Sports category: 37872 books
Sports Cars
A Straight-foward Guide For Sports Car Racing, Sports Car Market, Find The Best Sports Car, Cheap Sports Car and Used Sports Cars
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2013
If you're looking for the best book on sports cars then you'll love this one. Learn about the sports car market, sports car racing, best sports car to drive, where to find cheap sports car, what you must know about used sports cars and much more.
by Jay Correia
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2016
The businesses of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association have helped propel one of America’s most beloved pastimes into a 26 billion dollar industry. The advent of daily fantasy sports has created thousands of jobs, raised millions in tax dollars, and has given consumers endless ways to play fantasy...
by Irv Brown, Joe Williams
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Sports talk in America has evolved from small-time barroom banter into a major media smorgasbord that runs 24/7 on TV and radio. With hundreds of billions of dollars generated annually by pro and college teams in major markets nationwide, sports fans across the country are more dedicated than ever...
How We Can Save Sports
A Game Plan
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Many sports fans are conflicted—they may love the games, the players, and their communities, but may be alarmed by issues including academic corruption, athlete health, and the overarching emphasis on winning and profit at all costs. From disturbing new research about the long-term impact of sports...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
From carbon fibre racing bikes to ‘sharkskin’ swimsuits, the application of cutting-edge design, technology and engineering has proved to be a vital ingredient in enhanced sports performance. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of contemporary sports technology and engineering,...
Sports Performance Measurement and Analytics
The Science of Assessing Performance, Predicting Future Outcomes, Interpreting Statistical Models, and Evaluating the Market Value of Athletes
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
A PRACTICAL, REAL-WORLD GUIDE TO ANALYTICS FOR THE 5 MAJOR SPORTS:
FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER, AND TENNIS
GAIN A COMPETITIVE EDGE!
This is the first real-world guide to building and using analytical models for measuring and assessing performance...
by Lori Latrice Martin
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Sports can serve as an inspirational example of what can be achieved through hard work and perseverance, regardless of one's race. However, there is plenty of evidence that race still plays a major role in sports, and that sports are key agents of racial socialization. White Sports/Black Sports: Racial...
The Mad Dog Hall of Fame
The Ultimate Top-Ten Rankings of the Best in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
Many athletes are SUPERSTARS.
Many coaches are LEGENDS.
Many moments are CLASSICS.
But which are the best of the best?
Which ten will make THE MAD DOG HALL OF FAME?
“Opining about sports in a spirited fashion is Chris Russo’s specialty.” – Bob Costas
The All-Time Top-Ten Players...
by Richard M. Stoddard
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
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Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law takes the reader through the most important controversies and critical developments in law and U.S. sports. Over the course of 30 chapters, leading scholars explore this expanding and captivating area of law. The Handbook is the first book to gather dozens...
The Ethics of Sport
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
We encourage children to play sports from an early age in order to instill in them such virtues as teamwork, perseverance, respect, fairness, and discipline, but, as perennial scandals in the headlines show us, sports also give rise to thorny ethical problems. Can the ugly, corrupt side of sports...
by David Levinson (Editor), Karen Christensen (Editor), Roberta Park (Editor)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
This convenient book provides fascinating information about sports throughout the world. Over 245 separate pieces written by the world's greatest authorities offer everything you could possibly want to know about hundreds of sports, including traditional sports and national games, and sporting events....
Modern Sports Law
A Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
The aim of this book is to provide an account of how the law influences the operation, administration and playing of modern sports. Although the book focuses on legal doctrine it has been written bearing in mind sport's historical, cultural, social and economic context, including the drama and colour...
by Lawrence A. Shapiro, Shannon Spaulding, Daniel D. Hutto
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind–body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice.
This landmark work is the first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists...