FRANCE
- DAVID FLORES, MEXICO
- DAVID LOMELI, USA
- DESSY BAEVA, UK
- ELENA HORMIGA, SPAIN
- GEO LAW, UK
- HARRISON FREEMAN, USA
- JOHN McGOWAN, USA
- JULIE HILL, USA
- KEELAN ASHTON-BELL, AUSTRALIA
- LARA PAULUSSEN, GERMANY
- MARIE MURAVSKI, RUSSIA
- MATTHEW BROERMAN, USA
- MICHAEL RENDELL HENSLEY, USA
- NATE SWEITZER, USA
- NIKKO DE LEON, USA
- PASQUALE GARIBALDI, ITALY
- SARAH DAHIR, SOUTH AFRICA
- ULISES MENDICUTTY, SPAIN
- YAGIZ YILMAZ, TURKEY
- ZACHARIAH STUEF, USA
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