World's Greatest Sports Trivia Book (Best Sports Trivia Books)

World's Greatest Sports Trivia Book (Best Sports Trivia Books)
Kory Kinslow (Author), Paul Grossinger (Editor)

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History of Sports

The name says it all. This is simply the world's best sports trivia book. Inside you'll find 50 trivia questions organized into 5 Chapters: NFL, MLB, NBA, College Football and NCAA Basketball. Each question is on its own page with the question, a complete answer and an interesting, relevant, image.

Book includes a "clickable" Table of Contents.

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If you love sports, you'll love this book. It's a perfect gift to test the true knowledge of the sports lover in your life. Enjoy.

• Rank: #102638 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-01-01
• Released on: 2013-01-01
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf

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American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
by James Dodson
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History of Sports

In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf itself, thus making possible the subsequent popularity of players from Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods.
 
During the Depression—after the exploits of Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones (winning the Grand Slam as an amateur in 1930) had faded in the public’s imagination—golf’s popularity fell year after year, and as a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was the unhappy prospect facing two dirt-poor boys from Texas and another from Virginia who had dedicated themselves to the game yet could look forward only to eking out a subsistence living along with millions of other Americans. But then lightning struck, and from the late thirties into the fifties these three men were so thoroughly dominant—each setting a host of records—that they transformed both how the game was played and how society regarded it.
 
Sports fans in general are well aware of Hogan and Nelson and Snead, but even the most devoted golfers will learn a great many new things about them here. Their hundredth birthdays will be commemorated throughout 2012—Nelson born in February, Snead in May, and Hogan in August—but as this comprehensive and compelling account vividly demonstrates, they were, and will always remain, a triumvirate for the ages.

• Rank: #52087 in Books
• Published on: 2012-03-13
• Released on: 2012-03-13
• Format: Deckle Edge
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.52" h x 1.41" w x 6.64" l, 1.81 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France

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From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
David Walsh (Author)
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For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate a sport that held little previous interest for their countrymen. But is this a true story, or is there a darker version of the truth, one that sadly reflects the realities of sports in the twenty-first century? Landis’s title is now in jeopardy because drug tests revealing that his testosterone levels were eleven times those of a normal athlete strongly suggest that he used banned substances, and for years similar allegations have swirled around Armstrong.

Now internationally acclaimed award-winning journalist David Walsh gives an explosive account of the shadow side of professional sports. In this electrifying, controversial, and scrupulously documented exposé, Walsh explores the many facets of the cyclist doping scandals in the United States and abroad. He examines how performance-enhancing drugs can infiltrate a premier sports event–and why athletes succumb to the pressure to use them. In researching this book, Walsh conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with key figures in international cycling, doctors, and other insiders, including Emma O’Reilly, Armstrong’s longtime massage therapist; former U.S. Postal Service cycling team doctor Prentice Steffen; cycling legend Greg LeMond; and former teammates of both Landis and Armstrong.

Central to the story is Lance Armstrong’s relentless, all-consuming drive to be the best. Also essential to this narrative is Floyd Landis, the unassuming, sympathetic hero who was the first winner of the Tour de France after Lance–and the first ever to face the threat of having his title revoked. More than anything else, this book will ignite anew the debate about whether there is room in the current sports culture for athletes who compete honestly, whether sports can be saved from a scandal as widespread as this, and what changes will have to be made.

With a compelling narrative and revelations that will stun, enlighten, and haunt readers, David Walsh addresses numerous questions that arise in that crucial space where sports meet the larger American culture.


From the Hardcover edition.

• Rank: #12677 in eBooks
• Published on: 2007-06-26
• Released on: 2007-06-26
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game

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Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game
by Dan Barry
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History of Sports

On April 18, 1981, a ball game sprang eternal. For eight hours, the night seemed to suspend a town and two teams between their collective pasts and futures, between their collective sorrows and joys—the shivering fans; their wives at home; the umpires; the batboys approaching manhood; the ejected manager, peering through a hole in the backstop; the sportswriters and broadcasters; and the players themselves—two destined for the Hall of Fame (Cal Ripken and Wade Boggs), the few to play only briefly or forgettably in the big leagues, and the many stuck in minor-league purgatory, duty bound and loyal forever to the game.

With Bottom of the 33rd, celebrated New York Times journalist Dan Barry delivers a lyrical meditation on small-town lives, minor-league dreams, and the elements of time and community that conspired one fateful night to produce a baseball game seemingly without end. An unforgettable portrait of ambition and endurance, Bottom of the 33rd is the rare sports book that changes the way we perceive America’s pastime—and America’s past.

• Rank: #21697 in Books
• Published on: 2012-03-27
• Released on: 2012-03-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .66" h x 5.28" w x 7.97" l, .44 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

The Steel City 500: A decidedly subjective ranking of the greatest athletes to ever play on Pittsburgh's diamonds, gridirons, rinks, rings, courts, tracks and more

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The Steel City 500: A decidedly subjective ranking of the greatest athletes to ever play on Pittsburgh's diamonds, gridirons, rinks, rings, courts, tracks and more
David Finoli (Author), Chris Fletcher (Author)

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History of Sports

We're gathered here: To select and celebrate the Steel City 500, the greatest athletes in Western Pennsylvania history. A few notes of explanation as you're getting your beer and preparing to argue with the choices. First, in the case of team sports, we're limiting our picks to those who competed here at either the collegiate or professional level. That same rule doesn't hold true for individual sports (more on that in a minute). Therefore, of our great legacy of NFL quarterbacks like Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Joe Montana and Dan Marino, only Marino qualifies for inclusion on the Steel City 500 list (No. 20), based upon his exploits at the University of Pittsburgh. Likewise, Donora's Stan "The Man" Musial doesn't crack the list, despite being one of the 20 greatest baseball players of all time, because he unfortunately never played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. For us, high-school athletics paled in comparison, so we chose to identify those who competed at a higher level. (However, we'e not nuts, so we included a separate listing of great athletes who hailed from but never played here.) How did we choose the 500, you may ask, and was there beer involved? Carefully and yes. We cast a wide net in determining what athletes and indeed what sports to include. Among the 500 you'l find the expected football, baseball, hockey and basketball players. But you'll also find boxers, swimmers, jockeys, wrestlers, sprinters, long jumpers, golfers and tennis players' and a whole host of others who competed in individual sports. We have a number of Hall of Famers. Some from Cooperstown and Canton, but also others from Danai Beach, Florida, home of the Fishing Hall of Fame as well as the Basketball, Hockey, College Football, Track, Soccer, Bowling and Tennis halls of fame just to name a few. We don't have any figure skaters because we don't consider it a sport but rather an activity. But who in their right mind can come up with rankings when you're comparing and contrasting across different sports? How do you determine that a great running back ranks higher than a power-hitting first baseman? Good question. There were a number of factors weighed: Records held and other awards/achievements, longevity/number of great seasons in Pittsburgh, championships, inclusion into halls of fame and impact. That's why Louise Fulton comes in at No. 194. As the first African-American woman to win a title on the Women's Professional Bowlers Association Tour in the midst of the Civil Rights movement, she had impact at a turbulent time. And yes, we'll probably hear it for ranking a horse, Adios, at No. 32. But before you say nay (or is it neigh?), take a look at our reasoning. Chances are you might not agree with where some of our competitors fall in the list. Barry Bonds outside the top 20? You'll see why. That's the beauty of this project, the discussions that are sure to ensue. The other highlight for us is to be able to showcase many of the top athletes you may not have heard of or have been overlooked. Western Pennsylvania has a great sporting heritage. Join us in celebrating it.

• Rank: #292854 in Books
• Published on: 2013-01-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 524 pages

Successful Coaching - 3rd Edition

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Successful Coaching - 3rd Edition
by Rainer Martens
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Being a successful coach is not just about Xs and Os and winning games. It’s about coaching young people to become successful athletes—and successful human beings. But unless you already have the teaching skills of an educator, the training expertise of a physiologist, the administrative leadership of a business executive, and the counseling wisdom of a psychologist, you will rely on this third edition of Successful Coaching to discover how to excel as a coach.

Successful Coaching offers an in-depth introduction to the coaching profession and is specifically written for the high school and serious club coach. Integrating the latest sport science research with practical knowledge acquired by highly experienced coaches, this book features new sections on sportsmanship, coaching diverse athletes, managing athletes’ behavior, preventing and addressing drug and alcohol abuse, and coaching using the games approach. Five sections serve as the foundation for the book:

• Principles of Coaching emphasizes the value of a coaching philosophy and how to achieve the three major objectives of coaching: create a team of winners; help young people have fun; and motivate young people to develop physical, psychological, and social skills. Featured is a new chapter devoted to coaching diverse athletes, in which coaches learn about developmental differences in youth, cultural and gender differences, and differences in physical and mental abilities. Also new are specific guidelines on sexual harassment, sexual relations, and homosexuality in sport, making Successful Coaching the first book to offer written guidelines that address these issues.
• Principles of Behavior discusses how to communicate and motivate players, as well as manage problem behaviors among athletes, using a positive discipline approach.
• Principles of Teaching introduces the games approach to coaching and details how to incorporate this new approach into teaching technical and tactical skills. Coaches will learn how to develop an instructional plan for each practice and for the entire season.
• Principles of Physical Training includes five new chapters on training basics, training for energy fitness, training for muscular fitness, nutrition, and battling drugs. Coaches will learn to develop training programs for better sport performance and to ensure the health and safety of their athletes.
• Principles of Management covers the interpersonal and administrative basics required for building a solid coaching foundation that emphasizes team, relationship, and risk management. Helpful advice on working with fellow coaches, administrators, officials, medical personnel, parents, and the media is also included.

With more than 500,000 copies sold since the release of the first edition, Successful Coaching is the best-selling general coaching book ever published. Produced by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) and written by ASEP founder Rainer Martens, Successful Coaching serves as the text for ASEP’s Coaching Principles course. This course is used by many colleges and universities and endorsed by numerous state high school associations and other sport organizations as the preferred professional development program for their coaches. Each year, more than 25,000 coaches take this course to further their professional development and meet coaching certification requirements.

Successful Coaching, Third Edition, was reviewed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education (NCACE) and complies with the NASPE National Standards for Sport Coaches and the NCACE Guidelines for Accreditation of Coaching Education.

• Rank: #12908 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.98" h x 1.26" w x 8.50" l, 3.70 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 508 pages

The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World

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The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
Dave Zirin (Author), John Wesley Carlos (Author), Cornel West (Foreword)

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History of Sports

2012 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work—Biography/Autobiography

"A powerful and poignant memoir."—Cornel West, from the foreword

"John Carlos is an American hero. And finally he has written a memoir to tell us his story—and a powerful story it is. I couldn't put this book down."—Michael Moore

Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith's Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement. Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist John Carlos.

John Carlos is a former track and field athlete and professional football player, and a founding member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights. He won the bronze medal in the 200-meter race at the 1968 Olympics, where his Black Power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith caused much political controversy.

Dave Zirin is the author of four books, including Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love, A Peoples' History of Sports in the United States, and What's My Name, Fool?

• Rank: #192828 in Books
• Published on: 2013-02-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 220 pages

Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History - Third Edition

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Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History - Third Edition
by Don Gulbrandsen, LeRoy Butler
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History of Sports

ThePackers are world champions once again, and Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History is the ultimate, authoritative look at this storied and beloved sports franchise. In addition to offering a comprehensive history of the team and in-depth profiles of its greatest stars, the book features more than 200 rare and iconic photographs as well as chalkboard diagrams of key plays from team history. It tells of the legends who have defined the Packer legacy for more than 80 years, from Bart Starr to Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers, Ray Nitschke to Reggie White to Clay Matthews, Curly Lambeau to Vince Lombardi to Mike McCarthy.

• Rank: #151235 in Books
• Published on: 2011-04-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.14" h x .94" w x 9.49" l, 2.83 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Minnesota Vikings 1969: A Game-by-Game Guide

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Minnesota Vikings 1969: A Game-by-Game Guide
John Schaefer (Author)

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History of Sports

Relive the Minnesota Vikings' memorable 1969 season with this guide that explores the entire year game by game, from the heart-stopping drama on opening day against the Giants through the push to the NFL crown and the franchise's first spot in the Super Bowl.

Minnesota rose to the top of the league in 1969 led by its awesome defense but also behind the fiery leadership of quarterback Joe Kapp. The Purple People-Eaters and Kapp produced some amazing stats -- only one regular-season opponent scored more than 14 points, three times the Vikings scored more than 50 in a game -- and there were many highlights along the way, including Kapp's record-tying seven-touchdown bombing of the Colts, a victory over the previously undefeated Rams in a key late-season showdown and triumphs over the Rams and Browns in frigid and rollicking Metropolitan Stadium to earn the NFL crown and propel the Vikes to their first Super Bowl.

A full recap and box score from every game is included, so you can follow the exploits of Bud Grant's heroes from start to finish as they ushered in a new era of pro football excellence.

Whether you are a die-hard Vikings fan or an NFL history buff, you will enjoy this look back at the 1969 Minnesota Vikings.

• Rank: #202682 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-01-02
• Released on: 2013-01-02
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Minnesota Vikings 1973: A Game-by-Game Guide

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Minnesota Vikings 1973: A Game-by-Game Guide
John Schaefer (Author)

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The Bite Fight: Tyson, Holyfield and the Night That Changed Boxing Forever

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The Bite Fight: Tyson, Holyfield and the Night That Changed Boxing Forever
by George Willis

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History of Sports

The infamous boxing match between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield on June 28, 1997, was like none other in the sport’s history, and this insightful account of the anticipation, the gruesome fight itself, and the ongoing aftermath of that one night reveals just how much of an impact it really made. The rivals met for a rematch that would never be finished, as Tyson earned a disqualification and infamy that followed in the third round by biting off a portion of Holyfield’s ear. Through nearly 100 interviews, including with the famed fighters themselves, and extensive research of past interviews, books, and transcripts, this exploration of the sensational events surrounding the fight provides a behind-the-scenes, past and present look at the bout.

• Rank: #269966 in Books
• Published on: 2013-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Ramblers: Loyola Chicago 1963 - The Team that Changed the Color of College Basketball

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Ramblers: Loyola Chicago 1963 - The Team that Changed the Color of College Basketball
by Michael Lenehan

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Today, the game of basketball features a diverse group of athletes: Americans, Asians, and Europeans of all creeds and colors, most of whom play "above the rim." But 50 years ago, the game was played on the floor and offered severely limited the opportunities for African Americans. As the country reeled with racial conflict in the crucible of the Civil Rights movement, the Loyola Ramblers fielded a transgressive lineup that included four African-American starters. Often playing against all-white teams, some of whom were even barred from playing against integrated teams, the 1963 Ramblers endured countless hardships on their way to achieving one of the greatest underdog victories in NCAA history.

Ramblers is an entertaining and detail-rich look back at the unlikely odds that went into creating Loyola's last championship squad. The book offers a vivid illustration of the historical context in relation to basketball in particular and 1950s and 60s society at large. Additionally, Ramblers explores the stories of two Loyola opponents: Mississippi State, the all-white team who defied state policy by sneaking out of town to play the Ramblers; and Cincinnati, the two-time NCAA tournament winners who were also integrated and heavily favored against Loyola in the championship game. All of these narratives are masterfully intertwined along with enrapturing play-by-play of the final championship game, a miraculous come-from-behind upset in overtime that featured two buzzer-beating, last-second shots.

While on the surface this is a story about basketball—inherent with the drama, tension, and unambiguous climax of victory—it is also a story about our culture and how our games interact with our politics. In the microcosm of sport, the only measures of worth are skill and character. In the heat of competition, superfluous factors like race or social standing fall by the wayside and all that matters on the court is if one athlete's play can best the play of another. Because of this, the history of the Civil Rights movement is so poignant, compelling, and palpable in these situations, as we can see in the course of a 40-minute game the shifting of cultural perceptions from someone's appearance to their innate ability.

At its heart, Ramblers is a story about history and culture, and American society at a crossroads. It shares these traits with Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit, Don Haskins's Glory Road, and Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, most closely with the latter two in their dealing with the crucial issues of race and social standing in our society. The story of the 1963 Ramblers, which predates by three years the "Glory Road" game commonly referred to as college basketball's white-to-black tipping point, has never been explored so comprehensively and in as much fascinating detail as author and journalist Michael Lenehan does in Ramblers. America's next great sport story is one that happened 50 years ago, and the celebration of this anniversary will take place beyond Loyola's campus and Chicago's city limits, extending to basketball fans and lovers of powerful, dramatic storytelling everywhere.

• Rank: #254390 in Books
• Published on: 2013-03-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Lefty: An American Odyssey

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Lefty: An American Odyssey
by Vernona Gomez, Lawrence Goldstone

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“An intimate portrait of a man whose life off the field was equally as captivating as his unparalleled baseball career.”—Yankees Magazine  
 
Born into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees. Lefty baffled hitters with his blazing fastball, establishing himself as the team’s ace. Now, drawing on countless conversations with Lefty, more than three hundred interviews conducted with his family, friends, competitors, and teammates over the course of a decade, and revealing candid photos, documents, and film clips—many never shown publicly—his daughter Vernona Gomez and her award-winning co-author Lawrence Goldstone vividly re-create the life and adventures of the irreverent southpaw. A star-studded romp through America’s most glamorous years, with cameos from Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, George Gershwin, Ernest Hemingway, and Marilyn Monroe, Lefty is at once a long-overdue reminder of a pitcher’s greatness and a heartwarming celebration of a life well-lived.
 
“His story transcends sports and gives us a much-needed lesson in grit and grace.”—Jon Meacham
 
“A loving and beautifully written tribute . . . Be prepared to be transformed, and to discover stars who were stars in an age when that word really meant something.”—Mike Greenberg, co-host of ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning
 
“An amiable portrait of a baseball great—like Yogi Berra, Dizzy Dean and Satchel Paige—whose outsized personality looms even larger than his considerable athletic achievements.”—Kirkus Reviews

• Rank: #368283 in Books
• Published on: 2013-02-26
• Released on: 2013-02-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

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Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Laura Hillenbrand (Author)
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BONUS: This edition contains a Seabiscuit discussion guide and an excerpt from Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit’s fortunes:

Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon.

Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.

• Rank: #11800 in eBooks
• Published on: 2003-07-01
• Released on: 2003-07-01
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

A History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education: From Ancient Civilizations to the Modern World

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A History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education: From Ancient Civilizations to the Modern World
by Robert Mechikoff
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History of Sports

Sports in American History:From Colonization to Globalization

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Sports in American History:From Colonization to Globalization
by Gerald Gems, Linda Borish, Gertrud Pfister
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History of Sports

Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization journeys from the early American past to the present to give students a compelling grasp of the historical evolution of American sporting practices. This text provides students with insights that will allow them to develop new and alternative perspectives, examine sport as a social and cultural phenomenon, generate a better understanding of current sport practices, and consider future developments in sport in American life.

This expansive text is the most comprehensive resource on sport history, providing coverage of sport by historical periods—from the indigenous tribes of premodern America, through colonial societies, to the era of sport in the United States today. Unlike previous sport history texts, Sports in American History examines how women, minorities, and ethnic and religious groups have influenced U.S. sporting culture. This gives students a broader knowledge of the complexities of sport, health, and play in the American experience and how historical factors, such as gender, ethnicity, race, and religion, provide a more complete understanding of sports in American history.

The easy-to-follow material is divided into nine chronological chapters starting with sporting practices in colonial America and ending with globalized sport today, making it ideal for a semester-long course. Each chapter includes objectives, an introduction, a summary of the points covered, and discussion questions to help students easily identify and remember the key concepts presented. In addition, the text has the following features:

-An extensive time line of significant sport and nonsport events gives students a handy reference point from which to view the past.

-End-of-chapter discussion questions help students comprehend the material and aid instructors in class preparation.

-Sidebars provide alternative perspectives about sport issues and developments, including international differences in the organization, play, and culture of sport. “People and Places” sidebars offer brief glimpses into key institutions and figures that have affected sport during a particular period.

-Primary documents from each historical period—including newspapers, illustrations, photographs, historical writings, quotations, and posters—are integrated into each chapter to bring the time periods to life for students.

-An extensive bibliography features primary and secondary sources in American sport history.

Sports in American History is unique in its level of detail, broad time frame, and focus on sports and the evolving definitions of physical activity and games. In addition, excerpts from primary documents provide firsthand accounts that will not only inform and fascinate readers but also provide a well-rounded perspective on the historical development of American sport. With sidebars offering an international viewpoint, this book will help students understand how historical events have shaped sport differently in the United States than in other parts of the world.

• Rank: #15504 in Books
• Brand: Human Kinetics
• Published on: 2008-08-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x 1.10" w x 10.98" l, 2.75 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

• Author(s): Gems, Borish, Pfister
• Published: 8-7-us.html08
• SHK00628

Game of My Life: Dallas Cowboys: Memorable Stories of Cowboys Football

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Game of My Life: Dallas Cowboys: Memorable Stories of Cowboys Football
by Jean-Jacques Taylor (Author), David Deboy (Narrator)

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The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports

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The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports
by Kevin Cook

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History of Sports

The inside story of the most colorful decade in NFL history—pro football’s raging, hormonal, hairy, druggy, immortal adolescence.

Between the Immaculate Reception in 1972 and The Catch in 1982, pro football grew up. In 1972, Steelers star Franco Harris hitchhiked to practice. NFL teams roomed in skanky motels. They played on guts, painkillers, legal steroids, fury, and camaraderie. A decade later, Joe Montana’s gleamingly efficient 49ers ushered in a new era: the corporate, scripted, multibillion-dollar NFL we watch today. Kevin Cook’s rollicking chronicle of this pivotal decade draws on interviews with legendary players—Harris, Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, Ken “Snake” Stabler—to re-create their heroics and off-field carousing. He shows coaches John Madden and Bill Walsh outsmarting rivals as Monday Night Football redefined sports’ place in American life. Celebrating the game while lamenting the physical toll it took on football’s greatest generation, Cook diagrams the NFL’s transformation from second-tier sport into national obsession. 8 pages of photographs

• Rank: #235614 in Books
• Published on: 2013-08-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Woodcraft

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Woodcraft
E. H. (Elmer Harry) Kreps (Author)
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Woodcraft (109 pages, copyright 1919, public domain) was written by Elmer Harry Kreps (1880-1957), an experienced woodsman from Pennsylvania and New York state. Kreps gives detailed instructions on every aspect of surviving comfortably in the wilderness, including how to build a log cabin, stove, accessories and cabin furniture; what kind and how much food to take along; how to start a fire and build it properly for cooking or warmth; how to make a rabbit skin blanket that will keep you warm in -40 degree weather; the best ax for a woodsman and how to use it; different styles of snowshoes, how to make them and how to use them; finding your way in the woods by using the sun, stars, compass or watch; and how to pack all your gear properly on a horse or mule, plus much more.

This digital reproduction contains all of the text of the original book, including the 33 illustrations drawn by the author.

NOTE: This eBook, along thousands of other public domain books, is available for free download at Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org), and the scanned image of the original work may be viewed at Internet Archive (archive.org). It is being offered here by the individual who transcribed the original work as a Project Gutenberg volunteer, at the lowest price allowed.

• Rank: #10065 in eBooks
• Published on: 1919-01-01
• Released on: 1919-01-01
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Sundays Will Never Be the Same: Racing, Tragedy, and Redemption--My Life in America's Fastest Sport

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Sundays Will Never Be the Same: Racing, Tragedy, and Redemption--My Life in America's Fastest Sport
by Darrell Waltrip, Nate Larkin

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History of Sports

 In Sundays Will Never Be the Same, former NASCAR champion and current FOX Sports racing analyst Darrell Waltrip provides an intimate account of one of the most dramatic and tragic days in the history of NASCAR: the 2001 Daytona 500— the day that racing legend Dale Earnhardt Sr. died.  The sudden death of Earnhardt on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 was a traumatic loss for the entire NASCAR family, and few were affected more deeply than Darrell Waltrip. During the course of their tumultuous thirty-year association, Dale and Darrell had been friends, then “frenemies,” and finally friends again. Darrell takes us through the fascinating history of racing in Daytona, offering glimpses of some of the sport’s most colorful characters. He recounts the highs and lows of his relationship with Earnhardt through the twin arcs of their overlapping careers, and concludes with a heart-wrenching insider account of that pivotal weekend in Daytona.

• Rank: #558933 in Books
• Published on: 2013-02-05
• Released on: 2013-02-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Swim: Why We Love the Water

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Swim: Why We Love the Water
by Lynn Sherr
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Swim is a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. It’s an inquiry into why we swim—the lure, the hold, the timeless magic of being in the water. It’s a look at how swimming has changed over the millennia, how this ancient activity is becoming more social than solitary today. It’s about our relationship with the water, with our fishy forebearers, and with the costumes that we wear. You’ll even find a few songs to sing when you push out those next laps.

Swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr explores every aspect of the sport, from the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams; from turquoise pools and wild water to the training of Olympians; and she reveals the secret of buoyancy so that anyone can avoid the example of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lamented, “Why can’t I swim, it seems so very easy?” When his friend, the biographer Edward John Trelawny, said, “because you think you can’t,” Shelley plunged into Italy’s Arno River and dropped like a rock. With Swim, you can avoid that happening to you.

 

• Rank: #35406 in Books
• Published on: 2012-04-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.31" h x 1.10" w x 5.79" l, .85 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 232 pages