Ball sports / ball games

Shortened Seasons recounts the stories of some of the baseball players who never made it back for the next game, who died with the suddenness of a walk-off homerun.

Distantly related to a Confederate general, Ty Cobb was a strapping Augusta youth who became a star for the Detroit Tigers.

The Boston Globe's number-one bestseller is back, revised and updated for the 2008 seasonand presented in a new trim size.

This detailed guide provides everything a first-time coach needs to teach basic baseball skills--and have fun at the same time.

You can't separate football from the man.

As a teenager, Kylian Mbappe was one of the best footballers on the planet.

The day of the Ice Bowl game was so cold, the referees whistles wouldnt work; so cold, the reporters coffee froze in the press booth; so cold, fans built small fires in the concrete and metal stands; so cold, TV cables froze and photographers didnt dare touch the metal of their equipment; so cold, the game was as much about survival as it was about skill and strategy.

Coaches have played a vital yet changing role throughout basketball's professional history.

When legendary Chicago Cubs' broadcaster Harry Caray passed away in February of 1998, thousands of baseball fans mourned the loss.

Described by famed baseball scribe Roger Angell as looking like ';a festive prison yard' during the 1962 World Series, Candlestick was loved and hated by sports teams and fans alike for its 43 years of existence.

';Stay in the Fight Finish the Fight Fight Finished.

Why do we sometimes refer to a left-handed pitcher as a ';southpaw?

Let's say you're the manager of one of the oldest and most beloved franchises in Major League baseball, with every past and current player available in the dugout.

At a time when many baseball fans wish for the game to return to a purer past, G.

Combining the latest research, wide experience, and tips from tour pros, Cohn shows in this practical guide what peak performance is and how it can be achieved; how to learn the confidence that unlocks your best play; and techniques designed to improve concentration and emotional control in pressure situations.

The New York Giants joined the National Football League back in 1925, and have since been one of the league's flagship franchises.

Another peek at baseballs good old daysor, in this case, bad old daysby veteran sports-historian Harvey Frommer.

Author Ted Kluck found, online, a community of computer nerds and football enthusiasts so rooted in the past and so uninterested in the future that they have created algorithms and computer software that can accurately simulate football games, seasons, and careers using fields of data that already exist on the thousands of players who have suited up in the National Football League.

In 1901 workers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio formed a professional football team called the Columbus Panhandles.

Lacrosse, a game of speed, complexity, and nuance, is fast becoming one of the most popular sports worldwide.

The fifth in Diamond Communications' "e;Little Book"e; series, The Giants Fan's Little Book of Wisdom combines history, quotes, facts, and humor and gives fans of the San Francisco Giants 101 reasons to laugh, reminisce, and celebrate the game and the team they love.

More than three decades ago, the film Field of Dreams made grown men cry with its tale of a sons quest to know his father through the magic of baseball.

Before multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the belief in playing simply "e;for the love of the game.

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, the full story of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform the city.

Data Analytics in Football provides students, researchers, and coaches with a firm grounding in the principles of modern performance analysis.

Whoever claims winning isnt everything obviously has not spoken with an athletic coach.

The Immaculate Inning shines a light on the miracle of baseball's endless possibilitythe way that on any given day, someone (maybe a star, or maybe a scrub) could perform the rarest of single-game feats or cap off a seemingly unobtainable chase for a record.

Thanks to The Complete Book of Golf Games, if you can't make par, you can at least make a few bucks!

This book chronicles his turbulent life and focuses on the reverential mystique that envelopes the Los Angeles Dodger even this day.

John Wooden was arguably the greatest college basketball coach of all time, a teacher as well as mentor whose handiwork produced a dynasty bridging the 1960s and 1970s.

Bill Yoast is the real-life hero of Remember the Titans, the hit movie that chronicled the struggles of black and white high school football athletes to create a championship season in 1972 Virginia.

Baseball and ghost stories are as American as apple pie.

Covering the impact on domestic leagues, clubs, fans, and players, this book is an interdisciplinary exploration of 30 years of the Champions League and how it has impacted football.

FROM THE NO.

Twenty top Major League Baseball players share stories about life off the field and their favorite foodswith nearly 100 full-color photos and more than 60 easy-to-make recipesBaseball and food are two of lifes uncomplicated pleasures, stirring up sizzling passion across all generations.

Around 1863, William "e;Candy"e; Cummings discovered he could make clamshells curve when thrown-a skill he transferred to baseball as a pitcher for the New York Excelsiors.

Interest and attendance were dropping, and football was ascending.

Its a golf hall of fame, shame, and arcane.

Updated through the 2012 Olympics.

Midnight basketball may not have been invented in Chicago, but the City of Big Shoulders-home of Michael Jordan and the Bulls-is where it first came to national prominence.

Basketball: A Guide for Physical Education Teachers and Coaches is a valuable resource for those beginning to teach the sport or even seasoned coaches looking for a fresh approach to the game.

You know the scene: amateur soccer players battling over the ball, spectators cheering from the sidelines, vendors selling their wares from carts.

Some would argue that professional football became America’s premier sport through a slow, painstaking evolution starting with the 1920 formation of a fourteen-team circuit that became the National Football League.

All over the world, soccer is known as "e;the Beautiful Game"e; and is the most popular sport.

Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco-the Bash Brothers-ushered in a new era of muscle-bound power hitters in baseball in the late 1980s.

You can't play Major League Baseball and bet on a game; just ask Pete Rose.

There was a time when the most prestigious job on a major newspaper belonged to the baseball beat writer, who enjoyed unparalleled longevity and influence within his profession.

Nineteen sixty-two-it's been called "e;the end of innocence,"e; as America witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis and the following year saw the Kennedy assassination and the early stirrings of Vietnam.

During his 15-season Major League career, slugger Johnny Mize was among the preeminent power hitters in baseball, a star for the St.

He was a small-town boy who burst onto the international golf scene with a dramatic hook shot from deep in the woods to win the Masters before the game he loved almost killed him.