Sport: general

Sports and competition have been film subjects since the dawn of the medium.

Let's say you're the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, deciding which players should start in Game 7 of the World Series against the American League champs.

As majestic as they are dangerous, and as timeless as they are current, bears continue to captivate readers.

The Old Course at St.

Das Fußballwunder aus der Pfalz: ein Zweitligist im DFB-Pokalfinale 2024Der 1.

How do Olympic legacies come about?

Dieses Trainingsbuch ist das Ergebnis zweier Weltmeisterschaftsvorbereitungen in der 10-Tänze-Disziplin.

In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first all-professional baseball club.

A unique and groundbreaking analysis of how to succeed in equestrian sport, this book unpacks the winning habits of successful equestrians to form a toolkit for readers to develop their own winning habits.

This book is the first literary study of postcolonial tourism.

Napoleon Lajoie was the sixth player, and the first second baseman, to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory.

SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGICAL "e;This book is a joy to read and greatly needed.

Physical Activity and the Abdominal Viscera is the first book to examine the response of the visceral organs to acute and chronic physical activity, in cases of both health and disease.

This book examines the new geopolitical economy of football, exploring the intersection of money, politics, and power in the world's most popular sport.

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

Olympic Education is not only a text book for students and teachers in physical and sport education but also for course instructors and coaches in children`s youth sport programmes, as well as for executives in sports federations.

This book is a companion to Ayurvedic studies.

This handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to leisure and recreation, and physical activity and its relationship to quality of life.

Freizeitsportliches Laufen stellt eine der am häufigsten betriebenen Ausdauersportarten dar.

Your hands-on guide to coaching youth volleyball Have you been asked to coach a youth volleyball team?

This is the first book to take an in-depth look at women's football in Africa.

The descriptions and examples of unethical behaviors in sport in this book will challenge readers to rethink how they view sport and question whether participating in sport builds character-especially at the youth and amateur levels.

In the 111-year-history of the Boston Red Sox, fans have been treated to countless firsts the first manager of the franchise (Jimmy Collins), the first American League MVP to play for the Sox (Tris Speaker), the first 20-game winner (Bill Dineen), the first to hit 500 home runs (Ted Williams), and the first Red Sox pitcher to win the Cy Young Award (Roger Clemens).

Increasing numbers of professional teams and athletes look for assistance with the psychological factors of their performance, and there exists a growing body of professional sport psychologists ready to provide support.

Among early 20th century baseball players, John Preston "e;Pete"e; Hill (1882-1951) was considered the equal of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker--only skin color kept him out of the majors.

The book focuses on the distinctive contribution that Joseph Maguire has made to process sociology and the study of sport.

Diccionario Bilingue de Metaforas y Metonimias Cientifico-Tecnicas presents the extensive range of metaphoric and metonymic terms and expressions that are commonly used within the fields of science, engineering, architecture and sports science.

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.

In recent decades, five to ten times as many persons have turned out for the Olympic flame relay as have watched Olympic sports contests live.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

When baseball's reserve clause was struck down in late 1975 and ushered in free agency, club owners feared it would ruin the game; instead, there seemed to be no end to the ';baseball fever' that would grip America.

Designing Presence offers a unique insight into the training that has helped people around the world to cultivate more presence in both professional and personal settings.

The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry holds a major international conference every four years.

This edited collection is positioned at the nexus of sports, society and creative writing.

This biography traces the hard life and colorful career of "e;Iron Man"e; McGinnity from his childhood working the coalfields of Illinois to his death in 1929.

Originally published in 1869, this unusual book will appeal graetly to all who are interested in the early history and manufacture of the bicycle.

This is the first book to explore in depth the science of climbing and mountaineering.

In Functional Exercise Prescription, Eyal Lederman presents a revolutionary new approach for exercise prescription that uses the individual's own movement repertoire.

This classic map and compass navigation guide—newly revised for the age of GPS—offers a clear and concise master class on the art of orienteering.

A historic memoir by the noted Alpine climber and journalist who undertakes an epic climb of The Eiger in Switzerlandthe very same mountain that not only made his father ';Eiger John' famous, but killed him in 1966.

The New York Yankees are baseball's most storied team.

In 2010, University of Kansas officials were shocked to learn that the FBI and IRS were on campus investigating Rodney Jones, former head of the Athletics Ticket Office, for stealing Jayhawks basketball tickets and selling them to brokers.

Reaching back over a century of struggle, liberation, and gutsy play, Shattering the Glass is a sweeping chronicle of women's basketball in the United States.

Brazilian Mobilities presents an overview of the diversity of mobility studies developed in Brazil.

When Sherlock Holmes wrestled with Dr Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls, he was employing a system of self-defence that was all the rage in Victorian Britain.

This early guide is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

This book takes a close look at social media in sport and considers its significance for sport business and for the wider relationship between sport and society.

Sport in the Soviet Union, Second Revised Edition focuses on the development of sports in the Soviet Union, particularly noting the sport programs and contributions of sports organizations in the development of sports in the country.

In a sport full of players who are larger than life, Terrell Owens towers above the crowd.