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Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back

Author : Jessica Luther
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477322175
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back written by Jessica Luther and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hit to the head after yet another study has warned of the dangers of CTE, or when a team whose mascot was born in an era of racism and bigotry takes the field, or when a relief pitcher accused of domestic violence saves the game, how is one to cheer? Welcome to the club for sports fans who care too much. In Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back, acclaimed sports writers Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson tackle the most pressing issues in sports, why they matter, and how we can do better. For the authors, “sticking to sports” is not an option—not when our taxes are paying for the stadiums, and college athletes aren’t getting paid at all. But simply quitting a favorite team won’t change corrupt and deplorable practices, and the root causes of many of these problems are endemic in our wider society. An essential read for modern fans, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back challenges the status quo and explores how we might begin to reconcile our conscience with our fandom.

The Secret Lives of Sports Fans

Author : Eric Simons
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468307584
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Lives of Sports Fans written by Eric Simons and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this accessible study, a journalist examines the science, philosophy, and sociology behind being a sports fan. Sports fandom is either an aspect of a person's fundamental identity, or completely incomprehensible to those who aren’t fans at all. What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans resemble political junkies, and why do we form such a strong attachment to a sports team? Journalist Eric Simons presents in-depth research in an accessible and brilliant way, sure to interest readers of Malcolm Gladwell. Through reading the literature and attending neuroscience conferences, talking to fans, psychologists, and scientists, and working through his issues as part of a collaboration with the NPR science program RadioLab, Eric Simons hoped to find an answer that would explain why the attractive force of this relationship with treasured sports teams is so great that we can’t leave it. Praise for The Secret Lives of Sports Fans “Adroitly mixing research with feature reporting, Simons unveils some intriguing discoveries. . . . There’s a lot of science to digest, but Simons’s affable writing style—and his great eagerness to profile actual people, including himself—infuses the data with heart and soul.” —Publishers Weekly “An intriguing ride through “all the wondrous quirks and oddities in human nature.” —Kirkus Reviews

Sports Fans 2.0

Author : David M. Sutera
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810890771
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Sports Fans 2.0 written by David M. Sutera and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As of 2012, Twitter has over 100 million active users worldwide, generating close to 230 million Tweets per day. Encouraged by sports shows that incorporate social media as a major component of their programming strategies, sports fans and athletes have proven to be some of the most prolific and adept users of Twitter and other social media platforms. Social media has made it possible for fans to cross the virtual barrier that separates them from the teams they love and the athletes they follow, changing the way fans and athletes interact in the world of sports. In Sports Fans 2.0: How Fans Are Using Social Media to Get Closer to the Game, David M. Sutera explores the increasingly participatory nature of contemporary sports fandom and spectatorship. He examines the ways in which digital media has created and facilitated new channels for sports fan engagement, and how technology has enhanced the fan’s perception of participating in America’s sports culture. In addition, Sutera shows how high-profile athletes are using social media to increase their fan base and promote their own celebrity status, creating the sense that they are more accessible to their fans. Social media has forever altered the way sports fans and athletes engage with each other. Covering a wide range of sports and social media outlets, Sports Fans 2.0 is an accessible examination of how technology has changed—and will continue to change—the world of sports. Written for general readers and scholars alike, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the effects of social media on popular culture.

Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization Exploring the Fandemonium

Author : Adam C. Earnheardt
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739146238
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization Exploring the Fandemonium written by Adam C. Earnheardt and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished scholars in the fields such as communication, business, geography, kinesiology, media, and sports management and administration, using a wide range of methodologies including quantitative, qualitative, and critical analyses. In the communication revolution of the twenty-first century, the study of mediated sports is critical. As fans use all media at their disposal to consume sports and carry their sports-viewing experience online, they are seizing the initiative and asserting themselves into the mediated sports-dissemination process. They are occupying traditional roles of consumers/receivers of sports, but also as sharers and sports content creators. Fans are becoming pseudo sports journalists. They are interpreting mediated sports content for other fans. They are making their voice heard by sports organizations and athletes. Mediated sports, in essence, provide a context for studying and understanding where and how the communication revolution of the twenty-first century is being waged. With their collection of studies by scholars from North America and Europe, Earnheardt, Haridakis, and Hugenberg illuminate the symbiotic relationship among and between sports organizations, the media, and their audiences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization spurs both the researcher and the interested fan to consider what the study of sports tells us about ourselves and the society in which we live.

Ski

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ski written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

Author : S.M. Stevens
Publisher : S.M. Stevens
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Horseshoes and Hand Grenades written by S.M. Stevens and published by S.M. Stevens. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All practical Shelby Stewart wants is to build her PR career at the Boston zoo, and maybe find some nice guys to date. But long-buried memories of a childhood incident keep interrupting her plans, affecting her health one way after another. And when will she actually date someone her friends think is good enough for her? Ambitious Astrid Ericcson thinks she wrote the book on How to Get Ahead by Flirting. But she is forced to re-visit her career advancement strategy when her PR agency boss takes the innuendos to a whole new level, threatening her job and her safety. The two frenemies-turned-real-friends reach new highs and lows in life, work and romance, while struggling to make sense of the relationships that torment them. In the end, they realize “almost” counts in much more than horseshoes and hand grenades.

The Great Race According To Brent

Author : Brent White
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312715855
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book The Great Race According To Brent written by Brent White and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-11-29 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After The Great Spirit finished making the Earth, the animals began to argue about who would be in charge while He took a nap. The animals arguing woke up The Great Spirit, so he said that whatever animal won The Great Race would be in charge while He took a nap.

Poser

Author : Alison Hughes
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1459801490
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Poser written by Alison Hughes and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Luke "Spin" Spinelli is sick of fake running, fake laughing and fake pointing. Sure, he once made the cover of Baby Show magazine, but now his secret modeling career is making him miserable. He dreams of using nonwhitening toothpaste. He can't wait to stop styling his hair. And he really wants to stop worrying that the school bully will discover he was once the face of Dribbleez Diapers. After all, Spin's just a normal boy looking for a hockey game and some pizza with extra cheese.

Galactic Adventures

Author : Tristan Bancks
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702247073
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Galactic Adventures written by Tristan Bancks and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping and inspiring space adventure for kids of all ages from popular author Tristan Bancks. Dash Campbell has only ever had one dream. To go to space. Now he and four others have been given the chance to become the first kids ever to leave our planet. From building rockets behind his family's laundromat in Australia to attending a hardcore Space School in the US, Dash is a long way from home. And he still has an intense month of training ahead before he can even think about that glorious moment of blasting out of Earth's atmosphere and living his dream. But does Dash have what it takes to survive Space School? Grueling physicals, fierce competition, media attention, medicals, the Vomit Comet, a skydive from 4000 meters and an instructor who despises him. Can he push through his deepest fears and make history? Does he have the right stuff to go to space?

Trouble Is My Beeswax

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Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 9781599614724
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Trouble Is My Beeswax written by and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chet and his partner, Natalie Attired, investigate a cheating ring at Emerson Hicky Elementary School.

Eyesores

Author : Eric Shade
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820344834
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Eyesores written by Eric Shade and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These eleven interrelated stories follow strands of hope and nostalgia that bind together, or fence off, the people of Windfall. Eric Shade's fictional western Pennsylvania community is a place we all know: a town bypassed by the interstate, its rail line clogged with coal cars that haven't moved an inch in years. The men of Windfall still vie on the time-honored fields of contest—from bars to bedrooms to football fields—but none is sure any longer what is won or lost. Few certainties linger: the jobs are going fast and the best women are already taken. In the title story, a group of unskilled laborers rerun memories of youth as they race against the dark to demolish the town's drive-in theater. A chain restaurant will take its place. Naomi dumps Dwight at the altar in "Hoops, Wires, and Plugs," but then Dwight fritters away the shamed agitation that could have propelled him beyond Windfall's stunting gravitational pull. In the final story, "Souvenirs," small-time hoods Paxson and Gus do what so many in Windfall can't: get out of town. They're off to Pittsburgh and a contract killing they hope will kick off a more rewarding life of crime. In hands less able than Eric Shade's, Windfall's men would be caricatures, screw-ups with all-too-easy access to the makings of tragedy: pills, booze, fast cars, guns, chain saws. Instead their stories give us new ways to ponder change and its consequences. Windfall stakes out a gritty quarter of the literary map shared by Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg and Thornton Wilder's Grover's Corners.

Creepy Archives Volume 29

Author : Various
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506712428
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Creepy Archives Volume 29 written by Various and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Horse Books finishes the complete collection of the greatest horror publication in comics history with this final fear-filled volume. From 1964 to 1983, Creepy magazine set the standard for horror in graphic fiction. Featuring the work of Roger McKenzie, Alex Niño, Don McGregor, Victor de la Fuente and many more, and with hair-raising tales of bloodthirsty vampires, ruthless grave robbers, invisible men, alien creatures, and homicidal maniacs, these are still the comics that give you the creeps! Collects Creepy magazines #140 to #145.

Adventures in Raceland

Author : Aj Loft
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477156704
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Adventures in Raceland written by Aj Loft and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventures in Raceland One of the things Keegan and Kyle McKay like best about their town is that it's home to the world famous Sunnyvale International Speedway where the world's best race car drivers come to race the coolest cars ever made! In fact right now, two blazing fast race cars are coming around the last turn and heading straight at the McKay boys at over 200 mph! These racers are locked in an epic seesaw battle for the worldwide championship. They're both running flat out and are screaming toward the finish line. It's going to go right down to the wire! The McKay boys really love cars, especially racecars, and they dream of racing someday. The one day, while they were messing around in the hallway at Hot Rod High. Keegan bumped into a wall in just the right place, and a door they didn't even know was there swung slowly open and everything changed... Welcome to Raceland...

Ghost of a Gamble

Author : Sue Ann Jaffarian
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425262170
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Ghost of a Gamble written by Sue Ann Jaffarian and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual medium Emma Whitecastle knows a good ghost when she feels one—like her own sweet Granny Apples, long gone but still as famous for her apple pies as she is for helping her great-great-great-granddaughter get to the core of the most baffling mysteries... When Emma gets word of a sticky spirit problem in Las Vegas, she and the ghost of Granny Apples hit the road for Sin City. The spooked one is Dolly, a former showgirl. Dolly is haunted by Lenny, a dead Vegas hood worried about an aging mobster named Nemo coming after the leggy old bombshell. Dolly’s playing dumb, but Emma’s making a blind bet that she knows more about Nemo than she admits. When Nemo is found dead, Dolly goes missing—and lands herself on a short list of suspects. Emma, Granny, and their pals comb Las Vegas to find her, only to discover the truth behind a casino heist gone bad, a hidden stash of stolen loot, and a missing wise guy who’s not letting death come between him and setting things straight. And Emma and Granny Apples aren’t about to fold until they save Dolly’s neck and put her past to rest. Praise for the Ghost of Granny Apples Mysteries “Officially proves the vivacious Jaffarian is the literary heir apparent to Lucille Ball!...A rollicking good time...refreshing, enthralling, and absolutely scrumptious! Jaffarian blends...an eclectic mix of laugh-out-loud fun, heart-touching moments, whimsy, and rapid-fire page turning...[Jaffarian]...deserves a standing ovation.” —The Book Resort

Sold Short

Author : Manuel P. Asensio
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471437115
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Sold Short written by Manuel P. Asensio and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-03-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing expose by one of today's most successful andcontroversial speculators Short-selling, or betting on a drop in the price of a stock, hasbeen described by its many opponents as everything from shady todownright evil. And no one today personifies the practice betterthan short-seller extraordinaire Manuel Asensio. Though he has beenbranded in the press as a market saboteur, Asensio staunchlydefends his practices, claiming that, above all, he is out toexpose rampant fraud being perpetrated by unscrupulous stockpromoters. Is Asensio a "Minion of Satan" as they say in the onlinechat rooms, or is he really a misunderstood guardian angel of freemarket capitalism? In this tell-all account, Asensio offers readersa lively narrative, peppered with unforgettable anecdotes such asthe story of why he shorted Diana, General Nutrition, Solv-Ex,Turbodyne, and many other high-profile stocks. And he armsinvestors with proven techniques for reducing the inherent risks ofshort-selling while maximizing returns. Clearly, Asensio invitesboth praise and criticism, but his methodology works, and SoldShort is a compelling and fascinating read about this oftenmysterious side of the market--and one of the most controversialindividuals behind it. Manuel Asensio (New York, NY) is founder and Chairman of Asensio& Co., Inc. He has over twenty years of corporate finance andresearch experience. He has been featured in Business Week, theWall Street Journal, Barron's, Fortune, Forbes, Worth, the New YorkTimes, New York magazine, and the New Republic, among other leadingnational and international publications.

Fuzzy Baseball Vol. 4

Author : John Steven Gurney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1545809550
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Fuzzy Baseball Vol. 4 written by John Steven Gurney and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ferntown Fuzzies, the premier baseball team, are about to face a team of Dinosaurs, the Triassic Park Titans, in a match for the ages. The blast-from-the-past team is sure to deliver a few curve balls for the Fuzzies with their vintage style, gigantic gear, and “un-evolved” practices. These giants in baseball with spread their wings and stretch their (gigantic) necks and are sure to give Blossom Honey-Possum, Bo Grizzley, Hammy Sosa and the rest of the Fuzzies their all in a game that will surely go down in (pre) history. The fourth fantastic installment of the Fuzzy Baseball series by John Steven Gurney, the beloved illustrator of The A to Z Mysteries.

Dying to Sea

Author : Frank Heavey
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595348157
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Dying to Sea written by Frank Heavey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a century, the sands off Chatham, Cape Cod, held an explosive secret that could bring fame and fortune to those who knew it--until now. When friends Matt Gallagher, Tucker McKinney, and Annie Hopewell come to Chatham for one last summer together, they stumble upon an elusive clue to solving the mystery of a Confederate ship's lost cargo of gold. But just as they learn the value of their discovery, they become embroiled in a life-and-death struggle with professional felons, Carson Ridder and Buster Sykes--ruthless men who will stop at nothing to satisfy their greed. Hunted by Ridder and Sykes and wanted by the police, Matt, Tucker, and Annie embark on a race against time that takes them from the beaches of Chatham, to the secret passages of Harvard, and finally to the dunes of Monomoy Island--where they must solve the mystery or lose their lives.