Sports category: 37872 books
by IntroBooks
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
In the history of mankind, sports occupy a very centre place in defining the era and cultures of a concerned time period. In ancient times, several sports sprouted up that have still existed, and some still keep themselves active. The Olympics has been with us for the last 3 millennia ever since Greeks...
Start Your Engines
Famous Firsts in the History of NASCAR
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Start Your Engines contains twenty-nine chapters describing different inaugural accomplishments that have taken place throughout NASCAR history. This book answers the following questions:
When was NASCAR officially founded?
Where was the first Strictly Stock race held?
What was the...
Sports on Television
The How and Why Behind What You See
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
In Sports on Television, Dennis Deninger provides an all-encompassing view of the sports television industry. He progresses from the need for this book, to the history of the industry and discipline, to the pioneering events of sports broadcasting and sports television, to a nuts-and bolts, behind-the-scenes...
The Sports Quiz Book
500 Questions on Sporting History
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Are you an all-round sports fan? Do you enjoy a range of sports and follow all the action on everything from football to darts? Do you consider yourself to be knowledgeable about many different sports? If so, the time has come to find out how much you really know with The Sports Quiz Book. Which club...
In Black and White
Race and Sports in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1996
From the days of the Negro Leagues in baseball up to the present when collegiate basketball factories entice and then fail to educate young black men, sports in America have long served as a barometer of the country's racial climate. Just as blacks are generally absent from the upper echelons of corporate...
I Was There!
Joe Buck, Bob Costas, Jim Nantz, and Others Relive the Most Exciting Sporting Events of Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Take a trip through sports history through the eyes of those covering the biggest events of all-time. In I Was There! sixty-five of the biggest names in sports broadcasting and journalism share their personal experiences at the Top 5 sports moments they each saw in person.
From cultural phenomena...
From Black Sox to Three-Peats
A Century of Chicago's Best Sportswriting from the "Tribune," "Sun-Times," and Other Newspapers
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Bears, Bulls, Cubs, Sox, Blackhawks—there’s no city like Chicago when it comes to sports. Generation after generation, Chicagoans pass down their almost religious allegiances to teams, stadiums, and players and their never-say-die attitude, along with the stories of the city’s best (and worst)...
Secrets of Sports Psychology Revealed
Proven Techniques to Elevate Your Performance
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
The world of sports psychology and in the introduction of mental skills coaches has exploded into the athletic mainstream over the last few decades. Before then, the attitude regarding such training was extremely conservative and “old school”—the prevailing philosophy was that “any athlete...
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports
Ranked According to Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2003
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative criteria. Each decade has seen someone new emerge as the greatest Jewish athlete, from boxer Abe Attell to baseballs'...
Alternative Models of Sports Development in America
Solutions to a Crisis in Education and Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
In the United States, the entanglement of sports and education has persisted for over a century. Multimillion-dollar high school football stadiums, college coaches whose salaries are many times those of their institutions’ presidents, psychological and educational tolls on student-athletes, and...
by Maylon Hanold
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
World Sports: A Reference Handbook covers a wide variety of sports-related controversies, including ethical, political, technological, business, and social issues related to the phenomenon of sports. Many of the larger topics are covered from multiple angles, often providing both a global and American...
American Sports in an Age of Consumption
How Commercialization Is Changing the Game
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Sports are not what they used to be. New publicly funded stadiums resemble shopping malls. Fans compete for cash prizes in fantasy sports leagues. Sports video games are now marketing and public relations tools and team logos have become fashionable brands. The larger social meanings sports hold for...
Security Management for Sports and Special Events
An Interagency Approach to Creating Safe Facilities
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
Though spectator and player security has always been a priority for sport and facility managers at all levels, large-scale threats such as terrorism or natural disasters have become even more critical management concerns. Proactive sport and facility managers understand the role they must take in...
Managing Major Sports Events
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The hosting of major sporting events can be a key tool in the development of cities and countries around the world. If carried out effectively these events can not only bring prestige to an area but can leave the local population with a legacy of improved infrastructure and facilities. Managing Major...