History of sport

The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day.

In 1964, the New York Yankees were the undisputed champions of Major League Baseball.

In this book, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva offer an existential challenge to one of Americas favorite pastimes: college football.

When high jumper Alice Coachman won the high jump title at the 1941 national championships with "e;a spectacular leap,"e; African American women had been participating in competitive sport for close to twenty-five years.

This book examines the development and significance of sport in contemporary India, one of the fastest growing sports markets worldwide.

Soccer is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, gaining huge media coverage and reaching all levels of society in countries all around the world.

The Routledge Handbook of Sport History is a new and innovative survey of the discipline of sport history.

1997 British Society of Sports History - Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports HistoryThe record-breaking achievements of Kenyan athletes have caught the imagination of the world of sport.

Fewer people have rowed across the Atlantic than have climbed Everest.

Sports on Film takes readers behind the scenes of how movies get made and puts them in the stands for some of the key moments in sports in America.

This book examines the life and career of Michael Jordan, one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports, asking how he transcended his sport to become a canonical myth in popular culture.

The Pittsburgh Crawfords were one of the Negro League's best and most exciting teams.

"e;My day-to-day existence,"e; writes Kathleen Lockwood, "e;rested on the ability of my husband to throw a tiny leather ball over ninety-five miles an hour past a large wooden bat.

This book tells the story of 'the Lady Footballers'.

The Indianapolis ABCs were formed around the turn of the century, playing company teams from around the city; they soon played other teams in Indiana, including some white teams.

Since the founding of professional baseball, few teams have risen above years of mediocrity only to see their fortunes interrupted by war and tragedy.

This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain.

This book gives a fascinating history of the English experience of sport, following its development through the centuries from its earliest beginnings in social play and pastimes, via its adoption as an alternative to the clock-watching routine of urban life, to its modern incarnation as a global business.

Cycling is hugely popular nowadays.

Against the backdrop of the recent and renewed political and policy interest in the safety and security in European football contexts, this book examines the ways in which the regulation of insecurities in European football has been advanced by European institutions and organizations, and contested by football supporters, from the 1980s to the present day.

'After all this time Frankie Dettori still ranks amongst the all-time greats of the sport' LESTER PIGGOTT'An autobiography as gripping as any Dick Francis thriller' YORKSHIRE POST'Endearingly honest.

Over the past century, high school and college athletics have grown into one of America's most beloved - and most controversial - institutions, inspiring great loyalty while sparking fierce disputes.

Between 1951 and 1989, Congress held a series of hearings to investigate the antitrust aspects of professional sports leagues.

New Dimensions of Sport in Modern Europe offers new perspectives on European sport history in the 'long twentieth century' designed to challenge and deconstruct what might be considered 'traditional' or more familiar Euro-centric conceptions and geographies of sport and leisure-especially those deriving from the leading hotbeds of European sport history.

From their ignominious 40-120 debut in 1962, to the Miracle Mets of the shocking 1969 season, to the teams of Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, and Jacob deGrom, the New York Mets have in nearly sixty years become the citys other beloved baseball franchise, with its fan base stretching well beyond the New York suburbs.

For more than a century, sporting spectacles, media coverage, and popular audiences have staged athletics in black and white.

The first book in the new Lyons Press GAME CHANGERS sports series answers the questions: What were the 50 most revolutionary personalities, rules, pieces of equipment, controversies, organizational changes, radio and television advancements, and more in the history National Pastime?

This work recounts the lives and deaths of athletes who departed the world suddenly and without warning during their playing careers.

One of the greatest centerfielders ever, Tris Speaker's career was full of colorful moments on and off the field.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Jane Leavy, the award-winning,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Last BoyandSandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruththe man Roger Angell dubbed "e;the model for modern celebrity.

Deadly Peaks is a collection of the most notable mountaineering disasters and near-disasters in history.

"e;This superbly written volume will appeal to sports and physical education students; researchers in foreign policy, gender studies, history, politics, sociology, and technology; and general high school and college readers who enjoy the odd sports history factoid.

An awe-inspiring history of the five most legendary classic races in world cycling.

This book presents an overview on sport history research in Europe by giving insights into various topics between Europe's south and north.

1997 British Society of Sports History - Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports HistoryThe record-breaking achievements of Kenyan athletes have caught the imagination of the world of sport.

The spread of COVID-19 and the consequent pandemic since early 2020 have brought about unprecedented changes in all spheres of global life, creating a new sense of (in)security with social distancing, physical isolation, quarantine and lockdown becoming buzzwords to combat the disease.

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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.

This insightful volume considers how to locate America in the sporting world: in the traditions and rituals of a national pastime or in the baseball academies run by American professional teams in the Dominican Republic?

El fútbol es mucho más que un deporte.

This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition.

For nearly sixty years, Bud Furillo wrote and talked about sports in Southern California.

For a dozen years during the 1940s and 1950s more than 600 women played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Among Stephen Jay Gould's many gifts was his ability to write eloquently about baseball, his great passion.

Opening day in Milwaukee is an event like no other in baseball--all the pomp and reverence for the return of the season, with a tailgate party like only Brewers fans know how to throw.

An entertaining look back at the most memorable year in Boston sports history.

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

50th anniversary edition of the story of the team that caused the last, great FA Cup upset.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEARWATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 SPORT'A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the game's culture.