History of sport

The stage is set for the Beijing Olympiad to be the greatest mega-event, sporting or otherwise, in history.

The 1972 World Series was a terrific clash between two rising Major League franchises, the Oakland A's and the Cincinnati Reds.

The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates were a special team--team being the operative word.

This book focuses on the development of cricket in Australia, with a focus on the commercial and professional aspects of the game.

Built in 1912, Detroit's Tiger Stadium provided unmatched access for generations of baseball fans.

Can we truly call football England's 'national' game?

This volume argues for a more quantitative, economic and theoretical approach to sports history.

At his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Negro League player Buck Leonard said, "e;Now, we in the Negro Leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing.

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

This is the story of a national championship that was a year in the making.

The Athletics spent thirteen seasons in Kansas City before moving to Oakland--a colorful history despite one of the worst records in baseball history.

This collection examines the role of sport in the lives of key revolutionary thinkers and leftist activists.

Few players in the history of baseball suffered as many professional setbacks as Roy Sievers (1926-2017).

First published in 1939, this volume translated into English the Danish work 'Den Specielle Gymnastrikteon'.

A legendary New York Yankees PR man offers readers an inside look at one of baseball’s greatest teams.

The aim of this book, in discussing Elias's theory, is not to refute it.

Some presidents throw out baseballs first pitch of the season.

Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century.

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Big names have always dominated baseball, and one of the biggest in recent history is Roger Clemens-the Rocket.

This vintage book contains a collection of humorous stories of the field and racecourse, anecdotes of the stable and kennel, and numerous practical notes on shooting and fishing.

This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world.

This is the first text to examine women and sport in Italy during the period 1861-1945.

In 1967, in the midst of a nail-biting six-week pennant race, the Red Sox, Tigers, Twins and White Sox stood deadlocked atop the American League.

In addition to being an internationally recognised pioneer of sports history, Brian Stoddart has also been a leading thinker and influence in the field.

Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America in early 2013 when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during the seven Tour de France races he won.

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

The 1948 World Series gave fans an unusual showdown--neither of the contestants had seen the Fall Classic for a generation.

The reawakening of Asian martial arts is a distinct example of cultural hybridity in a global setting.

From the contentious delay of the first clash in 1901 to the latest battle in 2023, The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State vs.

First published in 1910, this book explores the subject of athletics festivals in ancient Greece, looking in detail at its history as well as the exercises commonly seen at such occasions.

This book is the first English-language study of motorsport and Italian Fascism, arguing that a synergy existed between motor racing and Fascism that did not exist with other sports.

This is a followup volume to the acclaimed Voices from the Negro Leagues, (McFarland, 1998; softcover 2005) which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s.

This book looks at the relationship of the cock and cockfighting in Britain from the Enlightenment through the modern era, showing the societal and culture changes that affected that relationship.

One of the most underrated players in baseball history, Bill Virdon went on to successfully manage four Major League teams.

Gib Bodet's 70-year love affair with baseball dates from his childhood in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and it has carried him through parts of six decades as a scout with the Red Sox, Tigers, Expos, Angels, Royals, and Dodgers.

Filling a gap in the literature on the history of sport in Europe, the book brings together complementary studies on diverse aspects of the interrelation between sport and urban space.

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

This book explores the role of FIFA in brokering the development of football in Africa and its relationship with that continent's football associations and regional governing body.

Winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2015- from the British Society for Sports History.

The Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa.

With this volume, David Nemec completes his remarkable trilogy of 19th-century baseball biographies, covering every major league player, manager, umpire, owner and league official.

George Altman grew up in the segregated South but was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else who has ever played the game, from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Baseball scouts are often unseen, seldom recognized, and usually underappreciated by fans, but they have contributed enormously to the development and evolution of baseball at all levels, from the players they signed to the changes in the business climate of the game.

Rich Marazzi has experienced Yankee history and its culture first-hand as a fan, a writer for Yankees Magazine, a radio talk show host, umpire in the Old Timer's Day game for 16 years, a writer for Mel Allen, the long-time voice of the Yankees, and currently as a baseball rules consultant who was hired by general manager Brian Cashman in 2004.

Baseball has had its fair share of one-and-out champions, but few clubs have dominated the sport for any great length of time.

This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world.

This book explores how the sport industry can be considered as an ecosystem due to the variety of different factors interacting to provide value to society.

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