Sports category: 37872 books
by Damon Bruce
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
The Bay Area is home to multiple popular franchises in all four major sports-the 49ers and Raiders (NFL), Giants and A's (MLB), Kings and Warriors (NBA), and Sharks (NHL). With such diversity in rooting interest, area fans have much to debate all year long, and prominent Bay Area sports-radio host...
Sports Officiating and Coaching
100% Pure Adrenaline
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2009
In all the events, officiating has possessed a very important part and officials play very important role in all the events. Value and status of officiating has raised because now sports has gained a lot of importance throughout the world. Now officiating is considered an essential part of all the competitions.
Legends of the Philadelphia Phillies
Steve Carlton, Tug McGraw, Mike Schmidt, and Other Phillies Stars
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
The newly reissued Legends of the Philadelphia Phillies, originally published in 2005, takes an in-depth look at the legends that have shaped the Phillies’ identity over the last seventy years. Each chapter profiles a different beloved Phillies personality that colored the latter half of the twentieth...
Glow Pucks and 10-Cent Beer
The 101 Worst Ideas in Sports History
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Glow Pucks and 10-Cent Beer: The 101 Worst Ideas in Sports History chronicles the sports world's most infamous events, ill-fated ideas and unfortunate trends. It offers thorough research on each of its subjects, not just a simple retelling of well-known stories. Glow Pucks and 10-Cent Beer is a collection...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Why do women follow sports? How do they participate from the sidelines and what is the significance of this contribution? What can female fandom tell us about gender relations in sport? This book explores these and related questions by bringing together the varied strands of research being conducted...
A Coach in Progress
Marshall Football?A Story of Survival and Revival
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
A Coach in Progress depicts the catastrophe of the Southern Airways flight that crashed en route to Huntington, West Virginia, in 1970, killing all seventy-five passengers on board: players, coaches, and boosters of the Marshall University football team, as well as the flight crew. From this tragedy,...
Classic 'Burgh
The 50 Greatest Collegiate Games in Pittsburgh Sports History
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
The great tradition of collegiate sports in western Pennsylvania told through 50 memorable games
When sports fans think of collegiate sports in western Pennsylvania, most think of football at the University of Pittsburgh, but there is much more.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Duquesne University...
by Walter T. Champion, Kirk D. Willis
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
This complete survey of intellectual property law in the sports and entertainment industries evaluates the key connections between these arenas and provides an overview of trademark law for sports. The authors clearly explain the rights of publicity and privacy for entertainers and athletes, the ethical...
by Stafford Murray, Mike Hughes Mike Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
The Science of Sport series is essential reading for students, coaches and performers, physiotherapists, club doctors and professional support staff working in sport. The Science of Sport: Squash offers both scientific research and athlete testimonials to show that squash is one of the most physically...
Legends of Alabama Football
Joe Namath, Ozzie Newsome, Mark Ingram Jr., and Other Alabama Stars
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
With 15 national championships and a tradition of national achievement that dates back to the 1920s, the University of Alabama has secured its spot as one of the most successful athletic institutions in the history of American sports. Dating back to the days when university president Dr. George H....
by H. Vizetelly
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
A detailed guide to a variety of aquatic sports, with information on and instructions for angling, swimming, rowing, sailing, skating, sliding, and curling. Detailed and profusely illustrated, "Aquatic Sports" is not to be missed by collectors of vintage sporting literature, and will be of utility...
Pirates By the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Bucs By Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
When the National League decided on June 22, 1932, to place numbers on the backs of uniforms to make it easier for fans to follow their favorite players, no one knew at the time just what a landmark decision it would turn out to be. In fact, when the Pittsburgh Pirates donned numbered jerseys eight...
by Simon Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Discover the secrets to success in sport-related tourism and adventure travel!
This essential handbook of sport-related travel provides an in-depth look at an international industry growing by leaps and bounds. Sport and Adventure Tourism serves as a unique reference resource for sports and...
Global Media Sport
Flows, Forms and Futures
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
How has globalization impacted on sports media? What are the economic ramifications? And what is the future of sports media?
In order to answer these questions, this book investigates the constituents, dimensions and implications of the flows of media sport from the Global West to the Global...