This book explores football's evolution from a community-based sport to a global entertainment industry, examining the profound social, economic, cultural, and technological forces reshaping the world's most popular game.
The Black Sox Scandal, which saw eight players on a seemingly invincible Chicago team conspire to "e;throw"e; the 1919 World Series, remains the worst blow baseball ever suffered.
The best of the best from the world of NASCAR -- with a foreword by the legendary Richard PettyYou can have the fastest car, the best engine, the smartest crew chief, but at the end of the day, it's the person behind the wheel who makes the difference.
From ESPN reporter Marc Raimondi comes a compelling, gripping narrative history of professional wrestling's legendary faction, The NWO (New World Order), from their inception in 1996 to their influence on American pop culture today.
This book celebrates the beauty, tradition, and variety of golf across the Carolinas, featuring eighteen beloved courses as experienced by the walking golfer.
Over the past century, high school and college athletics have grown into one of Americas most beloved and most controversial institutions, inspiring great loyalty while sparking fierce disputes.
Following the 1957 season, two of baseball's most famous teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants,left the city they had called home since the 19th century and headed west.
Following the 1957 season, two of baseball's most famous teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants,left the city they had called home since the 19th century and headed west.
This book celebrates the beauty, tradition, and variety of golf across the Carolinas, featuring eighteen beloved courses as experienced by the walking golfer.
Over the past century, high school and college athletics have grown into one of Americas most beloved and most controversial institutions, inspiring great loyalty while sparking fierce disputes.
Beginning with the Cleveland Indians' hard luck during World War II, this thrilling history follows the team through its historic role in racial integration and its legendary postwar comeback.
Beginning with the Cleveland Indians' hard luck during World War II, this thrilling history follows the team through its historic role in racial integration and its legendary postwar comeback.
On its 25th anniversary, relive the legend-stacked, dynasty-packed, most iconic sports year ever with the athletes, teams, and more whose collective influence affected every aspect of a generation of sports and pop culture fans-Jordan, Shaq, Iverson, Kobe, Gretzky, Tiger, Griffey, Jeter, Tyson, the Cowboys, the Yankees, the Bulls, The Rock, Stone Cold, Kentucky, Florida, Agassi, Graf, the Williams Sisters, Happy Gilmore, Space Jam, the Olympics in Atlanta, Muhammad Ali, the Magnificent Seven and more!
How to live with difference-not necessarily in peace, but with resilience, engagement, and a lack of vitriol-is a defining worry in America at this moment.
A thrilling illustrated history of Formula 1 racing, from its origins to its top drivers, by a celebrated motorsports broadcaster and star of Netflix s Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete.
Professional football today is an $8 billion sports entertainment industry - and the most popular spectator sport in America, with designs on expansion across the globe.
Professional football today is an $8 billion sports entertainment industry - and the most popular spectator sport in America, with designs on expansion across the globe.
In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete.
How to live with difference-not necessarily in peace, but with resilience, engagement, and a lack of vitriol-is a defining worry in America at this moment.
This book offers a powerful reappraisal of the history of British boxing, revealing how the sport became both a platform for visibility and a site of struggle for migrants and minority individuals and communities.
Walter Byers, who served as NCAA executive director from 1951 to 1987, was charged with the dual mission of keeping intercollegiate sports clean while generating millions of dollars each year as income for the colleges.
Walter Byers, who served as NCAA executive director from 1951 to 1987, was charged with the dual mission of keeping intercollegiate sports clean while generating millions of dollars each year as income for the colleges.
