Praise for the work of Peter Larson"e;Larson presents a wealth of balanced info on the raging debate over proper running form and minimalist running shoes.
Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, makes a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn't really about controlling guns at all; it's about controlling us.
Rivers of Sand is an exploration of the unique techniques needed to fish the waters of Michigan and the Great Lakes region, and a discussion of (and paean to) the region itself.
One of the greatest outfielders of his generation, Hazen "e;Kiki"e; Cuyler (1898-1950) was working as a roof assembler in an auto plant in Michigan when he seized an opportunity to realize his dream of playing major league baseball.
A tight, dramatic NFL playoff game is exciting on its own, but two of the most dramatic in the same afternoon might result in the most compelling day in football history.
Before Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Julius Erving, or Michael Jordan––before Magic Johnson and Showtime––the Harlem Globetrotters revolutionized basketball and spread the game around the world.
The new third edition of A Critical Introduction to Sport Psychology is the only textbook in the field that provides a detailed overview of key theories, concepts and findings within the discipline of sport psychology, as well as a critical perspective that examines and challenges these core foundations.
Tracing the History of the Oldest Breed of DogIn 1992, two Russian movie makers left a cryptic note for New Mexican writer Stephen Bodio at his local bar.
Following the recent doping scandals that have brought the highest echelons of international sport into disrepute, this book examines the elitism at the core of the World Anti-Doping Agency and considers how the current World Anti-Doping Code might be restructured.
Principios del entrenamiento de la fuerza y del acondicionamiento físico es una obra muy completa, redactada por expertos de la Asociación Nacional de Fuerza y Acondicionamiento Físico (National Strength and Conditioning Association [NSCA]), que presenta en profundidad las técnicas de ejercicio, adaptaciones al entrenamiento y diseño de programas; la estructura y función de los sistemas corporales; la aplicación de pruebas y evaluaciones, y la organización y administración de centros deportivos.
Founded in 1920, the National Football League chose famed athlete Jim Thorpe as its first president, a position he held briefly until a successor was elected.
Arts and Cultural Management: Sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field opens a conversation that is much needed for anyone identifying arts management or cultural management as primary areas of research, teaching, or practice.
Anthony Laker leads an outstanding international team of educational theorists in critically examining the theoretical underpinnings of physical education, and in challenging the rhetoric, the practices and the pedagogies that prevail in our schools.
Playing Out of Bounds investigates the North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament (NACIVT), an annual event that began in the 1930s in the streets of Manhattan and now attracts 1200 competitors from the U.
Calm, reasoned, and well-modulated tones are not the order of business in discussing Chicago sports, and when it comes to talking Chicago sports, Mike North is in a class by himself.
But the return is not always easy, especially when the world has moved on without you, when the people who were rooting for you have now found other heroes to support.
For players, coaches, writers, and fans, basketball is a science and an art, a religious sacrament, a source of entertainment, and a way of interacting with the world.
In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges--population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration.
This book explores ways in which screen-based storyworlds transfix, transform, and transport us imaginatively, physically, and virtually to the places they depict or film.
Based on an extensive national research project with global relevance, this pioneering volume draws on unique data on bullying in youth sports training collected from both athletes and coaches using a variety of methodological approaches.
The use of psychological interventions and counselling strategies has become a central part of injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return to participation process.
If you have ever fished in still water and wondered what fishing the currents of rivers and surf would be like, or if you’ve never fished at all but want to start surf or wade fishing, then Fly-Fishing the Surf is for you.
Detailing a program that has been proven to provide results and significantly improve a golfer's game from within 100 yards of the hole, this revised edition includes added features, enhancing the ground-breaking instruction that motivates golfers to practice their short game and produces measurable results.
Drawing on wide-ranging archival research, this authoritative new history examines the cultural diplomatic role played by British football in international affairs, British foreign policy, and international football during the 1930s.
Cap Anson's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame sums up his career with admirable simplicity: "e;The greatest hitter and greatest National League player-manager of the 19th century.
Football is arguably one of the most important sports in the world, and the marketing of football has become an increasingly important issue, as clubs and product owners need to generate more revenue from the sport.
Canadian-born George "e;Mooney"e; Gibson (1880-1967) grew up playing baseball on the sandlots around London, Ontario, before going on to star with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League.