Sports category: 37872 books
Cheating Is Encouraged
A Hard-Nosed History of the 1970s Raiders
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Straight from the mouths of the legends of the Silver and Black, Cheating Is Encouraged recapitulates the many as infamous stories from the last team to play outlaw” football.
Regardless of whether you loved or hated them, the Oakland Raiders of the 1970s were an amusing cast of outlaws,...
Yankee Doodles
Inside the Locker Room with Mickey, Yogi, Reggie, and Derek
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Phil Pepe spent years as the New York Daily News Yankee beat reporter, rubbing shoulders with countless Yankee greats, from Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. While he was there to report on the action that occurred on the field, as well as the many disruptions occurring...
Being Extreme
Thrills and Dangers in the World of High-Risk Sports
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
As fast-paced as a freefall from a roaring airplane, as thrilling as a towering jump off a ski slope, Being Extreme is a fascinating examination of the adrenaline rush of extreme sports. Here is a world where living life on the edge is the only option, where you are only as good as your last jump...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
In the eighteenth century sport as we know it emerged as a definable social activity. Hunting and other country sports became the source of significant innovations in visual art; racing and boxing generated important subcultures; and sport’s impact on good health permeated medical, historical, and...
by Floyd Patterson, Bert Randolph Sugar
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
For all boxers and fans, this step-by-step guide to successful boxing by a two-time World Heavyweight Champion will be educational and entertaining. Floyd Patterson set out to pass along to you what I’ve learned, to unlock some of the secrets of the greatest sport in the world.” He succeeded,...
by Donald Hoskins
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Interestingly, unlike other sports, the only real way to practice for extreme sports is to basically do the same things, but without the competitive setting. Which means that a person has to expose himself to the same risks that he would while in an exhibition or competition. Practicing for an extreme...
The Games Do Count
America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
What do Henry Kissinger, Jack Welch, Condoleezza Rice, and Jon Bon Jovi have in common? They have all reached the top of their respective professions, and they all credit sports for teaching them the lessons that were fundamental to their success. In his years spent interviewing and profiling celebrities,...
Bigger Than the Game
Bo, Boz, the Punky QB, and How the '80s Created the Celebrity Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
A mesmerizing look at the year when American athletics went corporate, villains replaced heroes, and sports stars became superstars.
Greed and excess defined the 1980s, and the sports world was no exception. Shifting from the love of the game to the love of money, athletes made the transition...
The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino
A Story of Corruption, Scandal, and the Big Business of College Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
From acclaimed New York Times Magazine author Michael Sokolove, the astonishing inside story of the epic corruption scandal that has rocked the NCAA and exposed the rot and hypocrisy at the heart of big-time college sports.
At a lavish annual event in late August 2017, the University of Louisville...
by Ben Greenfield
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Are you ready to be inspired? This book contains amazing tales of extreme endurance from athletes around the globe. These aren't pros or elites these are everyday people who decided to step outside their comfort zone and attempt to achieve the extraordinary. You'll get to read stories that include:
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From Ritual to Record
The Nature of Modern Sports
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2004
Originally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life.
Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
In 1961—as America crackled with racial tension—the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marshall,...
If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer?
Philadelphia, Its Faithful, and the Eternal Quest for Sports Salvation
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The last time a Philadelphia professional sports team won a championship, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and Return of the Jedi was number one at the box office. No city with all four major sports has gone longer without one. The local NFL franchise, the Eagles, has not won a title since 1960,...
Daddy's Little Goalie
A Father, His Daughters, and Sports
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
The National Federation of High School Associations estimates that approximately 3.1 million girls participate in high school sports. Daddy's Little Goalie, written by professional sports writer Robert Strauss, is about a new generation of fathers who are nurturing their daughters as girl jocks throughout...