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In 1910 auto magnate Hugh Chalmers offered an automobile to the baseball player with the highest batting average that season. What followed was a batting race unlike any before or since, between the……続きを見る

For half a century the St. Louis Browns were nothing short of spectacular ... when it came to futility. Whatever promise or hope or grandeur dreams held by the franchise and its fans after a second ……続きを見る

Bums is the intimate story of one of the most beloved franchises ever, told by the men who lived it, and brilliantly compiled by the master of baseball oral histories, Peter Golenbock. From the buil……続きを見る

The Game before the Money recounts the National Football League’s story and the evolution of America’s most popular sport in the vivid words of men who built the NFL. This unprecedented look at foot……続きを見る

Since England’s famous 1966 World Cup victory, Alf Ramsey has been regarded as the greatest of all British football managers. By placing Ramsey in an historical context, award-winning author Leo McK……続きを見る

The 40-year-old Scot has been Britain's most successful Grand Prix racer since the legendary Barry Sheene. At his final race in Knockhill in August 2001, more than 20,000 fans turned up to watch Mac……続きを見る

The Baseball is a salute to the ball, filled with insider trivia, anecdotes, and generations of ball-induced insanityーfrom Zack Hample, the bestselling author of Watching Baseball Smarter • Which H……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a complete guide to Scottish loch fishing, with information on equipment, techniques, etiquette, and much more. Although old, this handy volume contains a wealth of knowle……続きを見る

Every Boston fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them--picking the best, the worst and who will come out on top. And no city tears its sports teams apart like ……続きを見る

Lancashire Cricket Club: Every Day of the Year is a chronological record of facts, figures and trivia that have occurred on every day of the year during the life of Lancashire Cricket Club and tells……続きを見る

Three eras of baseball excellence are profiled in this history of the Oakland Athletics by respected columnist Glenn Dickey. From the Charles Finley years of the early 1970sーduring which the A's wo……続きを見る

He was told that the color of his skin would keep him out of the big leagues, but Joe Black worked his way up through the Negro Leagues and the Cuban Winter League. He burst into the Majors in 1952 ……続きを見る

Example in this ebook While the Home-Coming Kentuckians were enjoying their meeting, in Louisville, in the month of June, 1906, Doctor Thomas E. Pickett published a newspaper article which he had wr……続きを見る

In the Cold War era, sport was not just a symbol of the power and strength of a nation-state, but of certain ideological systems of politics. With the pressure for athletes to succeed at its zenith,……続きを見る

Sea Fishing From Small Boats is a comprehensive guide containing all the information needed for successful small-boat fishing. This book comprises a wealth of angling information that, combined with……続きを見る

A collection of ghost stories collected from baseball players, stadium personnel, umpires, front-office folks, and fans, whichexplores the sometimes amusing and sometimes spooky connection between b……続きを見る

Baseball and ghost stories are as American as apple pie. Haunted Baseball combines both with this fun and freaky collection of otherworldly yarns. Collected from baseball players, stadium personnel,……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportgeschichte, Note: 1,3, Universität Potsdam (Institut für Sportwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Erinnerungskultur, 9 Quellen im Literaturverze……続きを見る

**"Incredible true stories from the limits of endurance, written by a man who’s been there" -- Sir Ranulph Fiennes, author and adventurer A riveting first-person account and history of rowers who ha……続きを見る

“Rick Pitino knows a thing or two about comebacksーon the court and in life.” ーLouisville Courier-Journal Basketball legend Rick Pitino reveals his model of success built upon his experiences of fa……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Sport - Sportgeschichte, Note: 2, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln (Institut für Sportgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Seminar: Coubertin und die ……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

The last time the Chicago Cubs played in the World Series, World War II had just ended. The last time they won a World Series, World War I had not yet begun. But from 1906-1910 the Cubs not only pla……続きを見る

During the boom years of the 1980s, the massed oil wealth of the princes of Dubai and Saudi Arabia were pitted against British millionaire Robert Sangster in a battle for control of one of the world……続きを見る

When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an entire nation, bringing pride to the city and enhancing its reputation nationwid……続きを見る

When Jose Bautista homered and flipped his bat in the 2015 playoffs, Blue Jays frenzy reached a fever pitch not seen since Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series home run. Those two home runs still bring te……続きを見る

Intimate Warfare: The True Story of the Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward Boxing Trilogy traces the lives and careers of two legendary fightersーMicky Ward, a humble, hardscrabble, blue-collar Irishman fr……続きを見る

In 2016, after twenty years in St. Louis, the Rams are back in their longtime home. Some call their return to Los Angeles a relocation, but it’s more the restoration of a city landmark. Hollywood’s ……続きを見る

An official landmark photographic book charting the private and public lives of Barry Sheene - one of motorsport's best-loved and most charismatic figures. Barry Sheene is arguably the greatest Brit……続きを見る

This account of the four baseball seasons of 1900 through 1903 seeks to capture the flavor of the period by providing yearly overviews from the standpoint of each team and by focusing more deeply on……続きを見る