college sports

An introduction to the Big East Conference, reviewing the history of the Big East which is composed of football teams from eight Atlantic Coast universities, profiling legendary coaches, players, and games, looking at the teams' beloved mascots, and including photographs, statistics, and a glossary.

Chronicles the history of college football from its first games in 1901 through the major tournaments of the twenty-first century.

Offers an inside look at the NCAA's mid-major basketball programs, tracing the mid-majors' rise in recent years and its influence on the NCAA tournament and college sports in general.

Presents a guide for high school athletes preparing for college athletic programs, describing the recruitment process, interviewing college coaches, and common pitfalls for athletes.

Traces the history of women's basketball in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first, discussing the game's early development at women's colleges and its spread to high schools, industrial leagues, and professional teams.

Explores the varying viewpoints about college sports programs.

Explores the impact of big-time intercollegiate athletics on undergraduate education, explaining how many schools, because of their emphasis on research and graduate programs, no longer give the majority of their undergraduates a meaningful education.

Examines the influence of athletics on such college and university aspects as class composition, budgetary spending, campus ethos, and a school's core mission.

An investigation of college sports, concentrating on the football and basketball programs of the top one hundred or so schools in Division I, focusing on the impact of commercialization on both the sports and the educational standards of the institutions.