General Sports Books

This book examines the significance of the Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics. Drawing on research including media analysis, interviews and official documents, and considering host cities and nations, legacies, and history, the book examines the viability...

In Great Golf Tournaments - Volume 1, I share with you the experience of re-living classic golf tournaments that featured some of the top golfers in the game's history. Each chapter is written as a short story covering a tournament that was played...

Miteous Reese isn't your average teenager. Raised in a middle-class, two-parent household on the Northeast side of Omaha, Nebraska, with a school teacher mom, a hardworking father, and four siblings, he had every opportunity to make something of himself...

Always be aware of your surroundings.Try not to panic.Water does not get tired, but you will.Please don't leave trash behind.Don't spit into the wind.

This books contains biographical information and career statistics on every ex- or current Knick player or coach from the team's founding in 1946 to the present. An A-to-Z compendium of over 400 Knickerbockers, it reminds us of the great players that...

A fascinating and insightful look at the legends, facts, and fiction behind your favorite sports teams' names.

It's a golf hall of fame, shame, and arcane. Collected in this handsome volume are more than one hundred of golf’s greatest moments-from the famous to the long forgotten—from the links of Scotland in the 1800s to the 1938 U.S. Open, the 1954...

Pour avancer, une fois les règles assimilées, il est nécessaire d'acquérir des repères solides. Il faut notamment avoir une bonne compréhension des forces et faiblesses de chaque pièce. Pour ce faire, il faut pratiquer. Il faut s'exercer avec des...

The emergence of sport for development as a developmental strategy led by the United Nations and the use of sport by companies around the world as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility strategies have brought to the fore its developmental utility...

A ranking of the top 50 players ever to play for the Detroit Lions, based on the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added to the Lions legacy, and the levels of statistical compilation and overall dominance...

This book examines the digital transformation of the sports industry. It explores the digital and technological changes that will shape the sports industry for years to come. Topics covered include digital innovation, AI, machine learning, optimization,...

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus combines in-depth analysis of the rapidly developing sport media industry with a clear and straightforward guide to practical sport media management skills.

No team carries the weight of history into a World Cup quite like England. From their self-imposed exile at the tournament's inception to the glorious summer of 1966 and the decades of anguish that followed, England's World Cup story is not just one of...

From the smoky terraces of the post-war North West to the glitz of the Premier League and Champions League nights, Battle for the M62 tells the complete story of English football's most iconic rivalry. Spanning over a century of history, this book...

In the heart of England's capital, two clubs stand just four miles apart-yet they are separated by a century of animosity, ambition, and unforgettable moments. North London Forever is the definitive chronicle of the Tottenham Hotspur-Arsenal rivalry,...

From football's billion-euro buys to blockbuster NBA trades and franchise-altering NFL signings, Signed, Traded, Sold peels back the velvet curtain on the financial, legal, and cultural machinery driving the modern sports world. This is not just a book...

Spanning more than 150 years, Royal Blue: The Complete History of Reading Football Club offers the definitive account of one of England's oldest and most enduring football institutions. From its founding in 1871 to the modern challenges of the 21st...

In The 50 Greatest Players in Kansas City Chiefs History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the top 50 players ever to perform for one of the NFL's most historic franchises.

LEARN FROM THESE TOUR PROS AND TEACHING PROSMax Homa | Jordan Spieth | Collin Morikawa | Bryson DeChambeau | Viktor Hovland | Fred Couples | Justin Leonard | Nick Price | Hal SuttonDavid Leadbetter | Bob Rotella | Mike Adams |Terry Rowles |...

Hosanee is today a versatile IT professional, specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). With a background in computer science and software engineering, she has contributed to the IT community in Mauritius. The world is not...

With particular focus on the London Games in 2012, this book casts a critical eye over the bidding process, Olympic finance, promises of legacy and development, and the consequences of hosting the Games for the civil rights and liberties of those living...

This fascinating analysis of power relations embedded in sport, culture, and society combines ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and theoretical analysis to offer a timely interdisciplinary perspective to existing scholarship on boxing. It will be of...

What is physical literacy? What are the benefits of being physically literate? The term 'physical literacy' describes the motivation, confidence, physical competence, understanding and knowledge that individuals develop in order to maintain physical...

This book explores both the practicalities and the pioneering science and technology behind dope testing, including the methods used by WADA and USADA. It includes chapters written by some of the world's leading authorities on...

This book presents a detailed analysis of the experiences of (minority ethnic) physical education (PE) teachers in both schools and higher education contexts.

I loved sports growing up especially basketball. George Gervin (the Iceman), Dr. J and Michael Jordan were my heroes. I could never play well, but like my dad and brother writing sports became a great way to enjoy sports.At UAB, I became a student...

DISCOVER IN THIS COMIC, SHORT ADVENTURES FROM COMICS GOLDEN AGE AND PLATINUM AGE.HERE DIFERENT FAMOUS CARTOONISTS: ***Grant Powers "Buck Haney of the beavers"***Ickky Jones "Ginger Baseball digest"***Willard "Moon Mullins"***Bud Fisher "Mutt and...

This volume offers a comprehensive exploration of the rapidly evolving landscape of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP), a critical approach to peacebuilding, economic development, and social transformation gaining increasing stature during the last...

Let's Build Champions is the ultimate strength and conditioning book for boxing, written by Coach Larry Wade, a world-renowned strength and conditioning coach and former world-class track and field athlete. With decades of experience sculpting...

"Charles Farrell's many personal encounters, questions, insights, and experiences as an observer of the sport… add a multifaceted richness to [this] essay collection…. Readers will find its vibrant psychological, social, political, and...

From docklands dirt to top-flight dreams, The Den Dynasty tells the raw, untamed story of Millwall Football Club across fourteen decades. Founded in 1885 by Scottish workers on the Isle of Dogs, Millwall quickly forged an identity rooted in working-class...

This is the story of Oldham Athletic-football club, civic symbol, community lifeline. From the cotton mills of the 1890s to the bright lights of the Premier League and the heartbreak of relegation from the Football League, Always Believe tells the full,...

Algunos nacen grandes, algunos logran grandeza, a algunos la grandeza les es impuesta.Esta famosa cita, de William Shakespeare, revela la mentalidad de los grandes triunfadores. Pero, ¿cómo se aplica esto a los grandes del fútbol de todos los...

Battles at Annapolis presents the context of the two most recent Army–Navy football games at the US Naval Academy, in 1893 and 1942. One game was played in peacetime before a rowdy, alcohol-fueled crowd. The second game was...

Ce livre explore en profondeur le basketball en fauteuil roulant, mettant en lumière les stratégies et les techniques permettant aux athlètes handicapés de maximiser leur potentiel. Destiné aux joueurs, entraîneurs, parents et éducateurs, il offre une...

An exciting and educational collection of games that have been played for hundreds of years in the South Asian region known as modern-day Bangladesh.Outdoor and indoor games for children of all agesSimple games played with a toddler or babySkits and...

What if the boldest move isn't striving harder-but daring to ask, "What do I really want?"Little Giant is the inspiring true story of two friends who abandoned promising careers in law and marine science to open a surf shop in Aruba. No one expected them...

Confessions of a High School Football Coach is the true and unadulterated story of Coach Michael DiMatteo and his journey from being an assistant coach, breaking into "the business," to becoming a successful high school head coach in the state of...

Chuck Gallagher and author Bruce H. Wolk present a provocative collection of 31 stories that test our ideas of morality and judgment in a world where convenience and self-interest frequently take precedence over integrity and character. The fan...

Motherwell F.C.: The Steelmen's Legacy chronicles the rich and proud history of one of Scottish football's most storied clubs. From its humble beginnings in 1886 to its present-day ambitions, this book delves deep into the club's triumphs, challenges,...

This handbook takes an in-depth look at the transformative impact of social media on sport.

This book shines a light on the value and effectiveness of football clubs' community engagement work, the cultural value of sport, and the position sport plays within people's daily lives.

Sports, and in particular the Olympic Games, are enjoying a rapid increase in interest among social scientists worldwide, who see them as important "public events." This volume offers the first analysis of the Winter Olympic Games, primarily based on the...

Buckrammer's Tales In the Fall of 2003, Catboat Summers, a collection of boating memoirs hit bookseller's shelves. It quickly became a bestseller among nautical books, praised by reviewers and readers alike. This new compilation continues in the same...

Reader, you are in for a treat. Or possibly a shock.Richard 'Siggy' Young has just written an astonishing cricket book about football. Or perhaps it's a stunning football book about cricket.There was much more to the birth and subsequent explosive rise...