History of sport

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dramatically descend into corruption, with never-before-told details of a broken management culture, the once-revered leaders who enabled it and the scandal itself.

In diesem Buch werden alle Ergebnisse sowie die wichtigsten Ereignisse von den Olympischen Spielen 1912 in Stockholm (die im Vorfeld viele Probleme mit sich brachten) bis zu den Olympischen Spielen 2012 in London und all den dazwischenliegenden Weltmeisterschaften in Stenogrammform zusammengefasst.

You can't separate football from the man.

The New York Yankees are synonymous with home runs.

Though baseball would eventually come to embody the American spirit, in the nineteenth century onlookers regarded the game with some ambivalence.

This book examines the impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympic Games and highlights the latest findings in the areas of sport policy, elite sports system, sport media, sport facility management and sport social development in the two host countries - China and Britain.

The remarkable autobiography of Lou Vairo, the "e;Godfather of Hockey,"e; who helped to propel the game to unprecedented heights in the United States.

This two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations.

Read the captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, originator of the Harlem Globetrotters, which is called "e;meticulously researched and written in an easy and entertaining style"e; by Booklist in a starred review.

2020 Peace Corps Writers Paul Cowan Award for the Best Book of Non-FictionOn April 23, 1929, the second annual Transcontinental Foot Race across America, known as the Bunion Derby, was in its twenty-fifth day.

This book chronicles the history of the Philadelphia Athletics, the first real dynasty in Major League Baseball.

"e;[It's] Montgomery's journalistic eye for distilling the humanity behind the unfulfilled athletic potential that makes this a real home run.

The pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization have transformed Britain's sports.

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, development and contemporary significance of sport in Asia.

This book explores continental perspectives on football's new geopolitical economy, examining how sport, politics, and the global economy have emerged in different parts of the world.

Almost anywhere on a calendar you can pinpoint the date of a memorable baseball moment: Jackie Robinson's first game, Eddie Gaedel's only game, the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees and the clause that might have prevented it.

The story of global sport is the story of expansion from local development to globalized industry, from recreational to marketized activity.

Friday Night Fighter relives a lost moment in American postwar history, when boxing ruled as one of the nation's most widely televised sports.

CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEARTHE CRICKET WRITERS' CLUB DEREK HODGSON BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2024'This entertaining book is gripping reading for any cricket buff' Sunday Times'An epic contest superbly retold .

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to fox hunting, with accounts of hunting experiences, historical information, tips and pointers, and much more.

In the sports world, battles between rivals can be friendly, hotly contested, or even hostile.

What remains of a great sporting spectacle after the last race is run or the final match is played?

Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet.

With NASCARs Greatest Race: The 1992 Hooters 500, readers can relive the closest championship contest in NASCAR history to that point.

This vintage book, first published in 1908, contains a collection of the author's fox-hunting experiences and memoirs.

An intimate look and "e;a detailed account"e; (Booklist) of the career of Baltimore Colts' running back Tom Matte and his celebrated stint as an emergency quarterback.

Called 'the greatest game of all' by its supporters but often overlooked by the cultural mainstream, no sport is more identified with England's northern working class than rugby league.

The story of British football's journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one.

For more than a century Johnny Evers has been conjoined with Chicago Cubs teammates Frank Chance and Joe Tinker, thanks to eight lines of verse by a New York columnist.

Since 1876, approximately 16,000 young men have enjoyed at least a taste of glory by appearing in big league games, many of them only a few times.

Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans.

Coaches are amongst the most visible figures in sport today but little is known about the history of their profession.

Eight days .

As long as people have played games, there has been a temptation to win (or intentionally lose) by cheating.

Sociology and history of sport is a fast rising subject.

Winner of 72 professional motorcycle races around the world and now a bestselling author, Carl Fogarty has been photographed more than most.

Few Americans triumphed more gallantly over odds, wore honors more gracefully, or were so honestly mourned after death than Sir Archie, forefather of such great horses as Man O'War, Gallant Fox, War Admiral, and Native Dancer.

It was a novel experiment as baseball's leading men formed the National Association, bringing order to the hodgepodge of professional and amateur clubs that made up the sport from the end of the Civil War through 1870.

Famed Washington sportswriter Shirley Povich once said that Clark Griffith's life was a true Horatio Alger story.

Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet.

Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success.

Baseball has been Japans most popular sport for over a century.

2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries Association The Deadball Era (1901–1920) is a baseball fan’s dream.

A young German immigrant, Barney Dreyfuss was an American success story in business and in baseball.

This the story of the seven baseball-playing Boyer brothers from western Missouri who signed professional contracts in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

After talks with baseball's owners broke down in the fall of 1889, some of the greatest players of the day jumped their contracts and declared open revolt against the American Association and National League.

Daniel Gray is about to turn thirty.

This work examines the historical significance of the state of New Jersey in the Negro League legacy, especially the black baseball players, teams, owners and managers, and their struggles against not just segregation, and their accomplishments.

?