Having already penned Getting in the Game, his inside scoop on the mayhem within baseball's winter meetings, Josh Lewin once again gives baseball fans a window into the big leagues.
In the nearly 120-year history of the New York Yankees, fans have been treated to countless firststhe first Yankee to hit a home run in the original Yankee Stadium (Babe Ruth), the first to hit a homer in the current stadium (Jorge Posada), the first Cy Young Award winner (Bob Turley), the first to hit for the Triple Crown (Lou Gehrig), and the first to amass 3,000 hits (Derek Jeter).
With play-by-play coverage of every Nittany Lion bowl game, this book chronicles Penn State football's vibrant history all the way back to the 1923 Rose Bowl.
This book presents the most comprehensive mapping and analysis of women's football in Oceania and is the first to examine the game's historical development alongside social, political, and cultural issues, weaving origin stories with players' day-to-day challenges.
Clint Castleberry was already an Atlanta-area football sensation when he arrived at Georgia Tech in 1942, and in one meteoric college season he became a national sports hero as well.
This book presents the most comprehensive mapping and analysis of women's football in Oceania and is the first to examine the game's historical development alongside social, political, and cultural issues, weaving origin stories with players' day-to-day challenges.
Euro 88: The Football Purists' European Championship delves into the last major international tournament on European soil before Italia 90 - a tournament of rancour and drama blessed by the presence of Gullit, Van Basten, Belanov, Protasov, Vialli, Klinsmann, Butragueno, Elkjaer, Whelan and Robson.
This book offers a critical examination of the 2023 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women's World Cup, being held in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
This book offers a critical examination of the 2023 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women's World Cup, being held in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
The National Basketball Association reaches a global audience via a multiplatform strategy that leverages its uncanny ability to connect fans to all things NBA.
In 1957, when very few Mexican-Americans were familiar with the game of golf, and even less actually played it, a group of young caddies which had been recruited to form the San Felipe High School Golf Team by two men who loved the game, but who had limited access to it, competed against all-white schools for the Texas State High School Golf Championship.
Part history, part memoir, part statistical analysis, this book tells the remarkable and largely forgotten story of how the baseball hotbed of Canada's northeastern Maritime provinces evolved into "e;NCAA North"e; during the 1940s and 1950s.
Celebrate Tom Brady's unparalleled career with this vibrant retrospective With seven Super Bowl rings, five Super Bowl MVP awards, and his name written all over the NFL record books, Tom Brady has established his position as football's GOAT: greatest of all time.
From groundbreaking trades to team-saving negotiations, Bob Whitsitt reveals the behind-the-scenes deals that changed the destinies of three iconic Pacific Northwest sports teams: the Seahawks, the SuperSonics, and the Trail Blazers.
Este libro nace con la intención de cubrir un hueco del que soy consciente desde el momento en el que comencé a interesarme por el tenis playa o beach tennis.
L'esperat llibre de La Sotana (Joel Díaz, Manel Vidal, Magí García, Andreu Juanola i Enric Gusó)Una extensa enciclopèdia de més de 400 pàgines, totalment il·lustrada, que reuneix totes les personalitats i els conceptes claus de la història del Futbol Club Barcelona.
This book examines the new geopolitical economy of football, exploring the intersection of money, politics, and power in the world's most popular sport.
Part history, part memoir, part statistical analysis, this book tells the remarkable and largely forgotten story of how the baseball hotbed of Canada's northeastern Maritime provinces evolved into "e;NCAA North"e; during the 1940s and 1950s.
Detaillierte Porträts der wichtigsten Tennis-Ikonen, verblüffende Statistiken und bemerkenswerte Tennisrekorde - "Spiel, Satz und Sieg" bietet Ihnen eine unterhaltsame Mischung der interessantesten Daten und Fakten aus der Tenniswelt: eben alles, was ein echter Tennis-Fan schon immer wissen wollte.
Este libro propone, a través de un abordaje etnográfico, analizar los sentidos que tiene la violencia para los miembros de una hinchada de fútbol, comúnmente llamados "Barras Bravas".
