The Dominators

Frank Orr

• 01 december 2004
• 9781894622462

Samenvatting:

The 20th century saw the birth of a new kind of hero - the professional athlete - and within this new world, a special breed of athlete appeared, the best of the best - athletes capable not only of succeeding in their sport but of changing it forever. They are The Dominators. We all know their names: Babe Ruth, perhaps the first superstar athlete, re-wrote the record book for batters. Muhammad Ali turned the insular world of boxing into one of the highest-profile sports on the planet. Michael Jordan changed the game of basketball by adding an aerial component that is now standard. And Pele turned soccer into the beautiful game. These are just four of the 34 athletes covered in The Dominators. They come in all shapes and sizes and from every background, but have one thing in common: before them, their sport was one thing, after them, it was something else altogether.