Sports category: 37872 books
by Mike McIntire
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
A searing exposé of how the multibillion dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes.
With little public debate or introspection, our institutions of higher learning have become hostages to the rapacious, smash-mouth entertainment conglomerate known, quaintly, as...
The Fix Is In
The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NASCAR
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Professional sports in America: it’s all about fair play and the goal of winning championships. At least that’s the spin. But could it be a massive showbiz operation filled with greedy owners, crooked referees, and coddled players, all with the unstated goal of grabbing as much money as possible?Author...
Players
The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
“Provocative…terrific stories” (The New Yorker) of the people who transformed sports—in the span of a single generation—from a job that required even top athletes to work in the off-season to make ends meet into a massive global business.
It started, as most business deals do, with...
Hardcore History
The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was one extreme contradiction on top of another. An incredibly influential-but never profitable-company in the world of professional wrestling in the 1990s, it portrayed itself as the ultimate in anti-authority rebellion, but its leadership was working covertly...
by David Doig
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Mind for Sport, the Tool Book for Sports Psychology has been written to bring the proven techniques to allow you to gain control over your mind, and to let it be free to compete at the best level possible.
It shows you how to
Take control of your beliefs and emotions
Set winning exciting...
Sports Illustrated Hockey Talk
From Hat Tricks to Headshots and Everything In-Between
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
From the leader in sports writing comes a collection of stories that examine just about every aspect of the game: the players, the league and what it means to the fans.
For true hockey fans, there is no sport as great, as fast, as competitive, or as important as their beloved hockey game. The...
by Christopher Davies
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
You have read the back pages here Christopher Davies tells the stories behind the stories. Recounting the tales of his 40 years as a sports reporter in places as diverse as Albania, Nigeria, Malaysia, Colombia, Japan, New York…and even the Vatican which he visited with the Republic of Ireland squad...
by Gerald Gems
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
One of the world’s foremost sports historians, Professor Gems has written a readable, fully illustrated book on sports history. It is the first video text in the field in which the reader can see authentic reenactments of ancient sports and videos of modern sport. It is written as a textbook for...
Legends of Pro Wrestling
150 Years of Headlocks, Body Slams, and Piledrivers
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Legends of Pro Wrestling offers the first comprehensive look at the entire world of wrestling. With detailed biographies and never-before-seen statistics of some of the greatest athletes in the sport, you will be able to read about hundreds of wrestlers, dating back to the mid-1800s. As the first...
Sports Betting and Bookmaking
An American History
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Horse racing in America dates back to the colonial era when street races were a common occurrence. The commercialization of horse racing produced a sport that would briefly surpass all others in popularity, with annual races such as the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes growing to rank...
by Dan McNeil, Ed Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
Chicago sports fans are the most passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated in the country. Now, the Windy City's top sports-radio jock and a longtime native sportswriter engage this phenomenon with a compilation of informative and entertaining lists sure to stir up dialogue and debate within the buzzing...
What's My Name, Fool?
Sports and Resistance in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
“Zirin is America’s best sportswriter.”—Lee Ballinger, Rock and Rap Confidential
“Zirin is one of the brightest, most audacious voices I can remember on the sportswriting scene, and my memory goes back to the 1920s.”—Lester Rodney, N.Y. Daily Worker sports editor, 1936–1958
“Zirin...
by Ken Coleman
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Talking on Air: A Broadcaster's Life in Sports highlights the 40-year career of Ken Coleman. The book details a broadcasting life seen not only from inside the booth, but also from inside the minds and throughout the experiences of many of sports' greatest names.
Skyhorse Publishing, along...
Backlund
From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Bob Backlund began life as a poor farm boy in the little village of Princeton, Minnesota, with a population of just over 2,000 people. He was a below-average student with a lackluster work ethic and a bad attitude, who hung with the wrong crowd and made a lot of bad choices. He was a kid whose life...