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An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intrica……続きを見る

Can we truly call football England's 'national' game? How have we arrived at this point of such clear inequality between men's and women's football? Between 1921 and 1972, women were banned from pla……続きを見る

2006 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year The literature on sport history is now well established, taking in a wide range of themes and covering every activity from aerobics to……続きを見る

A soul-baring, brutally candid, and richly eventful memoir of the two yearsー1977 and 1978ーwhen Reggie Jackson went from outcast to Yankee legend In the spring of 1977 Reggie Jackson should have be……続きを見る

With this top-rated guide learn about bungy jumping, bungi, bungee jumping bridge, bungy jumper, bungee cords, bungee sling.続きを見る

Rich in anecdotes and humor, Bill Werber's Memories of a Ballplayer is a clear-eyed memoir of the world of big-league baseball in the 1930s. Originally published by SABR in hardcover in 2000 and in ……続きを見る

In The First Star, acclaimed sports writer Lars Anderson recounts the thrilling story of Harold "Red" Grange, the Galloping Ghost of the gridiron, and the wild barnstorming tour that earned professi……続きを見る

Once called "The Most Powerful Person in Golf" former PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman transformed the Tour into the success story it is today. "Golf's Driving Force" offers an intimate portra……続きを見る

The 1984 Detroit tigers roared out of the gate, winning their first nine games of the season and compiling an eye-popping 35-5 record after the campaign's first 40 games--still the best start ever f……続きを見る

OPENING FENWAY PARK WITH STYLE: The 1912 World Champion Red Sox is the collaborative work of 27 members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). This book, which contains over 300 perio……続きを見る

The first volume in a two-part series that explores the theory of Wing Chunーa style of kung fu and self-defenseーfrom a technical, lifestyle, and philosophical perspective Written by Wayne Belonoha……続きを見る

Derek Jeter Jason Giambi Bernie Williams Gary Sheffield Alex Rodriguez Johnny Damon Melky Cabrera Hideki Matsui Bobby Abreu Jorge Posada Mariano Rivera Chien-Ming Wang Robinson Cano Mike Mussina Ran……続きを見る

World Series champion, former All-Star, and award-winning television analyst Ron Darling gives readers a inside look at one of the most demanding and strategic positions in all of sports: the pitche……続きを見る

During World War II, the National Football League faced a crisis unimaginable today: a shortage of players. By 1943, so many players were in the armed forces that the league was forced to fold one t……続きを見る

No contest has captured the imagination of cricket lovers around the world as much as the Ashes. From the controversy of the Bodyline series to the brilliance of Bradman, from the heroics of batsmen……続きを見る

The must-have guide to the Summer Olympic Games This summer, millions of Americans will tune into the Olympic Games, the largest and most popular sporting event in the world. Yet while it's easy to ……続きを見る

The captivating, utterly improbable but ultimately true story of one man’s quest to solve sports’ greatest mystery: What happened to the most famous of all home-run balls–the holy grail of sports? O……続きを見る

“A trove of talesーsome poignant, even tragic; many hilarious.” ー Akron Beacon JournalDan Coughlin serves up a second rollicking collection of stories about colorful characters and memorable events……続きを見る

Eerily prescient of times to come, this exposé examines drug use in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the mid-1980s and one of the biggest drug trials in baseball history. Through a series of exclu……続きを見る

In 'The World Cup, A Very Peculiar History', author David Arscott tackles the big subjects at the heart of the beautiful game, including how the tournament first kicked off, the dirty tactics used t……続きを見る

As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Cal Ripken, Jr.: Endurance discusses the struggles and triumphs of Pele's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a v……続きを見る

The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while fa……続きを見る

Brush up on your cricket knowledge of the Ashes with a hilarious and alternative guide to cricket's most fiercely contested series. In this laugh-out-loud follow up to the Sunday Times bestseller Tu……続きを見る

It might seem at first thought that, considering the great number of books on golf that have already been written by the most famous masculine players and students of the game, a book especially for……続きを見る

Think you know Braves baseball? Think again. You're about to find out how smart you really are about the Atlanta Braves. Are you a rookie? Are you a tested, hardcore veteran? Or will you be clearing……続きを見る

Sweet ’60: The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates is the joint product of 44 authors and editors from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) who have pooled their efforts to create a portrait of the……続きを見る

100 great sports debates for each cityーfrom who was the best coach to what was the best play of all time. The perfect gift for sports fansーthe series that's sweeping the nation, and is already a h……続きを見る

Tom Brady marching the team upfield in the final minute of the 2001 Super Bowl. Troy Brown playing offense, defense, and special teams. The Tuck Rule. A rogue groundskeeper plowing a path for kicker……続きを見る

La Biblia de la Selección Española de Fútbol es el libro más completo sobre la trayectoria de La Roja. A través de pequeños textos conoceremos los episodios más curiosos, las frases históricas, los ……続きを見る

In the 1930s, Monroe, Louisiana, was a town of twenty-six thousand in the northeastern corner of the state, an area described by the New Orleans Item as the “lynch law center of Louisiana.” race rel……続きを見る