Sports category: 37872 books
Twelve Mighty Orphans
The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Jim Dent, author of the New York Times bestselling The Junction Boys, returns with his most powerful story of human courage and determination.
More than a century ago, a school was constructed in Fort Worth, Texas, for the purpose of housing and educating the orphans of Texas Freemasons. It...
What If the Babe Had Kept His Red Sox?
And Other Fascinating Alternate Histories from the World of Sports
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
What if Babe Ruth had not been sold to the Yankees in 1920 and instead played his entire career in Boston? What if Muhammad Ali had lost or quit in his first fight against Sonny Liston? What if the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had never moved to the West Coast? What if Vince Lombardi had become...
by Ann Killion
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
From the World Cup to the Olympics, from Mia Hamm to Carli Lloyd to Alex Morgan, here is the ultimate guide to Women's Soccer for young sports fans from an award-winning sports journalist.
The moment the U.S. Women's Soccer team won the World Cup in 1999, the team's--and the sport's--popularity...
The Secret Lives of Sports Fans
The Science of Sports Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans resemble political junkies, and why do we form such a strong attachment to a sports team? Journalist Eric Simons presents in-depth research in an accessible and brilliant way, sure to interest...
Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments
The 100 Most Controversial, Debatable Questions for Die-Hard Fans
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
WHO'S THE BEST?
WHO'S THE WORST?
Every Philadelphia fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them - picking the best, the worst, and who will come out on top. And no city tears its sports teams apart like we do in Philly.
Philly-area native and ESPN.com...
Cincinnati on Field and Court
The Sports Legacy of the Queen City
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2002
Sports are a key expression of civic identity along the Ohio River and are a large part of any discussion of Cincinnati's heritage. Their significance helps us interpret the broader issues of economic and social classes, gender differences, race and ethnicity matters, politics, and community values-in...
by Andrew Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
In Five Seven Five Sports: / 2012 in Haiku / Language of the Games, Andrew Hanson reveals a unique celebration of sports in 2012. His collection of haiku poetry highlights, examines, and memorializes the greatest games and the most prominent players and moments from each day of the calendar year....
The Score Is Love All
Timely Tips for Strong Parent/Child Relations in Youth Sports
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2003
Youth Sports: Parents and Kids Working Together
Real solutions for parents and kids who share in youth sports
Learn How To:
Raise "successful" children Deal with burnout and boredom Positive ways to express anger Motivate kids Bring about change Talk to kids so they'll listen Keep...
Team Psychology in Sports
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
The ability to mould a group of talented individual athletes into an effective team takes effort and skill. Team Psychology in Sports examines the crucial factors in the development of an effective team, introducing important psychological and organizational concepts and offering evidence-based interventions...
So You Think You're a Dallas Cowboys Fan?
Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
So You Think You’re a Dallas Cowboys Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of America’s Team. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, you’ll get details behind each-stories that bring to life players and coaches, games and seasons.
This book, the first in a new sports...
by Ed McDonough, Peter Collins
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
The late 1960s and early 1970s formed a significant epoch in the world of international sports car racing. As the motor racing rule-making body moved back and forth between cars that less and less resembled road-going vehicles, prototype sports car racing captured the imagination of manufacturers,...
Best of Sports Trivia
For all sports...
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
A book full of mixed general knowledge questions aimed at people who live and breathe sports.
230 Quizzes. A few thousand questions and answers!
Each quiz contains ten questions and answers, making a lot of fun trivia nights at the local bar, long journeys, or for when you're...
by Nicolae Sfetcu
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2014
Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event.
Aside from simple wagers--betting a friend that one's favorite baseball team will win its division, for instance, or buying a football "square" for the Super...
by Peter Finney
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Five times each week over the past several decades, sports fans in New Orleans began their mornings by reading local sportswriter Peter Finney. Finney's newspaper columns -- entertaining, informative, and inspiring -- connected New Orleans readers to the world of sports, for nearly 70 years. From...