athletics

Introduces twenty people who work behind the scenes in professional sports, including a sports journalist, an official timekeeper, and a groundskeeper, among others.

The new science and technology of football provide a clearer picture of what skills and strategies are most effective in winning football games.

The new science and technology of basketball provide a clearer picture of what skills and strategies are most effective in winning basketball games.

The new science and technology of baseball provide a clearer picture of what skills and strategies are most effective in winning baseball games.

Breanna Stewart is a talented basketball player for the Seattle Storm. Read about how she trains to stay in shape, what she likes to do when she's not playing basketball, and more.

Introduces athletic activities that are popular in Mexico, providing historical information and basic descriptions of a wide variety of team and individual sports.

Examines a wide range of true and strange stories from the world of sports, from the time Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs got on the disabled list for injuring his back by a hard sneeze to the time the Minnesota Vikings football player Jim Marshall ran the wrong way with a recovered fumble, as well as the curious fact that the writer of "Take Me Out to The Ballgame" had never seen a baseball game before writing that song.

Jeremy Bloom produces forty poems on sports in order to raise his grade from a D- to an A+.

"Engaging images accompany information about Olympic records. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--.

Arian Foster has been called the "most interesting man in the NFL." Kids will learn why in this biography. Chapters cover Foster's early life, his days at the University of Tennessee, his struggle to get drafted, and his career with the Houston Texans.