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Cleveland's Finest
Sports Heroes From the Greatest Location in the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Cleveland's Finest has in depth, extremely personal interviews with some of the top names in Cleveland sports. Each interview is a no-holds-barred tell-all of the most intimate and sometimes controversial details of the largest impact moments in Cleveland's sports history.
This is the first...
Minimize Injury, Maximize Performance
A Sports Parent's Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Dr. Tommy John's unique program: a diet, lifestyle, and movement plan (Rethink. Rebuild. Replenish. Recover) for injury- and performance-proofing young athletes in every sport
Beginning as early as age 6 and continuing through the teenage years and on into their twenties, both male and female...
Benchwarmer
A Sports-Obsessed Memoir of Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
For most of his life, Josh Wilker has been on the sidelines. Spending his days in a cubicle in the far reaches of Chicago, and his nights in front of Red Sox games, he has been content to let others take center stage. From childhood onward, he sought comfort from anxiety and depression in the archival...
by Dr. Elmar Weinecke
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Performance Explosion in Sports offers new revolutionary findings in the area of individual micronutrient therapy in top and recreational athletes that has lead to the preservation of connective tissue function (ligaments, tendons, cartilage), thereby facilitating injury-free training. Special parameters show links between micronutrient deficiencies and degenerative changes in these structures.
Game of My Life Boston Red Sox
Memorable Stories of Red Sox Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Recalling some of the greatest players in Red Sox history and some of their greatest games, author Chaz Scoggins traces back over 70 years, to the very start of the seminal Yawkey era, in Game of My Life Boston Red Sox. Beginning with Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman who joined the team...
Game of My Life Pittsburgh Steelers
Memorable Stories of Steelers Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
After enduring decades as one of professional football’s worst teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers began their streak of dominance in the 1970s, recording four world championships in that decade alone. The Steelers now share the record for most Super Bowl appearances (8) and championships (6).
Now...
Lex Ludica: Soccer rules revisited
a critical analysis of the laws of the game of association football: past and present
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Lex ludica (game rules) is a branch of sports law that has never been studied in the academic community nor beyond. There are no learned writings on the subject and consequently, there is a considerable gap in science. Several years ago, Dr. Robert Siekmann decided to undertake a pilot study into the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Coaches are amongst the most visible figures in sport today but little is known about the history of their profession.
This book examines the history of coaching from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century. It uses a number of sports as case studies that includes: cricket, swimming,...
Thank You Hermann Goering
The Life of a Sports Writer
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
In his time working for the Daily Sketch and Daily Mail, Brian Scovell probably reported on more Test matches and more international football matches than any other English sports writer. This fascinating, amusing and finally very moving memoir is filled with hundreds of anecdotes and insights into...
Canes vs. Gators
Inside the Legendary Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators Football Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
All parties seem to be in agreement that the rivalry between the University of Miami and the University of Florida is as nasty and historical as they come; going back to the thirties, it’s the state of Florida’s oldest major rivalry. Gators beat writer Pat Dooley described the vitriolic rivalry...
Who's Better, Who's Best in Coaching?
Setting the Record Straight on the Top 50 NFL Coaches in History
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Ranking the best coaches in NFL history is no easy task. How do we decide which coach had a bigger on-field impact? Or the best tactical skills, both defensively and offensively? Not to mention measuring the strength of what a coach does behind the scenes, how he motivates his players, or how he keeps...
Anita Bean's Sports Nutrition for Women
A Practical Guide for Active Women
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Women who exercise regularly have specific nutritional needs. Carefully researched and fully up to date, and written by an experienced sports nutritionist, Anita Bean's book is written in a clear and accessible way to appeal directly to active women.
This book covers topics such as exercise...
Change Your Grip on Life Through Tennis
A Player's Physical, Mental, Technical, & Nutritional Guide for Improving Your Game
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
After 25 years of playing tennis and learning new strokes and strategies, Carmen Micsa realized that whether someone plays tennis, runs, hikes, or walks, there is a strong connection between the physical and spiritual side of sports. Her fresh approach to fitness, spirituality, and the mental toughness...
War on the Basepaths
The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
During his twenty-four-year career, Ty Cobb was an MVP, Triple Crown-winner, twelve-time batting champion, and was elected in the inaugural ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame (along with Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson). As someone who retired from the game...