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    Sporting Events That Changed America with Author, Martin Gitlin

    Thursday, July 31, 2025

    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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    East Greenbush Community Library

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    07/31/2025 06:00 PM 07/31/2025 07:00 PM America/Anguilla Sporting Events That Changed America with Author, Martin Gitlin This fun and thought-provoking program will entertain sports and history fans alike, featuring videos of sporting events through more than 100 years that greatly impacted society and/or the sports themselves. Included are the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees that kicked off the greatest dynasty in American sports history, Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the 1958 NFL Championship Game that launched pro football into prominence, the famed Battle of the Sexes between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, the Magic Johnson-Larry Bird rivalry that brought the NBA back to life and much more. This presentation features fun trivia questions for patrons to ponder as well as a Q&A session to f... Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/albany/events/east-greenbush-community-library/sporting-events-that-changed-america-with-author-martin-gitlin-497912?ref=uceaddevent East Greenbush Community Library, 10 Community Way, East Greenbush, NY, 12061

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    This fun and thought-provoking program will entertain sports and history fans alike, featuring videos of sporting events through more than 100 years that greatly impacted society and/or the sports themselves. Included are the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees that kicked off the greatest dynasty in American sports history, Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the 1958 NFL Championship Game that launched pro football into prominence, the famed Battle of the Sexes between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, the Magic Johnson-Larry Bird rivalry that brought the NBA back to life and much more. This presentation features fun trivia questions for patrons to ponder as well as a Q&A session to follow. Our host is Martin Gitlin and is based on his highly acclaimed book titled Powerful Moments in Sports: The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History.

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