rules

Provides a simple introduction to the game of basketball, covering layout of the court, rules of play, scoring, and terminology.

Surveys the rules of baseball, covering such aspects as strikes, walks, outs, innings, and runs.

An introduction to the basic rules of tennis.

Pictures and text explain the rules of football.

Provides information on forty-seven different sports, arranged alphabetically from alpine skiing to wrestling, each with discussion of the rules, origin and history, equipment, scoring systems, field of play, and other aspects of the activity.

Text and numerous color graphics illustrate the equipment, techniques, rules, and history of 127 sports.

Comprehensive guide to over 400 national and international sporting events.

An illustrated guide to the rules of more than thirty of the world's most popular sports and games, discussing topics under the headings of playing surface, equipment, players, and officials; how to play/how to win; key rules; skills and tactics; gray areas; and the rules point by point.

Examines the history and evolution of baseball rules and relates some of the most memorable episodes in baseball in which the rules have played a central role including the famed "Pine Tar Game" and the beaning of Ray Chapman.