Sports category: 37872 books
Magnolias, Sweet Tea, and Exhaust
One Woman?s Journey to Understanding the Phenomenon of NASCAR
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
In Magnolias, Sweet Tea, and Exhaust, Carole Townsend goes to ground with NASCAR, following the races at Southern tracks from one to the next, learning about the sport and the culture of NASCAR as she goes. Townsend meets and interviews top drivers as well as some of NASCAR’s rising stars, legends,...
The Anatomy of Competition in Sports
The Struggle for Success in Major US Professional Leagues
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Thousands of children across the United States dream of becoming professional athletes, yet less than one in a thousand high school seniors will go on to play in a major pro league. Of those select few, many will find that after a childhood of full-time commitment to their sport, their professional...
The Sports Playbook
Building Teams that Outperform, Year after Year
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Why do so many sports teams have losing records, year after year? Why do others win big, but only every 20 or 30 years? And why is it that so few teams enjoy sustained, continual success? This book gives the answer. Providing a blueprint or "playbook" for success in sports at every level,...
by Tucker Elliot
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
THE TEAM: The Giants franchise is the winningest in professional baseball history, having won more regular season games than the Cubs, Yankees, Dodgers, or Red Sox. The Giants have been to the World Series 18 times and claimed six championships during baseball's modern era--and the success of...
by Jim Wexell
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
The "Immaculate Reception" may have started it all, but the 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers put the stamp on the modern era’s greatest sports dynasty. It’s not even a debate. No other National Football League team in the modern sports era-as defined by Nielson-won so much in so little time. The tag is...
Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Eagles Hockey Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
With five Division I national championships to its credit-most recently in 2012-the men’s hockey program at Boston College is a force to be reckoned with year after year. Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room details the long and highly successful history of ice hockey at Boston College,...
Fight Sports and American Masculinity
Salvation in Violence from 1607 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2015
Throughout America’s past, some men have feared the descent of their gender into effeminacy, and turned their eyes to the ring in hopes of salvation. This work explains how the dominant fight sports in the United States have changed over time in response to broad shifts in American culture and ideals...
Dispute Resolution in Sport
Athletes, Law and Arbitration
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
An increasing number of sport disputes are being resolved by way of arbitration. This is the first book to critically examine the processes and benefits of sportspecific arbitration as compared to litigation.
The book explores, in depth, the development of alternative dispute resolutions in...
Managing Elite Sport Systems
Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Over the last twenty years or so there has been a sharp increase in interest from national sports federations and governments in the development of effective elite sport systems, particularly focused on achieving success in the summer and winter Olympic Games. Many countries now have publicly funded...
Sports Fundraising
Dynamic Methods for Schools, Universities and Youth Sport Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Sports Fundraising is a complete introduction to fundamental principles and best practice in sports fundraising. Focusing on the particular challenges of fundraising in intercollegiate and interscholastic sport, and for youth sport organizations, the book is designed to help students develop the professional...
The Miseducation of the Student Athlete
How to Fix College Sports
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
The student-athlete’s life: practice, gym, weight room, film review, repeat. Simply put, sports come first. Academics is a distant second.
As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes...
The Athlete's Dilemma
Sacrificing Health for Wealth and Fame
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Sports provide people around the world with unmatched entertainment, from the excitement of victory to the agony of defeat. Unfortunately, it also has become painfully clear that the agony of sports goes well beyond athletes losing games or competitions. Playing through concussions, the abuse of pain...
The Business of Sports
Off the Field, in the Office, on the News
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
The Business of Sports provides a comprehensive foundation of the economic, organizational, legal and political components of the sports industry. Geared for journalism, communication and business students, but also an excellent resource for those working in sports, this text introduces readers to...
The Bottom Line
Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
In The Bottom Line, one of the foremost sports economists writing today, Andrew Zimbalist (National Pastime), analyzes the "net value" of sports. He examines motives for why owners buy franchises, the worth of the players and the profitability of teams, and the importance of publicly funded...