athletics

Profiles more than eighty jobs that are available in the sports industry, such as professional baseball player, physical education teacher, and health club manager, including information on required skills, education, training, associations, salaries, employment prospects, advancement opportunities, and more.

Profiles ten athletes, including football player Keyshawn Johnson, swimmer Natalie Coughlin, and baseball player Alfonso Soriano, describing their early childhoods, education, career highlights, families, interests outside of sports, and awards, and provides addresses, Web sites, and further reading lists.

Interviews with fourteen people who work in careers of interest to young people who like school and professional sports.

Provides descriptions of jobs that involve sports and athletic events.

Simple text and photographs depict young people engaged in activities that embody the qualities of an athlete.

Provides a brief introduction to hockey and includes descriptions of the safety equipment.

Provides a brief introduction to gymnastics including various gymnastic events in the Olympic games and record breaking Olympic gymnasts.

Provides a brief introduction to football, including the history, equipment, and scoring of the sport.

Provides a brief introduction to basketball including the rules of the sport.

Provides a brief introduction to baseball, including the rules of the sport.