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Sports Histories draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analysing the development of modern sport. The book brings together ten case studies from a wide range of sports, incl……続きを見る

Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon in South Africa: Sport and Travel in South Africa By Andrew A. Anderson. Illustrator: Andrew A. Anderson. This scarce antiquarian book. Due to its age, it may contain i……続きを見る

Most fans today know that gamblers and ballplayers conspired to ôfixö the 1919 World Seriesùthe Black Sox Scandal. It has been touched upon in classic works of sports history such as Eliot AsinofÆs ……続きを見る

Straddling humour, trivia and sport, ‘Notorious’ brings together for the first time one hundred of the most potty sportsmen in history. From boxing to cycling, soccer to baseball, and most sports in……続きを見る

Benny Kauff was a major league hitter, fielder, and base runner of great talent. He played with the Indianapolis Hoosiers and Brooklyn Tip-Tops, of the short-lived Federal League, in 1914 and 1915. ……続きを見る

Every Kiwi football fan knows Ricki Herbert. A star of the 1982 World Cup-qualifying All Whites, Ricki Herbert played football professionally in the United Kingdom for Wolverhampton Wanderers. At th……続きを見る

Test your knowledge with these hardball questions about your favorite teamーall the sluggers, hurlers, and greatest moments in New York Yankees history … 51 questions to challenge the diehard Yankee……続きを見る

Test your knowledge with these gridiron questions about the Arkansas Razorbacksーthe coaches, titles, All-Americans and walk-ons, the greatest moments in school history are right here … 51 questions……続きを見る

2014 JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 GORDON BURN PRIZE October 17th 1973: the greatest disaster in the history of English football. All England had to do was beat Pola……続きを見る

Test your knowledge with these hardball questions about your favorite teamーall the sluggers, hurlers, and greatest moments in New York Mets history … 51 questions to challenge the diehard Mets fan. 続きを見る

The SEC is an elite conferenceーwithout question one of the toughest in the country. It attracts nationally ranked recruiting classes and produces All-Americans and BCS contenders every year. This e……続きを見る

An A-Z guide to martial arts heroes Who gave Bruce Lee advice on kicking and taught Muhammad Ali how to punch? Which Welshman is revered in Japan as a karate expert, novelist and environmentalist? O……続きを見る

Test your knowledge with these gridiron questions about the Missouri Tigersーthe coaches, titles, All-Americans and walk-ons, the greatest moments in school history are right here … 51 questions to ……続きを見る

A guide to the history and skills needed to fish the sea from land and pier. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasi……続きを見る

Whether it's glamping or wild camping, every year well over a million of us leave the warmth of our homes and head into the outdoors and its varying degrees of luxury. Camping in the 21st century ha……続きを見る

The Olympic Games have had two livesーthe first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a s……続きを見る

Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players of all time--MLB Rookie of the Year, World Series Champion, six-time all-star, MVP, and a lifetime batting average of .311. But he is most r……続きを見る

In the annals of sports, no individual rivalry matches the intensity, longevity, and emotional resonance of the one between two extraordinary women: Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Over sixteen……続きを見る

Canadian sports were turned on their head during the years between the world wars. The middle-class amateur men's organizations which dominated Canadian sports since the mid-nineteenth century stead……続きを見る

The definitive book on the greatest game in the history of college basketball, and the dramatic road both teams took to get there. March 28, 1992. The final of the NCAA East Regional, Duke vs. Kentu……続きを見る

“Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey’s book proves it, without wasting a word.”ーLee Eisen……続きを見る

"The Yankees play such smart baseball that it’s almost as if they beat you wearing tuxedos." - Billy Beane Baseball has produced more classic quotes than any other sport, by not only the……続きを見る

This is an exacting social history of Indian cricket between 1780 and 1947. It considers cricket as a derivative sport, creatively adapted to suit modern Indian socio-cultural needs, fulfil politica……続きを見る

If you're a diehard Seminole fan, then step up and test your knowledge with these gridiron questions about your favorite teamーthe coaches, titles, All-Americans and walk-ons, the greatest moments i……続きを見る

THE TEAM: The Braves are the oldest continuously operated franchise in National League history and are one of just six Major League clubs with more than 10,000 victories -- that's more than the Bost……続きを見る

An irony of enshrinement at the baseball Hall of Fame is that it's no guarantee of lasting name recognition. The sport's history stretches too far back, as today fans scratch their heads about athle……続きを見る

Historians of popular culture have recently been addressing the role of myth, and now it is time that social historians of sport also examined it. The contributors to this collection of essays explo……続きを見る

All over the world, soccer is known as “the Beautiful Game” and is the most popular sport. But in the United States, professional soccer still has a hard time catching on.It has had some successes h……続きを見る

Basketball, the only major world sport undeniably invented by a Canadian, has ironically failed to win Canadians’ hearts more than a century after its creation. James Naismith’s brainchild is a popu……続きを見る

How one man turned a midlife crisis into the realisation of a childhood dream at 4pm at Wincanton Dominic Prince, journalist, documentary-maker, racing enthusiast and bon viveur hit the scales at ne……続きを見る