This book investigates the declining status of cricket within contemporary British society after the high-water mark of England's Ashes victory in 2005.
This book investigates the declining status of cricket within contemporary British society after the high-water mark of England's Ashes victory in 2005.
Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations, from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events.
There is developing interest in the use of sporting settings as a channel to connect people to health improvement services and an emerging body of research highlights football as being associated with positive motivational and social elements that support the maintenance of a physically active lifestyle.
There is developing interest in the use of sporting settings as a channel to connect people to health improvement services and an emerging body of research highlights football as being associated with positive motivational and social elements that support the maintenance of a physically active lifestyle.
Kian has to face his fears of footballing failure in order to support a friend in this action-packed sports story from bestselling and award-winning author Tom Palmer.
Sooner tells the remarkable rise of Lincoln Riley, formerly America's youngest college football head coach and the "e;quarterback whisperer"e; of the University of Oklahoma.
An "e;entertaining, well-researched"e; account of the first World Series to be televised-and the forgotten stories of six Yankees and Dodgers (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
From ace to zinger, How to Speak Golf includes over 125 golf terms paired with charming and clever illustrations that decode the words and phrases that fly around a golf course.
Sportswriter Shawn Fury's Rise and Fire: The Origins, Science, and Evolution of the Jump Shot presents an exploration of the play that revolutionized basketball and provided the greatest moments in the sport's history-from Michael Jordan's legacy-defining jumpers to Ray Allen's mastery and more.
First published in 1990, this reissue contains the papers presented at the First World Scientific Congress of Golf, held at the University of St Andrews.