Sport: general

Despite the thirst for more information about women's golf, very little exists about its history outside of books about the legendary Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

America loves sports.

Exercise during pregnancy isn't just safe, it's healthy for you and your baby.

In the 1970s, after a decade of stagnant fan interest that seemed to signal the demise of Major League Baseball, the game saw growth and change.

Beach Soccer Histories is the first text to consider the sport as a historical, social and cultural phenomenon, to define its traditions, and present leading research on the development and significance of football played on sand.

Beach Soccer Histories is the first text to consider the sport as a historical, social and cultural phenomenon, to define its traditions, and present leading research on the development and significance of football played on sand.

The first edition of The Price of Football quickly established itself as the go-to guide to understanding football club finance for the serious fan.

This book examines how social issues shape and influence our engagement with sport, leisure time physical activity, and health-promoting exercise.

This book examines how social issues shape and influence our engagement with sport, leisure time physical activity, and health-promoting exercise.

This book provides core coaching principles and beliefs for you to operate from as you manage your team, as well as guidance to help you develop key coaching skills including listening, asking effective questions, building rapport and how to give constructive (performance-based) feedback.

SHORTLISTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR CATEGORY AT THE 2024 SPORTS BOOK AWARDSWATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023: SPORTA definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1's superstar, Lewis Hamilton's great rival and the three-time winner of the World Drivers' Championship.

Filled with insightful analysis and compelling arguments, this book considers the influence of sports on popular culture and spotlights the fascinating ways in which sports culture and American culture intersect.

For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop.

Scandals about cheating and corruption have dogged amateur and professional sports in the United States since the nation's earliest days.

Fierce debate has long loomed over Title IX, the landmark legislation prohibiting sex discrimination in schools, whether in academics or athletics.

In America, sports are a popular passion, and an astoundingly lucrative business as well.

Crowther offers a fascinating look at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilizations in the ancient world.

The editors use the unique lens of the history of sports to examine ethnic experiences in North America since 1840.

In the 1970s, after a decade of stagnant fan interest that seemed to signal the demise of Major League Baseball, the game saw growth and change.

On October 15th, 1988, Kirk Gibson hit a walk off home run in game one of the World Series.

Cet ouvrage associe l'histoire de la structuration progressive du sport et l'analyse des mécanismes de son fonctionnement.

*WINNER OF RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A gripping book that brings that unforgettable match back to pulsating life' Daily Mail'Fans will relish' The TimesEngland have been in four Rugby World Cup finals and only won one of them.

*** SHORTLISTED IN THE SPORTS WRITING CATEGORY AT THE 2024 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS ****** LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ****** ONE OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH'S SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023 ****** ONE OF THE TIMES' SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023 ***The remarkable inside story of how two Hollywood A-listers, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, stunned the football world by buying a non-league club in North Wales.

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.

The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights is the first book to explore in depth the topic of mega-sporting events (MSEs) and human rights, offering accounts of adverse human rights impacts linked to MSEs while considering the potential for promoting human rights in and through the framework of these events.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the professional activities of the art business.

La douleur fait naître, inconsciemment, un esprit de vengeance, envers soi-même puis envers les autres.

Placebo effects have been recognised by medicine and by science, yet only recently has systematic research begun to fully understand what they are and how they work.

This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the professional activities of the art business.

This book answers readers' most pressing questions about exercise and physical activity and will serve as a valuable resource to anyone interested in starting and maintaining healthy habits in this important area of health.

Ein praktischer Leitfaden für alle jene, die Gesundheit erleben möchten.

Au-delà d'une politesse de l'histoire les auteurs, en s'appuyant sur un siècle de pratique, établissent un point de bascule de l'athlétisme en Lorraine à partir de l'an 2000.

L'année 2022 aura été couronnée de succès sportifs.

La Fédération gymnastique et sportive des patronages de France est fondée à la fin du XIXe siècle pour aider à la reconquête des provinces perdues en 1871.

Sommaire :Les espaces de l’éducation physique.

Scandals about cheating and corruption have dogged amateur and professional sports in the United States since the nation's earliest days.

Miami University in Oxford, Ohio is recognized for its beauty, highlighted by the red brick throughout its grounds.

A behind-the-scenes perspective on Buffalo Bills history from longtime broadcaster John Murphy As the longtime play-by-play voice of the Buffalo Bills, John Murphy knows what it means to live and breathe Bills football.

The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in TorontoIn just over 25 years, the Toronto Raptors have evolved from an intrepid expansion team to an NBA champion.

Blending personal narrative with practical guidance, Cornfields to Gold Medals delivers well-traveled leadership principles for on and off the court.

A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Richard Deitsch, a media reporter at The Athletic and a former Sports Illustrated writer, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports.

In the 1980s, Neil Hornsby was one of very few National Football League fans in England.

A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2023This encyclopedia explores exercise and physical activity from a variety of angles, including anatomy and exercise science, health benefits and risks, the wide array of sports and recreational activities available, and the sociocultural context of physical fitness.

In the 1980s, Neil Hornsby was one of very few National Football League fans in England.

Cet ouvrage présente la gouvernance actuelle du système olympique, c'est-à-dire de l'ensemble des organismes qui collaborent au déroulement du plus grand événement médiatique de la planète.