athletics

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athletics

G.O.A.T. basketball point guards

2023
Point guards run the offense for basketball teams. The best point guards are team leaders who can dribble, pass, and score. Discover basketball's top 10-point guards and create your own list of great players.

Real Madrid

soccer champions
Learn about Real Madrid's historic early years and the championship moments that made the team famous.

FC Barcelona

soccer champions
Spain's Football Club (FC) Barcelona has been one of the world's most successful soccer teams for more than 100 years. Learn about the team's history, greatest victories, and the superstar players that make it happen.

Game day

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

The science and technology of football

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

The science and technology of basketball

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

The science and technology of baseball

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

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.

Victoria!

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

Sports weird-o-pedia

the ultimate book of surprising, strange, and incredibly bizarre facts about 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.

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