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Trading on the sterling reputation that enabled him to survive a widely publicized doping confession, American cyclist “Big George” Hincapieーa record seventeen-time Tour de France participant, Olym……続きを見る

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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie. "An amazingly detailed account of fighting in I……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a fascinating, engaging, and thoroughly enjoyable book concerning fencing. A gentleman delivers a series of lectures over a period of eleven evenings on the subject of fen……続きを見る

A pivotal event in Canada’s history For six months in 1967, from late April until the end of October, Canada and its world's fair, Expo 67, became the focus of national and international attention i……続きを見る

Born in 1921 into a working-class family, Maurice Richard came of age as a French Canadian and athlete during an era when the majority population of Quebec slumbered. A proud, reticent man, Richard ……続きを見る

The first in-depth biography of one of the most talented and infamous legends to play in the National Football Leagueーthe life and times of pro football’s first bad boy, famed Oakland Raiders quart……続きを見る

These days there is only one right answer when someone asks you what you are doing after work. Hitting the gym! With an explosion of apps, clothing, devices, and countless DVDs, fitness has never fe……続きを見る

The first inside account of the international soccer scandal that rocked the world and the American at its centerーthe incredible story of how a stay-at-home New York soccer dad illegally made milli……続きを見る

Dai polverosi campi della Lega Pro, fino alle dorate stanze dei bottoni e dei bottini in Svizzera, questo dossier vuole denunciare e ri-denunciare tutti i fatti e le persone che hanno oltraggiato il……続きを見る

One of the world's foremost sports historians, Professor Gems has written a readable, fully illustrated book on sports history. It is the first video text in the field in which the reader can see au……続きを見る

Football is the most widely played, watched and studied sport in the world. It’s hard to develop a full understanding of the significance of sport in global society without understanding the signifi……続きを見る

Alan Curbishley has spent a lifetime in football both as a fan, player and manager. In his forty years, he has seen the game he loves change beyond all recognition. The money, the media, the celebri……続きを見る

The first detailed account of the Festina affair, which ripped apart the 1998 Tour de France and irrevocably changed cycling. The Tour de France is always one of the sporting calendar's most spectac……続きを見る

From turn-of-the-century horseracing to the monolithic anti-doping attitudes now supported by sporting organizations, the development of anti-doping ideology has spread throughout modern sport. Yet ……続きを見る

Sport and the Emancipation of European Women: the Struggle for Self-fulfilment explores the contributions of European women to the emancipation of women worldwide. It expands understanding of the ne……続きを見る

Jackie Robinson’s story is not only a compelling drama of heroism, but also as a template of the African American freedom struggle. A towering athletic talent, Robinson’s greater impact was on prepa……続きを見る

Herbert Jefferis Pennock (1894-1948) was a Hall of Fame pitcher for the dynastic 1920s New York Yankees. Considered one of the best left-handed pitchers in history, Pennock won 241 games on the moun……続きを見る

Hairs vs. Squares is an ode to an unforgettable season that began with the first major players’ strike in the history of North American sports and ended with a record-setting World Series played by ……続きを見る

The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins, through the Games' ……続きを見る

Grass and its organisation into lawns is a particularly English obsession. If an Englishman’s house is his castle, then his lawn is most certainly his estate. Occupying a place in the national psych……続きを見る

Whether you love the Yankees or loathe them, even the most casual baseball fan is well versed on the team’s nearly 100-year lineage of legends that span the decades from Ruth to DiMaggio to Mantle t……続きを見る

Sport studies and sports history have witnessed a recent substantial increase in publications. However, the relationship between literature and sport has been little explored. Sport, Literature, Soc……続きを見る

Horse racing in America dates back to the colonial era when street races were a common occurrence. The commercialization of horse racing produced a sport that would briefly surpass all others in pop……続きを見る

The knuckleballーso difficult to hit but also difficult to control and catchーhas been a part of major league baseball since the early 1900s and continues to be used to this day. This remarkable and……続きを見る

Arsène Wenger is leaving Arsenal at the end of the 2018 season. The Wenger Revolution is a celebration of his first twenty years with the club. In September 1996 a Frenchman, so little known in Engl……続きを見る

I had a hunch we’d be champions! The most unlikely story in the history of sport, told by our greatest football writer On 25th March 2015, when King Richard III, recently rescued from a municipal ca……続きを見る

It has been nearly 30 years since the Mets, Astros, Red Sox, and Angels waged their epic playoff and World Series battles, and since then no post season has matched their drama. It can be argued tha……続きを見る

THE ONLY THING BELIEVABLE ABOUT TONY CONIGLIARO'S STORY IS THAT IT HAPPENED. TONY C, by Boston sportswriter David Cataneo, takes readers through the soaring heights and desperate lows of the iconic ……続きを見る

The 1977–78 Los Angeles Dodgers came close. Their tough lineup of young and ambitious players squared off with the New York Yankees in consecutive World Series. The Dodgers’ run was a long time in t……続きを見る