Sports category: 37872 books
Sailing Acts
Following An Ancient Voyage
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
For those who love sailing and you-are-there travel literature. Also for those who enjoy studying the life and times of the Apostle Paul. But definitely for those who love adventure, or at least reading about it! Seafaring isn't for the faint of heart. It wasn't for the Apostle Paul in the first century...
by Fred Gratzon
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2013
The Mentally Quiet Athlete teaches a revolutionary approach to sports that immediately elevates an athlete's performance. It shifts the paradigm away from teaching the mechanics of a motion, stroke or pitch (which is how sports are universally taught) and teaches how to create a quiet mental state...
Tales from the Chicago Blackhawks Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Blackhawks Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
As one of the NHL’s original six teams, the Chicago Blackhawks have given their fans millions of heart-stopping memories, thousands of unforgettable stories, and now six Stanley Cup Championships with their recent 2015 win.
Fans of this indomitable team can capture the excitement from the...
Sports Talk Radio Is a Waste of Time (And so Is This Book)
A Common Sense Look at the Sports World Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
A fun, common sense approach to sports from the perspective of someone who LOVES it and wants it to be BETTER than it already is for everyone young and old. Written in hopes of bringing people together to discuss sports topics past, present, fun and serious. If you decide to read it, I can assure...
by Sebastian Augustin
Language: German
Release Date: June 8, 2005
Language: German
Release Date: June 8, 2005
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportgeschichte, Note: 1,3, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Veranstaltung: Sport und Politik nach dem 2. Weltkrieg, 6 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Neuaufbau des Sports...
by Frédéric Delavier, Michael Gundill
Language: French
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: November 26, 2014
La musculation est devenue incontournable pour les sports de combat, car elle améliore l'efficacité du compétiteur en lui faisant gagner en puissance de frappe, en développant son endurance et sa résistance, en augmentant l'amplitude de ses mouvements, en lui permettant de se forger une couche...
by Jan Harpel
Language: German
Release Date: August 18, 2007
Language: German
Release Date: August 18, 2007
Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportgeschichte, Note: 1,0, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 70 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit soll die Frage klären, ob Carl Diem Weichensteller, Impulsgeber und Wegbereiter war, oder ob...
by Sebastian Krüger
Language: German
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Language: German
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportgeschichte, Note: 1,3, Universität Potsdam (Sportwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar: Die Nachkriegsentwicklung des deutschen Sports (1945-1957), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Ausarbeitung befasst sich mit dem Thema...
Truth Doesn't Have a Side
My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
One day in 2002 the fifty-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster’s body looked to Omalu like the body of a much older man, and the circumstances of his behavior prior to his death were clouded...
Seabiscuit
An American Legend
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.
Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest...
The First Star
Red Grange and the Barnstorming Tour That Launched the NFL
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
In The First Star, acclaimed sports writer Lars Anderson recounts the thrilling story of Harold "Red" Grange, the Galloping Ghost of the gridiron, and the wild barnstorming tour that earned professional football a place in the American sporting firmament.
Red Grange's on-field exploits...
The Rivals
Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendshi p
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In the annals of sports, no individual rivalry matches the intensity, longevity, and emotional resonance of the one between two extraordinary women: Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.
Over sixteen years, Evert and Navratilova met on the tennis court a record eighty times—sixty times in...
Bloody Confused!
A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Chuck Culpepper was a veteran sports journalist edging toward burnout . . . then he went to London and discovered the high-octane, fanatical (and bloody confusing!) world of English soccer.
After covering the American sports scene for fifteen years, Chuck Culpepper suffered from a profound...
The Beckham Experiment
How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
In 2007, David Beckham, the golden boy of soccer, shocked the international sports world when he signed a five-year contract with an American team, the Los Angeles Galaxy. Under the direction of his manager, Simon Fuller, the mastermind behind American Idol and the Spice Girls, Beckham was ready for...