03001oam 22006014a 450 991077965940332120200525143204.01-299-48323-20-252-09466-2(CKB)2550000001020421(EBL)3414240(SSID)ssj0001055184(PQKBManifestationID)11580450(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001055184(PQKBWorkID)11011506(PQKB)11537590(MiAaPQ)EBC3414240(StDuBDS)EDZ0001642072(OCoLC)1097101058(OCoLC)842887563(OCoLC)844972411(OCoLC)850040894(OCoLC)923497305(OCoLC)965484872(OCoLC)1037902227(OCoLC)1066593432(OCoLC)1083594118(OCoLC)on1097101058(MdBmJHUP)muse25227(EXLCZ)99255000000102042120130214d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFriday Night Fighter[electronic resource] Gaspar "Indio" Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing /Troy RondinoneUrbana, IL University of Illinois Press20131 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-03737-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface: Boxing Lessons""; ""Introduction: Fight Night""; ""Part I. Gladiators of the Age of Contentment""; ""Chapter 1. “And the Winner�Television!�""; ""Chapter 2. “The Regular Friday Coaxial Bloodbath�""; ""Chapter 3. The Friday Night Fighters""; ""Part II. Indio""; ""Chapter 4. The Mexamerican""; ""Chapter 5. The Discovery of New York""; ""Chapter 6. Climb""; ""Chapter 7. The Tournament""; ""Chapter 8 .The Secret Government""; ""Chapter 9. Trouble""; ""Chapter 10. The Shot""""Part III. The Hardest Game""""Chapter 11. Bloodying the Sport""; ""Chapter 12. The Ship Goes Down""; ""Chapter 13. Changing Times""; ""Epilogue: Nightmares""; ""A Note on Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Index""'Friday Night Fighter' relives a lost moment in American postwar history, when boxing ruled as one of the nation's most widely televised sports.BoxingUnited StatesHistorySportsHispanic AmericansHistoryTelevision broadcasting of sportsUnited StatesBoxingHispanic AmericansHistoryBoxingHistory.SportsHispanic AmericansHistory.Television broadcasting of sportsBoxingHispanic AmericansHistory.796.83Rondinone Troy1973-1481507MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910779659403321Friday Night Fighter3698500UNINA