History of sport

In 1979, a group of women athletes at Michigan State University, their civil rights attorney, the institution's Title IX coordinator, and a close circle of college students used the law to confront a powerful institution-their own university.

The almanac that puts the pedal to the metal.

This is the first book to examine the body in training in the context of religion, sport and wider physical culture, offering important insight into the performative, social, cultural and gendered aspects of somatic discipline and exercise.

In an era when college football coaches frequently command higher salaries than university presidents, many call for reform to restore the balance between amateur athletics and the educational mission of schools.

How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything______________________________________________________________With a foreword by Ruud van NistelrooyAn Irish Times BestsellerThe Champions League, the Club World Cup, 6 Premier League Titles, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cups, 4 Community Shields, 1 legendary manager.

The story of the "e;Miracle"e; Braves is one of the most memorable in baseball history, but less well known is what the club did after that spectacular season.

The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century.

Between 1870 and 2010, 165 Jewish Americans played Major League Baseball.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2022 The life and times of Don Revie one of the most complex and controversial men ever to grace the game of football.

The Cold War spanned some five decades from the devastation that remained after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin wall, and for much of that time the perception was that only on the Eastern side were politics and sport inextricably linked.

This book contains a classic guide to hunting, with information on how, when, and where to hunt.

This vintage book, first published in 1879, contains a timeless guide to hunting.

Card by card--all 572 of the '59 Topps set--this book contemplates the lives and times of mid-20th century baseball.

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This ground-breaking interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international scholars working across the humanities and social sciences to examine ways in which representations of sports coaching in narrative and documentary cinema can shape and inform sporting instruction.

This clear and accessible book is the first in-depth history of the role of the football manager in British football, tracing a path from Victorian-era amateurism to the highly paid motivational specialists and media personalities of the twenty-first century.

The importance of cricket to England has been immortalised in the art and literature of a thousand years.

In 1947, after 18 major league seasons with the Browns, Senators, and Red Sox, Rick Ferrell retired as the longest playing catcher in the American League.

This is the ultimate guide for any football fan who wants to know everything about the "e;beautiful game"e; - from World Cup winners to football skills and techniques.

Through the historical writings of classic scholars, poets, and commentators, Savagery in Sandals sheds a light on the world of the gladiatorial games and the lives of Ancient Rome's most renowned gladiators.

In 2002, almost a decade after he became the first man to lead Derry's footballers to All-Ireland success - and in the most unlikely of moves for the cagey Ballymaguigan bricklayer - Eamonn Coleman sat down with a journalist and told his story.

In this fully updated and revised new edition of his landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers a comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importance within sport studies.

This first book-length biography of Jimmy Collins examines the life of an intensely private, business-oriented ballplayer who was the first third baseman to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Negro Southern League was a baseball minor league that operated off and on from 1920 to 1951.

Although Andrew "e;Rube"e; Foster (1879-1930) stands among the best African American pitchers of the 1900s, this baseball pioneer made his name as the founder and president of the Negro National League, the first all-black league to survive a full season.

Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks.

Sport is something rather taken for granted and little studied as part of man's and society's behaviour.

This volume provides unique insight into how American colleges and universities have been significantly impacted and shaped by college football, and considers how U.

Gatorade is an enthralling story, brought to life in bright color and sharp detail in this book as journalist and author Darren Rovell chronicles every astonishing milestone of the company's history.

Bursting onto the scene as a 20-year-old rookie, Arky Vaughan quickly established himself as the next great Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop.

World football is in crisis.

Before Shohei Ohtani and Babe Ruth there was Robert Lee "e;Parisian Bob"e; Caruthers (1865-1911).

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.

Of baseball there have been countless books, but, surprisingly, relatively few about the owners, the men and women who invested their time--and, frequently, their fortunes--in baseball teams.

Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917.

The era of free agency in Major League Baseball ensured that it would be difficult to keep star teams together year after year.

The history of sport in socialist Yugoslavia is a peculiar lens through which to examine the country's social, cultural and political transformations.

At turns lyrical, ironic, and sympathetic, Mario Filho's chronicle of "e;the beautiful game"e; is a classic of Brazilian sports writing.

One of the greatest outfielders of his generation, Hazen "e;Kiki"e; Cuyler (1898-1950) was working as a roof assembler in an auto plant in Michigan when he seized an opportunity to realize his dream of playing major league baseball.

Every Boston fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them--picking the best, the worst and who will come out on top.

Sport and Entrepreneurship combines perspectives derived from business history and sports history, focusing on the important but relatively unexplored relationship of entrepreneurship and sport.

The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world.

The first book to explore the entire history of two-way baseball players from the 19th century up to the modern era, this comprehensive work demonstrates that Shohei Ohtani and Babe Ruth are not the only players to excel at both pitching and batting.

A complete history of rugby’s most famous yet enigmatic team, the New Zealand All Blacks, told by the men who have worn the iconic black jersey.

"e;In Changing the Playbook, Howard P.

Since 1971, 35 Negro League baseball players and executives have been admitted to the Hall of Fame.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to sporting dogs, with information on different breeds, training, care, management, choosing a dog, and much more.

First published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become a seminal text in sport history.

This book provides a historical-sociological analysis of recreational scuba diving practices.