athletics

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athletics

Mike and Mike's rules for sports and life

2010
Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg, hosts of "Mike and Mike in the Morning" on ESPN radio, share their rules for sports and life, arguing about such topics as how baseball managers should dress, why sports fans are crazy, whether athletes will someday rule the world, and why college football is the most philosophical of all sports.

Sports guy

in search of corkball, warroad hockey, Hooters golf, Tiger Woods, and the big, big game
2001
A collection of biographical essays by sports journalist Charles Pierce that originally appeared in such publications as "GQ" and "Esquire, " featuring profiles of well-known athletes such as Magic Johnson and Tiger Woods, as well as works on lesser-known figures.

The best American sports writing, 1999

1999
Contains seventeen articles selected by the editors as the best in sports writing for 1998, and includes biographical notes about the authors.

Great careers for people interested in sports & fitness

1994
Presents biographical and career sketches of ten successful practitioners in the sports and fitness industry, taking the reader through a typical day at work, with advice on career planning and hints for landing a job.

Mad as hell

how sports got away from the fans-- and how we get it back
1996
Explores the relationship between professional sports teams and their fans looking at how the players, owners, agents, and commissioners have taken the game away from the fans and removed the personal element and what concerned supporters can do to have positive impact on the situation.

Professional sports team histories

basketball
1994
Historical essays trace the development of basketball as a spectator sport in the United States. Also highlights each current team in the National Basketball Association, and includes numerous photographs.

A hard road to glory

a history of the African-American athlete, 1946-1986
1988
Volume III of a three volume set. A history of black athletic achievements in the United States from 1946-1986.

A hard road to glory

a history of the African-American athlete
1988

Sports science

2006
Provides science experiments that explain the scientific principles behind sports, how athletes perform certain moves, why some people do better at certain sports, and other sports-related phenomena.

Careers in focus

2008
Provides detailed information for anyone pursuing a career in the sports industry including professional athletes, agents, broadcasters and publicists, sports physicians, sportswriters, umpires, and referees.

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