Selected from the two most recent proceedings of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture (2019 and 2021), this collection of essays explores subject matter centered both inside and beyond the ballpark.
Olympic skiing champion Nikki Stone shares her own inspirational story and those of Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Young, Lindsey Vonn, Lester Holt, and others .
Covering the impact on domestic leagues, clubs, fans, and players, this book is an interdisciplinary exploration of 30 years of the Champions League and how it has impacted football.
Olympic Event Organization is the first text to address a number of important questions in contemporary mega-event management: Which organizations are involved in the Olympic Movement and in what capacity?
The Psychology of Sports Injury: From Risk to Retirement provides a critical overview of the psychology of sports injury, covering the 5Rs of sports injury: risk, response, rehabilitation, return to sport and retirement.
Athletics Challenges is a practical resource file designed to ensure that all students have a positive learning experience in track and field athletics.
The Fishing Life is an entertaining anthology of fishing anecdotes and well-researched articles from across Paul Schullerys research and fishing career.
WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 GENERAL OUTSTANDING SPORTS WRITING'A fascinating book about the psychology of elite sport Mind Games explores compelling territory.
Contemporary sports coaching studies have moved beyond simple biophysical approaches to more complex understandings of coaching as a set of social relationships and processes.
Golfing With Dad is a heartwarming collection of golfs best players favorite memories with their fathers and how those memories shaped them not only as players, but the men they are today.
Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise is about the bright and dark aspects of sports and exercise behavior and revolves around two closely related yet distinct concepts.
Sports have historically been part of a broader quest of regimes for prestige on the world stage, but also to project hegemony and power in an anarchic international system.
Sport Industry Research & Analysis offers a no-nonsense, straightforward approach to the study of research design and statistical analysis in the sport enterprise.
Now more than ever, there is a need for early childhood professionals to comprehensively integrate trauma-sensitive practices into their work with children and families.
One of the most famous and certainly most successful professional hockey teams of all time, the Montreal Canadiens are practically a national institution in Quebec society.
This engaging and informative work highlights the 100 biggest moments in the history of American sports, illustrating powerful connections between sporting events and significant social issues of the time.
Golf is one of the most popular hobby sports among men and women of all ages, but if you've never picked up a club before, it's hard to know where to begin.
