Sports imprint: 713 books
Miracle Moments in Alabama Crimson Tide Football History
Best Plays, Games, and Records
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Alabama’s Crimson Tide has been the most dominant college football team in America for the past decade, winning five national championships and five conference titles. The team, under coach Nick Saban, has won an astounding ninety percent of its games since 2008, and established a dynasty unparalleled...
Shohei Ohtani
The Amazing Story of Baseball's Two-Way Japanese Superstar
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Rarely does anyone use the term “two-way” in regard to a baseball player. Yet the Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, at the young age of twenty-three, has become the epitome of the term, drawing comparisons to Babe Ruth by baseball pundits everywhere.
After being drafted by the Hokkaido...
The Boston Celtics
Larry Bird, Bob Cousy, Red Auerbach, and Other Legends Recall Great Moments in Celtics History
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Since the team’s inception in 1946, the Boston Celtics have been at the heart of the culture and history of the city they call home. And as Boston has transformed over the years, the Celtics too have evolved to reflect and embrace the changing times. In a book like no other, veteran writer and lifelong...
True Blue
A Tribute to Mike Krzyzewski's Career at Duke
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
It’s been over thirty years since Mike Krzyzewski became the head basketball coach at Duke University. And on November 15, 2011, Coach K became the most successful coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history with his 903rd victory. Now the impact and inspiration of this living legend is...
Miracle in Lake Placid
The Greatest Hockey Story Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
A celebration of America's greatest Olympic victory—the 1980 US–USSR hockey game!
Forty years after the "Miracle on Ice" captivated the world, this book deeply examines the impact that singular event had on the people who played and coached in it, America as a whole, and how that game changed...
by Dr. H. Sharadrao
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Physical culture is a term applied to health and strength training regimens, particularly those that originated during the 19th century. During the mid-late 20th century, the term physical culture became largely outmoded in most English-speaking countries, being replaced by terms such as physical education,...
by Dr. Anurag Saxena
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
like all social institutions sport has an organizational and structural aspect with built-in roles and statuses. These provide the individual with his or her social position within the institution and dictate his or her level of power within the structure. Social control is an important element of all...
by Dr. A.K. Srivastava
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Hammer throwing, one of the throwing events in track and field, was developed into a sport centuries ago in Ireland, Scotland, and England. It was among the other athletics event which were being included in the great Olympic Games held at Athens in 1896.
Incredible Baseball Trivia
More Than 200 Hardball Questions for the Thinking Fan
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Match wits with the father of baseball trivia, David Nemec, a ten-time national champion as he presents more than 200 baseball stumpers that are artfully designed to test the depth of the reader’s knowledge about the game since 1871 including:
Who is the most recent major leaguer to compile...
Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest UNC Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Ken Rappoport’s Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room is a compilation of the best notes, quotes, and anecdotes from North Carolina lore. Meet a coach nicknamed “Bloody Neck,” a player called “The Blind Bomber,” and a team known as the “White Phantoms.” And, of course,...
by Jason Hiner
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The tradition of college basketball excellence that reigns at Indiana University can only be matched by a handful of other elite programs, while the fierce devotion of IU basketball fans has been selling out arenas and inspiring generation after generation of Hoosier fans for over a century. This...
Tales from the Angels Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Angels Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Tales from the Angels Dugout is a humorous and fascinating look at the lighter side of forty-one years of frustration followed by the excitement of 2002. Award-winning sportswriter Steve Bisheff reminds us of those colorful days with The Cowboy, Gene Autry and the struggles under the ownership of...
Biological Basis of Physical Education
100% Pure Adrenaline
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009
Physical Education trends have developed recently to incorporate more activities into P.E. Introducing students to lifetime activities like bowling, walking/ hiking, or frisbee at an early age can help students develop good activity habits that will carry over into adulthood. Teaching non-traditional...
The Soccer Coach's Blueprint
Build a Strong Team Culture to Create a Winning Environment
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
To build a strong team, you must start with a strong foundation. But where to go from there? Every coach needs a blueprint she or he can follow to form a structurally sound coaching philosophy. The Soccer Coach’s Blueprint has the plan all coaches need. This blueprint is geared toward making decisions....