Sports category: 37872 books
by John Coy
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
"It's that adrenaline rush, I think, that comes with extreme sports. For me it's all about the passion of sport and the goodwill that sport creates." -Robby Naish, windsurfer and kitesurfer
From the rush of skateboarding to some of the most ultimate extreme sports like base jumping...
Fun City
John Lindsay, Joe Namath, and How Sports Saved New York in the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
On January 1, 1966, New York came to a standstill as the city’s transit workers went on strike. This was the first day on the job for Mayor John Lindsay—a handsome, young former congressman with presidential aspirations—and he would approach the issue with an unconventional outlook that would...
Iconic Sports Venues
Persuasion in Public Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
From the Colosseum of Rome to Wrigley Field and Madison Square Garden, iconic sports venues are larger than life. They often exist in a seemingly "sacred" space, outside the hustle and bustle of the everyday. At their most basic level, iconic sports venues are revered and idolized. They emanate a...
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
College Football and the Politics of Rape
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Jessica Luther is one of the foremost experts on sexual assault and football. This book is based on exhaustive research on all documented cases of sexual assault allegations against college football players.
Luther is a fellow in the Texas Program in Sports and Media at the University of Texas...
Beer and Circus
How Big-Time College Sports Has Crippled Undergraduate Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A no-holds-barred examination of the troubled relationship between college sports and higher education from a leading authority on the subject
Murray Sperber turns common perceptions about big-time college athletics inside out. He shows, for instance, that contrary to popular belief the money...
A Place on the Team
The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2006
A Place on the Team is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. The federal law guaranteeing women's rights in education, Title IX opened gymnasiums and playing fields to millions of young women previously locked out. Journalist Welch Suggs chronicles both the law's successes...
by Christopher M. Norris
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Based on the hugely successful Complete Guide to Stretching,
this new series from Chris Norris is a sport-specific three-phase
programme of stretching, from beginner level, through intermediate
stretches, to advanced dynamic development. Chris introduces the book
with some advice on self-assessment...
The Jewish Olympics
The History of the Maccabiah Games
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Having grown from 390 athletes from fourteen countries to nine thousand athletes from seventy-eight countries, the Maccabiah Games (or the Jewish Olympics,” as it has come to be known) continue to gain popularity. The Maccabiah Games, which take place in Israel, first began in 1932, and the latest...
The Matheny Manifesto
A Young Manager's Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny's New York Times bestselling manifesto about what parents, coaches, and athletes get wrong about sports; what we can do better; and how sports can teach eight keys to success in sports and life.
Mike Matheny was just forty-one, without professional managerial...
A Fine Place to Daydream
Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Twenty-five years after his racetrack classic Laughing in the Hills, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck. Barich travels throughout his adopted country and meets the leading trainers...
They Said It Couldn't Be Done
The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
“One of sports’ most storied championship teams gets its proper due” (Tom Verducci) in this definitive history of the 1969 Miracle Mets from the New York Times bestselling author of The Boys of Winter.
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“If you want to know what it was like to live and witness a baseball miracle in...
The Coaching Process
A Practical Guide to Becoming an Effective Sports Coach
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
In this fresh and engaging introduction to sports coaching, Lynn Kidman and Stephanie Hanrahan guide students through the coaching process. Focusing on the practical aspects of sports coaching, the book helps students to develop their basic technical skills as well as strategies for working with individual...
Beantown Sports Trivia
The All Boston Sports Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book includes six sections of trivia on Boston sports covering the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, Boston Area College Teams and a Bonus Section. The College section is broken up into six parts with questions about Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, Northeastern, General College...
by Mike Gastineau, Art Thiel, Steve Rudman
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
With loyal fans supporting their major sports teams in the Seahawks (NFL), Mariners (MLB)-plus a rabid fan base for University of Washington jocks-Seattle is a great place for a sports debate. Local sports-radio talker Mike Gastineau teams up with longtime sportswriters Steve Rudman and Art Thiel...