Sports category: 37872 books
Sid!
The Sports Legends, the Inside Scoops, and the Close Personal Friends
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Sid Hartman has been at the center of Minnesota sports for more than 60 years, getting the inside scoop from players, coaches, owners, and his many "close personal friends." This fascinating tell-all reveals Sid's life and career, from his days as a newspaper boy in Minneapolis and his first...
by Blake Sebring
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Since I started my sportswriting career at age 15, I’ve been fascinated with Fort Wayne’s sports history. I remember my dad telling me stories about the Daisies and the Pistons, and the more I talked with people like Hilliard Gates, Carl Bennett, Bud Gallmeier, Don Graham, Len Davis, Phil Olofson,...
How Fantasy Sports Explains the World
What Pujols and Peyton Can Teach Us About Wookiees and Wall Street
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
The world of fantasy sports is no longer the purview of nerds and stat geeks. In fact, versions of the game are currently played by tens of millions of people worldwide. But while fantasy sports may have begun as a light-hearted diversion, to many of its participants winning or losing is no laughing...
Game Over
How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
“Enlightening” essays on athletes, activism, and the important role sports plays in our society (Publishers Weekly).
Sportscaster Howard Cosell dubbed it “rule number one of the jockocracy”: sports and politics just don’t mix. But in truth, some of our most important debates about...
Everything They Had
Sports Writing from David Halberstam
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
"Sometimes sports mirrors society, sometimes it allows us to understand the larger society a little better. But mostly, it is a world of entertainment of talented and driven young men and women who do certain things with both skill and passion."
--David Halberstam
David Halberstam...
Raising Your Game
Over 100 Accomplished Athletes Help You Guide Your Girls and Boys Through Sports
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Americas children are joiningand quittingyouth sports in record numbers. If kids cant find the fun in an activity, they may try to find the way out. If an adult cant find the right tools, they may not know the right words to say or the right actions to take. In Raising Your Game, authors Ethan J....
Talent Identification and Development in Sport
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Identifying talent in athletes and developing that ability to its fullest potential is a central concern of sport scientists, sports coaches and sports policy makers. This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge in talent identification and development in sport, from the biological...
Sports Science: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself
Teach Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Written by a Lecturer in Sport and Fitness with over ten years' experience in teaching and devising degree modules, Sports Science: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in,...
Sport Psychology: The Basics
Optimising Human Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
This comprehensive and accessible resource can be used as textbook or a self-help book and is aimed at students, athletes, coaches, sport scientists or indeed any-one looking to enhance their performance, whatever their sport or activity. The psychological concepts may even be useful for those working...
by Tucker Elliot
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
THE TEAM: The Braves are the oldest continuously operated franchise in National League history and are one of just six Major League clubs with more than 10,000 victories -- that's more than the Boston Red Sox or the New York Yankees and nearly 1,000 more than the Philadelphia Phillies (though the...
Sportscasters/Sportscasting
Principles and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2008
A comprehensive introduction to the workings of the business, Sportscasters/Sportscasting: Principles and Practices explains all of the information essential to anyone looking to begin a career in sports media. This unique volume explores topics in print and broadcast media, sports psychology, technology...
by Frank Hoffmann, Beulah B Ramirez
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
True to the spirit of the all-American athlete and our society's seemingly endless pursuit of and passion for leisure activities is Sports & Recreation Fads. This readable and fascinating reference book highlights some of the most notable as well as some long-forgotten pastimes and personalities....
Amped
How Big Air, Big Dollars, and a New Generation Took Sports to the Extreme
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
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Amped is the first comprehensive account of the history, culture, and business of action sports-skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, and freestyle motocross. Journalist David Browne interviews more than 100 athletes, pioneers, industry executives, manufacturers, and the adolescent...
Beyond the Sports Huddle
Mona on Minnesota
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
If it happened in Minnesota sports in the last forty years, Dave Mona was there. Working the sports beat for print and radio, covering the big stories and the ones others missed, rubbing shoulders with the stars and introducing the rookies, Mona is a longtime fixture on the sports scene. Join Dave...