Frank Thomas

Cumulative Subject Index Notable Sports Figures
NASCAR, 3:1441
segregation in the South, 3:1361
sports reporting, discrimination
in, 2:972–973
stock car racing, discrimination
in, 3:1441
tennis, discrimination in, 2:556
Agassi, Andre, 1:14–17, 1:15, 2:566,
3:1397
Aggressive Skating Association
(ASA), 1:359
Ahkwari, Stephen, 2:588
AIAW (Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics for
Women), 3:1059
Aikman, Troy, 1:17–20, 1:18
Akers, Michelle, 1:20–23, 1:21
Albert, Marv, 1:23–25, 1:24
Albright, Tenley, 1:25–28, 1:26
Alcindor, Ferdinand Lewis, Jr. See
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Alcohol problems
Alexander, Grover Cleveland,
1:30
Belle, Albert, 1:129
Daly, John, 1:358
Harding, Tonya, 2:643
Hayes, Bob, 2:660
Mantle, Mickey, 3:1001
Strawberry, Darryl, 3:1551–1552
See also Substance abuse
Aldama, Andres, 2:923
Aldrich, Ki, 1:99
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1:28,
1:28–32, 1:29
Ali, Muhammad, 1:32–36, 1:33,
1:35
Cosell’s relationship with,
1:336–337
Foreman fights, 2:501, 2:842
Frazier fights, 2:515, 2:516
Liston fights, 2:948, 2:950
Patterson fights, 3:1210
1856
Alice Coachman Track and Field
Foundation, 1:303
All-American Football Conference
(AAFC), 2:620
Allen, George, 1:365, 3:1274, 3:1275
Allen, Marcus, 1:36–39, 1:37
Allison, Bobby, 1:39, 1:40
Allison, Davey, 1:39, 1:39–41
Alomar, Roberto, 1:41–44, 1:42
Alou, Felipe, 1:44, 1:44–46
Alou, Matty and Jesus, 1:45
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los
Angeles (AAFLA), 1:377–378
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU),
1:270, 2:804
Amer-I-Can, 1:208
American Basketball Association
(ABA)
Barry, Rick, 1:94
Malone, Moses, 3:993–994
American Basketball League
Edwards, Teresa, 1:438
McCray, Nikki, 3:1039
American Football
League/National Football
League merger, 1:362–363,
3:1274, 3:1357
American League baseball, 2:506
American Professional Football
Association (APFA), 2:618–619
American Tennis Association
(ATA)
Gibson, Althea, 2:540–541
Washington, Ora, 4:1717, 4:1718
Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), 3:1018, 3:1019–1020
America’s Cup, 1:157, 1:159
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS)
Gehrig, Lou, 2:
Hunter, Jim “Catfish,” 2:728
Schilling’s work to battle, 3:1424
Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Kariya, Paul, 2:811–812
Selanne, Teemu, 3:1456
Anderson, Chick, 3:1454
Anderson, Sparky, 1:46–49, 1:47,
1:131, 1:132, 1:133
Andretti, Aldo, 1:51
Andretti, Mario, 1:49, 1:49–53,
1:52, 4:1670
Andretti, Michael, 1:51
Angott, Sammy, 3:1332
Anorexia. See Eating disorders
Anthony, Earl, 1:53–55, 1:54
Antuofermo, Vito, 2:616
Any Body Can (ABC) program,
3:1098, 3:1099
Any Boy Can: The Archie Moore
Story (Moore), 3:1098
Aparicio, Luis, 1:55–58, 1:56
APFA (American Professional
Football Association), 2:618–619
Aquacade, 4:1767
Arcaro, Eddie, 3:1473
Archery, 4:1783–1785
Argentine National Championship
(car racing), 2:471
Arizona Diamondbacks
Johnson, Randy, 2:781
Schilling, Curt, 3:1422,
3:1423–1424
Arizona State University, 1:170
Armstrong, Henry, 3:1332, 3:1333
Armstrong, Lance, 1:58–62, 1:59,
1:61
Army, U.S.
Dean, Dizzy, 1:370