(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: The Dundurn Group, ISBN-13: 9781459756847)
101 true stories to surprise and delight footy fans.Have you ever wondered why a soccer ball is black and white? Do you know the story behind the most red cards ever handed out in a single match? How about the largest own-goal loss in history? Has a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The Dundurn Group, ISBN-13: 9781459756830)
101 true stories to surprise and delight footy fans.Have you ever wondered why a soccer ball is black and white? Do you know the story behind the most red cards ever handed out in a single match? How about the largest own-goal loss in history? Has a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Virginia Press, ISBN-13: 9780813955018)
A new biography revealing the remarkable story of Jackie Robinson as a civil rights crusaderJackie Robinson is one of the most enduring icons of the great American pastime-the man who broke baseballs color line in the twentieth century, opening the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Virginia Press, ISBN-13: 9780813955018)
A new biography revealing the remarkable story of Jackie Robinson as a civil rights crusaderJackie Robinson is one of the most enduring icons of the great American pastime-the man who broke baseballs color line in the twentieth century, opening the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040871478)
This book examines the complex interrelationship between rugby, honour, and the African moral philosophy of ubuntu, positioning sport within the broader history of coloniality to reveal how athletic practices can become powerful vehicles for social j...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040871515)
This book examines the complex interrelationship between rugby, honour, and the African moral philosophy of ubuntu, positioning sport within the broader history of coloniality to reveal how athletic practices can become powerful vehicles for social j...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9781476657813)
This is a first-ever biography of one of the foremost New York Yankees in the teams extraordinary history. Bill Dickey is regarded as one of baseballs greatest catchers of all time from his playing days with the Yankees between 1928 and 1946. No...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9781476657509)
At the heart of this book are thirty-four personality profiles of North Carolina natives who played baseball in the major leagues. Many of their stories are told for the first time. Collectively, the profiles paint a picture of a time long gone, w...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252048753)
Celebrated as a democratic space for all Americans, the major league ballpark in fact privileged the middle- and upper-class white male fan while tacitly marginalizing poor urban residents and people of color. Seth S. Tannenbaum examines how the game...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of South Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781643366821)
An improbable dream fulfilled in one unforgettable seasonIn 2016, a Conway, South Carolina, mid-major baseball team that had once played on borrowed fields and traveled in hand-me-down vans shocked the college baseball world. Veteran head coach Gary...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of South Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781643366821)
An improbable dream fulfilled in one unforgettable seasonIn 2016, a Conway, South Carolina, mid-major baseball team that had once played on borrowed fields and traveled in hand-me-down vans shocked the college baseball world. Veteran head coach Gary...Loe edasi...
The Draft provides the most comprehensive overview of the NFLs annual event, which has taken place since 1936 and turned into a cottage industry with tens of millions of faithful fans. In this book, the author traces the year-by-year history-from it...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9798368600772)
Charlie Dressen was a true baseball character. A scrappy, undersized infielder with the Cincinnati Reds during the 1920s, Dressen became a manager with a reputation as the greatest sign-stealer in baseball. He honestly believed that he could win g...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9798368600680)
In 1889, the Louisville Colonels, the citys major league baseball team, lost 111 games, won only 27, and went bankrupt in midseason. The new owners found there was not one manager with any history of success willing to take the reins due to the c...Loe edasi...
The Hilarious and Completely True Inside Story of College Golfs Powerhouse ProgramFrom 1968 to 1973, Jim McLean played for the University of Houston, where Coach Dave Williams had created the greatest golf dynasty in NCAA history. Dozens of highly c...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9781476657387)
In 1983, Memphis landed a franchise in the upstart United States Football League after flirting with the World Football League in the 1970s. First owned by Logan Young and then local cotton magnate William Dunavant, the team attracted a charismati...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9781621905004)
Amid anti-Vietnam war protests, political assassinations, and urban unrest, the United States had descended into an era of domestic turmoil by the summer of 1968. Americans were split along nearly every imaginable line, and discord penetrated all fac...Loe edasi...
This volume, the third in A General History of Chinese Wushu, offers a historically substantiated and analytically focused account of the development of Wushu from 1900 to 1949, a period characterized by accelerated political and social transformatio...Loe edasi...
This volume, the third in A General History of Chinese Wushu, offers a historically substantiated and analytically focused account of the development of Wushu from 1900 to 1949, a period characterized by accelerated political and social transformatio...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Mar-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040459843)
American Sports, now in its ninth edition, is a comprehensive, analytical introduction to the history of American sports from the precolonial era to the present.Concise, thought-provoking chapters outline the complex relationships between sports and...Loe edasi...
