Sports & Recreation

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by Jack Wong (Author), Jack Wong (Illustrator)Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book AwardA reverent celebration of learning to swim among a diverse cast of children and families who each experience the mysterious joys of water in nature. In this exploration of what it truly means to swim, expansive vignettes introduce sandpipers, tannin-soaked lakes, and the feeling of a small waterfall on sun-soaked shoulders. But what about those who are afraid of the water's mysterious ways and...

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by Gail Herman (Author), Who Hq (Author), Andrew Thomson (Illustrator)When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Jeter earned the attention of major league scouts in high school and was drafted to the New York Yankees in 1992. Named Rookie of the Year, he helped the Yankees win the World Series five times, and became team captain in 2003. With his good looks, easygoing personality, and sense of humor, Derek has always been a...

Sports in International Politics: Between Power and Peacebuilding - Hardcover

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by Timothy D. Sisk (Author)Sports have historically been part of a broader quest of regimes for prestige on the world stage, but also to project hegemony and power in an anarchic international system. While such historical trends of politicization of sports continue--witness the nationalism on display at each Olympic Games--today sports are equally seen as a strategic key for advancing human rights, building peace, strengthening social cohesion, and fostering development. International sports...

The Great G.O.A.T. Debate: The Best of the Best in Everything from Sports to Science - Paperback

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by Paul Volponi (Author)Who is the Greatest Of All Time--the G.O.A.T.? This is the question debated constantly between fans for any number of categories. Who is the greatest basketball player of all time? The greatest band? Video game? Sci-fi movie? In The Great G.O.A.T. Debate: The Best of the Best in Everything from Sports to Science, award-winning young adult author Paul Volponi explores the "greatest of all time" in over twenty-five different categories. Volponi asks the G.O.A.T. question...

Populism and Professional Wrestling in the Sunbelt South - Hardcover

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by Christopher L. Stacey (Author)This book traces the history of professional wrestling in the South within the Trans-Mississippi Region between the 1950s-1990s and argues that the political, social, economic, and cultural forces of modernity in the Sunbelt South reflected a new form of southern and national populism that also embedded within the professional wrestling industry.Author BiographyChristopher L. Stacey is professor of history at Louisiana State University of Alexandria. ...

So You Want to Work in Sports: Advice and Insights from Respected Sports Industry Leaders - Hardcover

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by K. P. Wee (Author), Fred Claire (Foreword by)An essential resource offering career insight and practical advice from industry-leading sports professionals. In So You Want to Work in Sports, K. P. Wee has gathered invaluable first-hand perspectives from sports industry leaders with decades of experience in a range of fields, including broadcasting, sports management, journalism, scouting, marketing, analytics, and more. These seasoned professionals share their stories of how they got starte...

CTE, Media, and the NFL: Framing a Public Health Crisis as a Football Epidemic - Paperback

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by Travis R. Bell (Author), Janelle Applequist (Author), Christian Dotson-Pierson (Author)This book examines the mediated construction of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and its rise to public and political prominence by way of its direct connection with the NFL. More broadly, this book explores how this relationship situates in and through the sports/media complex.Author BiographyTravis R. Bell is assistant professor of digital and sports media in the Zimmerman School of Advertising &...

Performance Excellence: Stories of Success from the Real World of Sport and Exercise Psychology - Paperback

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by Michael L. Sachs (Editor), Lauren S. Tashman (Editor), Selen Razon (Editor)Performance Excellence provides concise and effective lessons on a variety of psychological skills and broader concepts within the domains of exercise, sport, and performance psychology. Each lesson includes a short educational piece that centers on the select concept followed by examples that highlight how the concept works in real life.Author BiographyMichael Sachs is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, ...

Gentleman Gerry: A Contender in the Ring, a Champion in Recovery - Hardcover

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by Gerry Cooney (Author), John Grady (Author)Gentleman Gerry chronicles boxing legend Gerry Cooney's career, his challenges and triumphs as a trauma survivor, and his journey to sustained recovery from alcoholism. It provides a detailed account of the difficulties this Golden Gloves champion faced both as a child and adult, offering a compelling exploration of an inspirational life.Author BiographyGerry Cooney is a former boxer who emerged as the #1 contender for the heavyweight championship ...

Sport Realism: A Law-Inspired Theory of Sport - Hardcover

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by Aaron Harper (Author)Aaron Harper defends a new theory of sport--sport realism--focusing on sport operations and the decisions made by sports officials like umpires and referees. Sport realism offers an explanation of sport as it is played, along with normative assessment of ethical issues in sport like cheating and rules disputes.Author BiographyAaron Harper is associate professor of philosophy at West Liberty University. Number of Pages: 182 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: ...

Old Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935 - Paperback

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by Chris Willis (Author), Joe Horrigan (Foreword by)In this collection of original and archival interviews, former players, owners, fans, family members and league officials provide a rare glimpse into the origins of professional football. Chris Willis, head of the Research Library at NFL Films, conveys what the era of professional football was like in the age of leather helmets, no television, dirt fields, small salaries and playing for the love of the game was its own reward.Author Biograph...

Not Playing Around: Intersectional Identities, Media Representation, and the Power of Sport - Paperback

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by Andrew M. Colombo-Dougovito (Editor), Tracy Everbach (Editor), Karen Weiller-Abels (Editor)A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleThis book provides an accessible space for interdisciplinary scholarship and narrative through an analysis of the power of media and sports, focusing on the intersectionality of identity, politics, social justice, and social movements within this context. Contributors examine how identities coalesce in sports and discuss the ways in which sports provide...

Health Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities - Hardcover

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by Jimmy Sanderson (Editor), Melinda R. Weathers (Editor), Janelle Applequist (Contribution by)This edited collection brings together a collaboration of sport and health scholars and practitioners to evaluate current topics in sport and health communication with the aim to provide a holistic resource for scholars interested working at the intersection of these fields.Author BiographyJimmy Sanderson is assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management at Texas Tech Univ...

Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport - Hardcover

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by Daniel Brennan (Author)This book considers the unique perspective found in the sport of surfing for reconsidering questions in the philosophy of sport. Through the lens of surfing Brennan explores questions of ethics, aesthetics, gender equality, the nature of sport, Olympism, technology, and the good life.Author BiographyDaniel Brennan is assistant professor of philosophy at Bond University. Number of Pages: 196 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 03, 2021

Martial Arts Studies: Disrupting Disciplinary Boundaries - Paperback

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by Paul Bowman (Author)This book disrupts disciplinary boundaries to make a case for the future direction and growth of martial arts studies as a unique field Author BiographyPaul Bowman is director of postgraduate research studies in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. He is the founding editor of JOMEC Journal; founder of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Film and Visual Culture Research; director of the Race, Representation and Cultural Politics Resea...

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by Michael Dahl (Author), Christina E. Forshay (Illustrator)From the arrival at the stadium to the last goodnight, Goodnight Baseball is a sweet, nostalgic tale--told in gentle, fun rhyme--about the thrill of a baseball game. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.6 x 10 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 01, 2013 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Goodnight Baseball Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3 ...

Crazy-Proofing High School Sports - Paperback

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by John Elling Tufte (Author)Schools have everything needed to accomplish great feats via high school sports participation, and now is the time for our educators to be the experts in their field...Crazy-Proofing High School Sports offers real solutions to the real problems hurting high school student athletes.Author BiographyDr. John E. Tufte is a professor of education at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. Dr. Tufte taught and coached at the high school level, worked as a seco...

So You Want to Work in Sports: Advice and Insights from Respected Sports Industry Leaders - Paperback

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If Gold Is Our Destiny: How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory - Paperback

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by Sean P. Murray (Author), Karch Kiraly (Foreword by)The true story of how a group of talented volleyball players learned to put their egos aside, became a team, and changed the sport of volleyball forever.In the early 1980s, a golden generation of volleyball players joined the U.S. men's national team. With the Olympics coming to Los Angeles in 1984, the pressure was on to build a winning program around these exceptional athletes. But could a group of individuals put aside their egos and pl...

Sports in International Politics: Between Power and Peacebuilding - Paperback

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Ted Strong Jr.: The Untold Story of an Original Harlem Globetrotter and Negro Leagues All-Star - Paperback

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by Sherman L. Jenkins (Author)Ted Strong Jr. was a two-sport athlete, a major star of the Negro Leagues and one of the original Harlem Globetrotters. This book shares the fascinating story of a man who played in seven Negro League Baseball All-Star games and was a key member of the Harlem Globetrotter team that won the World Professional Basketball Championship.Author BiographySherman L. Jenkins is president of SLJ Communications & Consulting, Inc., a digital media and economic developmen...

Buying In: Big-Time Women's College Basketball and the Future of College Sports - Paperback

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by Aaron L. Miller (Author)Buying In: Big-Time Women's College Basketball and the Future of College Sports juxtaposes the rise of women's college sports with the historical transformations that set the stage for contemporary big-time college sports. Aaron Miller draws on positive psychology to create a new framework he calls "positive anthropology." He uses this lens to highlight the accomplishments of women's college basketball teams and engages with college athlete exploitation, pay-for-pla...

Major League Rebels: Baseball Battles over Workers' Rights and American Empire - Hardcover

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by Robert Elias (Author), Peter Dreier (Author), Bill Lee (Foreword by)This book tells the fascinating stories of the baseball rebels who were influenced by, and in turn influenced, America's political and social protest movements throughout history--including battles over labor, anti-trust, corporate power, immigration, and America's wars and military interventions worldwide.Author BiographyRobert Elias is Dean's Scholar and Professor of Politics and Legal Studies at the University of San Fr...

Do You Believe in Magic?: Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966 - Hardcover

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by David Krell (Author)A unique and dynamic look at a pivotal year in American history and culture. There were seismic shifts taking place in 1966. The Supreme Court's Miranda warnings decision. A World Series upset. Jacqueline Susann's salacious best seller Valley of the Dolls. The television debut of Batman. Five successful missions in NASA's Project Gemini. It was truly a momentous year in America. In Do You Believe in Magic? Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966, David K...

Winning Well: Maximizing Coach and Athlete Wellness - Paperback

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by Cara Cocchiarella (Author), Camille Adana (Author)Utilizing the eight dimensions of wellness--physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, occupational, and financial --this book encourages coaches to invest in their own wellness alongside that of their athletes to make a lasting impact and propel their athletes toward excellence. Author BiographyCara Cocchiarella, EdD, is a coach developer with Win Win Consulting and professor in health and physical education. She ...

Kooks and Degenerates on Ice: Bobby Orr, the Big Bad Bruins, and the Stanley Cup Championship That Transformed Hockey - Paperback

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by Thomas J. Whalen (Author)This book celebrates the 1969-70 Boston Bruins. While the country seethed from racial violence, war, and mass shootings, the "Big, Bad Bruins," led by the legendary Bobby Orr, brushed off their perennial losing ways to advance to the playoffs and defeat the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Finals for their first championship in 29 years.Author BiographyThomas J. Whalen is an associate professor of social science at Boston University. Whalen's social/political com...

Gentleman Gerry: A Contender in the Ring, a Champion in Recovery - Paperback

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by Gerry Cooney (Author), John Grady (Author)Beginning in the late 1970s, "Gentleman" Gerry Cooney's professional boxing career was marked by exhilarating fights, exciting wins, and a powerful left hook. In 1982, Cooney landed a lucrative match against world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes on one of the biggest stages in championship boxing. Yet Cooney's bouts in the ring were nothing compared to the inner turmoil that he dealt with and eventually overcame. Gentleman Gerry: A Contender in t...

Sport for Development and Peace: Foundations and Applications - Paperback

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by Robert E. Baker (Editor), Craig Esherick (Editor), Pamela Hudson Baker (Editor)Sport has the incredible power to positively influence the world, and it is with this in mind that the field of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) has seen tremendous growth over the years. Sport can strengthen social ties, advance human rights, aid economic development, promote inclusion, and more. In Sport for Development and Peace: Foundations and Applications, internationally-recognized SDP experts offer ...

Black Rodeo in the Texas Gulf Coast Region: Charcoal in the Ashes - Paperback

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by Demetrius W. Pearson (Author)This book is a sociocultural and historical analysis of nineteenth-century African American cowboys. The author examines their role in rodeo and the development of the Texas cattle industry.Author BiographyDemetrius W. Pearson is associate professor in the Sport and Fitness Administration Program at the University of Houston. Number of Pages: 142 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 15, 2023

The Olympic Games, the Soviet Sports Bureaucracy, and the Cold War: Red Sport, Red Tape - Paperback

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by Jenifer Parks (Author)This study examines the Soviet bureaucracy responsible for overseeing Olympic sport during the Cold War. It analyzes how sport administrators used political savvy and professional pragmatism alongside ideological drive to expand participation, maximize chances of success, and achieve Soviet political and diplomatic aims.Author BiographyJenifer Parks is associate professor of history at Rocky Mountain College. Number of Pages: 232 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated...

Grassroots Coaching: Using Sports Psychology and Coaching Principles Effectively - Paperback

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by Peter J. McGahey (Author), Peter S. Pierro (Author)Grassroots Coaching: Using Sports Psychology and Coaching Principles Effectively explores coaching by focusing on the key tasks of the coach, while providing immediately applicable behaviors and concepts. The responsibilities and privileges of coaching are introduced along with the appropriate accompanying sport psychology and coaching principles.Author BiographyDr. Peter J. McGahey and Dr. Peter S. Pierro are coach developers and coaches....

Coaching Youth Sports: Guidelines to Ensure Development of Young Athletes - Paperback

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by Charlie Sullivan (Author)A coach will learn the science of how a player learns and techniques to be used to increase motivation.Author BiographyCharles Sullivan is an 11-time National Champion and "All Time Greatest Coach" recipient from USA Volleyball, is that winningest coach in the history of Div. III Men's Volleyball. His 23-year run at Springfield College has included a 94% wining percentage since 2012 and a record 10 straight National Championship match appearances all the while bein...