Yankees to Fighting Irish: What's Behind Your Favorite Team's Name

by Michael Leo Donovan

Book Overview

Which Major League Baseball team can trace its name to Brooklyn's 19th century romance with trolley cars, and which other earned its moniker for stealing players? Which NFL franchise was named after legendary world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, and which other owes its name to mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe? Which NBA club inherited its name from a famous incident that occurred in the American Civil War and which other from an official state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589790340
• ISBN13: 9781589790346
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"