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  • Birthplace of Professional Football Birthplace of Professional Football
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    Birthplace of Professional Football

    Southwestern Pennsylvania is heralded by many as the birthplace of professional football. Here lived the athletes who were first paid to play. In Pittsburgh, the Allegheny Athletic Association paid Pudge Heffelfinger $500 in 1892 to help them beat their...
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  • Cincinnati Hoops Cincinnati Hoops
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    Cincinnati Hoops

    Oscar Robertson, Jack Twyman, and the Cincinnati Royals. The University of Cincinnati and Xavier University in their annual crosstown shootout, one of the nation's great rivalries. Legendary coaches like Mary Jo Huismann and Bob Huggins. The longest game...
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  • Baseball in Eau Claire Baseball in Eau Claire
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    Baseball in Eau Claire

    Eau Claire has been a hotbed for amateur and professional baseball since the end of the Civil War. Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley has had the honor of donning dozens of nationally known baseball stars in its uniforms (most notably Hank Aaron) as well as...
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  • Baseball in New Orleans Baseball in New Orleans
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    Baseball in New Orleans

    In July of 1859, seventy-five young New Orleanians came together to form the seven teams that comprised the Louisiana Base Ball Club. They played their games in the fields of the de la Chaise estate on the outskirts of New Orleans near present-day...
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  • Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg
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    Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg

    Baseball, an important institution in every American town, takes centerfield in the histories of Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina. These two cities have hosted some of the most well-known players of all time, from Tommy Lasorda and Chipper...
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  • Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall Pirates
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    Seton Hall Pirates

    In the spirit of a refrain from an old athletic cheer-"Old Setonia, dear old Setonia, we will sing a song of praise"-Seton Hall Pirates: A Basketball History explores the emerging popularity of hoop action within the context of school history and...
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  • Runnin' Rams Runnin' Rams
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    Runnin' Rams

    One hundred years ago, the game of basketball was introduced to Rhode Island State College, a small agricultural school in the village of Kingston. The sport became the centerpiece of the college's athletic program. With the arrival in 1920 of coach...
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  • Yankee Stories Untold Yankee Stories Untold
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    Yankee Stories Untold

    Rich Marazzi has experienced Yankee history and its culture first-hand as a fan, a writer for Yankees Magazine, a radio talk show host, umpire in the Old Timer's Day game for 16 years, a writer for Mel Allen, the long-time voice of the Yankees, and...
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  • My Golf Book Secrets My Golf Book Secrets
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    My Golf Book Secrets

    There are many great golf instruction books and articles that have been written. And it is very difficult to compete with these great teachers and pros. But there is one thing that never changes, and that is the fundamentals of the golf swing. Once you...
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  • The Easiest Swing in Golf The Easiest Swing in Golf
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    The Easiest Swing in Golf

    Have you tried it all? Swing tips, instructional videos, complex swing mechanics-and found none of it works for more than a day? It's exhausting, makes your back hurt -and probably your head too.Combining one hundred years of coaching expertise, brothers...
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  • The Set-Up Men The Set-Up Men
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    The Set-Up Men

    This book is an examination of cultural resistance to segregation in the world of black baseball through an analysis of editorial art, folktales, nicknames, "manhood" and the art of clowning. African Americans worked to dismantle Jim Crow through the...
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  • Blue Jays 1, Expos 0 Blue Jays 1, Expos 0
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    Blue Jays 1, Expos 0

    The 2001-2002 offseason was a tumultuous one for Major League Baseball. The commissioner's move to contract two teams, voted on and approved by league owners in a 28-2 vote, left fans in several cities fearing for the future of their teams. The...
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  • Waite Hoyt Waite Hoyt
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    Waite Hoyt

    Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was also an alcoholic who overcame his demons and became...
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  • Nineteenth Century Baseball Nineteenth Century Baseball
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    Nineteenth Century Baseball

    In March 1871, ten of the United States' most powerful professional baseball clubs met in Brooklyn, New York. Out of that meeting came the sport's first major league: the National Association of Professional Baseball Players. The Philadelphia...
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  • Baseball/Literature/Culture Baseball/Literature/Culture
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    Baseball/Literature/Culture

    Since 1995, the Indiana State University Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has provided a venue for scholars to present their research on baseball as literary subject matter and cultural institution. Nineteen essays presented...
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  • The Texas League in Baseball, 1888-1958 The Texas League in Baseball, 1888-1958
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    The Texas League in Baseball, 1888-1958

    For over 100 years, the Texas League has been one of the top minor leagues in the Southwest. This work is a statistical history of the Texas League from its inception in 1888 through 1958, when Houston, Fort Worth and Dallas left for higher...
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  • Armando Marsans Armando Marsans
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    Armando Marsans

    Armando Marsans, who joined the Cincinnati Reds in 1911, was the first Cuban star of the major leagues. Events in baseball have often mirrored America's social development--Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier is one example--and the story...
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  • Rube Waddell Rube Waddell
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    Rube Waddell

    George Edward "Rube" Waddell was one of the zaniest characters ever to play baseball. The legendary Connie Mack, who saw quite a few cards during his nearly seven decade stint in the majors, once observed that no other screwball he ever saw could hold...
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  • With Hope in Your Heart With Hope in Your Heart
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    With Hope in Your Heart

    THE HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER - Saturday, the 15th of April 1989 - when 96 innocent men, women and children lost their lives, in Britain's worst ever sporting disaster. WITH HOPE IN YOUR HEART: A HILLSBOROUGH SURVIVOR'S STORY, THE DENIAL OF JUSTICE & A...
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  • From Murder Incorporated to the PGA Tour From Murder Incorporated to the PGA Tour
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    From Murder Incorporated to the PGA Tour

    America’s most notorious Jewish hit man was Charlie “The Bug” Workman.  His media legacy was that he killed the infamous Jewish Mob Boss, Dutch Schultz in 1935.  However, his true legacy was much different than the...
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    Consejos para rematar mejor jugando al fútbol

    Si no rematas al arco, no puedes anotar. Esa lección debe inculcarse en los jugadores desde la primera vez que patean una pelota de fútbol. Por supuesto, queremos que cada jugador desarrolle conciencia del juego, para saber cuándo un...
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    Fortaleza mental en el fútbol

    Las cosas no siempre salen como deseamos. Eso es cierto en la vida, en nuestra carrera, en nuestras relaciones y, por supuesto, en el deporte. Así como cuando quieres hacer hoyo en uno y se va hacia el hueco de arena.O el día en que nuestro...
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  • Football, Politics and Identity Football, Politics and Identity
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    Football, Politics and Identity

    This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics. It draws on original research in countries including England, Scotland, Ireland,...
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  • A Handy Bridge Player's Guide to Duplicate A Handy Bridge Player's Guide to Duplicate
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    A Handy Bridge Player's Guide to Duplicate

    Duplicate Bridge is a fun and yet challenging card game, the world's best mind sport.Let me be your newcomer guide and mentor. Learn from my mistakes/experiences.I still remember my first game: I just walked into a bridge club without a partner, not...
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  • First Call Outs First Call Outs
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    First Call Outs

    Calling Anthony Toscano an underdog is an understatement. "First Call-Outs" is the story of a high school wrestler with big dreams. A coming-of-age tale about a boy from small town America who comes face-to-face with adversity, defeat, and...
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  • The Long Snapper The Long Snapper
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    The Long Snapper

    Brian Kinchen was a thirty-eight-year-old father of four and seventh-grade Bible teacher whose professional football career had been over for three years when he received the call of a lifetime. The New England Patriots needed him to fill in for their...
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  • Cage Rat Cage Rat
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    Cage Rat

    The Hitting Coach for the New York Yankees, Kevin Long trains power-hitters in the fine art of hitting a baseball well--a talent the legendary Ted Williams once called, "the most difficult skill in sport." In Cage Rat, the man who helps sharpen the...
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  • The Ball The Ball
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    The Ball

    Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to thefarthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancientpast to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: "Why do we play ball?"From Mexican jungles to the small-town...
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  • Tundra Tales Tundra Tales
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    Tundra Tales

    Following, rooting, dedicating oneself to the Packers is unlike any other endeavor, either within sports or in life. They are a team that has never had an owner and operates in a tiny market competing against teams from the biggest markets in the world...
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  • Guia Estàdios Lisboa Guia Estàdios Lisboa
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    Guia Estàdios Lisboa

    La guida vi accompagnerà indicandovi come muoversi comodamente nelle varie zone di Lisbona con metrò, treni e bus portandovi in tutti gli stadi in modo da non perdersi davvero nulla, calcisticamente parlando.
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  • Game, Set and Magic Game, Set and Magic
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    Game, Set and Magic

    Game, Set & Magic - Eine Einladung, mehr zu sehen"Wer Tennis verstanden hat - der hat das Leben verstanden" (Ralf, 55 Jahre, Manager - in seiner ersten Trainingsstunde mit den Tränen kämpfend)Hand aufs Herz. Sind es tatsächlich Kontrolldenken und...
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  • How to Coach Basketball How to Coach Basketball
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    How to Coach Basketball

    Why write a book on coaching basketball? I was a head basketball coach for thirty-six years, evenly divided between high school and junior college circles. I also served for ten seasons as a volunteer/assistant coach for three different coaching...
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  • FIRST TOKEN FIRST TOKEN
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    FIRST TOKEN

    First Token: A Story of Life, Love, & Tennis was conceived in a dream, giving birth to the author's long-held aspiration to publish a novel. First Token is the marriage of historical fiction and timeless, universal love; love of another, love of...
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  • Maz to Yaz to Amazin' Maz to Yaz to Amazin'
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    Maz to Yaz to Amazin'

    The majesty and magic of 1960s major league baseball created a legion of lifelong fans. The decade began with epic blasts from Bill Mazeroski and Ted Williams and ended with the Mets’ amazin’ championship. In between came Maris and Mays and...
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  • Forza Sankt Pauli Forza Sankt Pauli
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    Forza Sankt Pauli

    In Forza Sankt Pauli author Nick Davidson documents how Hamburg's radical football club, FC. St Pauli, continues to be a rallying point for left-wing activists in both Germany and around the world. The book which focuses on the club's activities in the...
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  • WICKET-KEEPING WICKET-KEEPING
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    WICKET-KEEPING

    Practical illustrated guide on the art and principles of the wicket-keeper, with hints on how to overcome the many difficulties of this specialist role. Written by a decorated Army officer and English amateur first-class cricketer, who played for...
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