Rowman Littlefield Publishers imprint: 5577 books
Becoming a True Champion
Achieving Athletic Excellence from the Inside Out
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Today, aspiring athletes have to work harder and be more dedicated than athletes of previous generations who did not have to contend with the messages of a popular culture that promotes winning at all costs and implicitly condones "shortcuts" to winning. Many of today's athletic superstars...
Lombardi Dies, Orr Flies, Marshall Cries
The Sports Legacy of 1970
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The year 1970 was grim in the United States and worldwide. Vietnam, continuing civil and political divisions, a fear of growing lawlessness, all seemed to point to a bleak future. The 70s were also a time when traditional boundaries were being challenged, from the color of skin to the length of hair....
The 1988 Dodgers
Reliving the Championship Season
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
When most baseball fans think back to the 1988 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics, they probably remember Kirk Gibson’s dramatic home run off Dennis Eckersley, Orel Hershiser’s shutout streak and dominant postseason pitching that got them there, or perhaps the fact...
Let's Play Two
The Life and Times of Ernie Banks
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
When Ernie Banks passed away in 2015, he was regarded as one of the most beloved men in baseball history. Making his start as a shortstop with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues as a teenager, Banks went on to become the first African American to play for the Chicago Cubs. Known affectionately...
by Robert L. Winzeler
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
In this overview of popular religion in Southeast Asia, Robert L. Winzeler offers an interpretative look at the nature of today’s indigenous religious traditions as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity and conversion. He focuses not on religion as it exists in books, doctrine, theology,...
Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age
Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
During the 1920s—the Golden Age of sports—sports writers gained their own recognition while covering such athletes as Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, and Red Grange. The top journalists of the era were the primary means by which fans learned about their favorite teams and athletes, and their...
by Tom Dunmore
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Every four years, the FIFA World Cup captures the global imagination like no other sporting spectacle. With a cumulative television audience of several billion people tuning in to the 2014 World Cup, and an estimated 700 million watching the finals—including more than 25 million in the United States...
When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide
Black Athletes at BYU and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide tells the story of Brandon Davies’ dismissal from Brigham Young University’s NCAA playoff basketball team to illustrate the thorny intersection of religion, race, and sport at BYU and beyond. Author Darron T. Smith analyzes the athletes dismissed through...
Boxing in Philadelphia
Tales of Struggle and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
This book tells the story of boxing in Philadelphia, the city that essentially gave birth to the sport in America. Jack Johnson, the controversial first black heavyweight champ, fought more times in Philly than any other city besides his hometown; Sugar Ray Robinson, perhaps the best boxer ever, fought...
Every Army Man Is with You
The Cadets Who Won the 1964 Army-Navy Game, Fought in Vietnam, and Came Home Forever Changed
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
The 1964 Army-Navy football game had no reason to be as memorable as it ultimately became. Navy looked poised to crush Army for the 6th consecutive year with future Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach at the helm, but a stunning upset victory by Army catapulted the Cadets players onto the national...
by Malissa Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Records of modern female boxing date back to the early eighteenth century in London, and in the 1904 Olympics an exhibition bout between women was held. Yet it was not until the 2012 Olympics—more than 100 years later—that women’s boxing was officially added to the Games. Throughout boxing’s...
Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years
An Inside Look at the Golden Age of Football
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
The 1950s and 60s was a golden age for professional football. It was perhaps the toughest and roughest era for the sport, before rules were created to better protect the players, but it was also a time when legends were born. To many football fans this era remains the Glory Years of the NFL, when...
A Nearly Perfect Season
The Inside Story of the 1984 San Francisco 49ers
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
The San Francisco 49ers entered the 1984 season determined to erase the memory of their three point loss to the Washington Redskins in the NFC Championship Game the year before. Nineteen games later, they had not only won the Super Bowl, they had redefined NFL history by becoming the first team to...
Max Baer and Barney Ross
Jewish Heroes of Boxing
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
In the 1920s and 30s, anti-Semitism was rife in the United States and Europe. Jews needed symbols of strength and demonstrations of courage against their enemies, and they found both in two champions of boxing: Max Baer and Barney Ross. Baer was the only Jewish heavyweight champion in the twentieth...