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Ten Moments that Shook the Sports World

Author : Isabel Denny
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628730153
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Ten Moments that Shook the Sports World written by Isabel Denny and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to know what really happened? Stan Isaacs knows. He was there! "The Shot Heard Round the World," in 1951. "The Fight of the Century," in 1971. The horror of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Secretariat's legendary win at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. Stan Isaacs saw them all live. Isaacs covered thousands of sports stories in his more than fifty years as a journalist. But ten moments stand out in his memory. Ten Moments That Shook the Sports Worldoffers Isaacs' eyewitness accounts of the events that changed sports history. This collection offers those old enough to remember these events a chance to relive them, and younger sports lovers will get to hear this history from someone who was there. Isaacs makes sports history live again. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Booktalking Nonfiction

Author : Jennifer Bromann-Bender
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810888092
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Booktalking Nonfiction written by Jennifer Bromann-Bender and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way that would interest someone in reading the book described. Why non-fiction? Because the Common Core Standards Initiative, which most states have adopted, requires that 70% of the materials students read be from the category of informational texts it is especially important to focus on nonfiction when sharing books with students. Here’s everything you need to do just that. Chapters cover selecting, writing, preparing, and presenting booktalks, special tips for high-interest, low-level books, and using non-fiction in the library and the classroom. Two hundred ready-to-present booktalks arranged by genre are also included. Genres include animals, famous people, sports, crime and serial killers, movies and television, religion, war, history, and the supernatural.

Out of Left Field

Author : Stan Isaacs
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252056655
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Out of Left Field written by Stan Isaacs and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “My idol growing up, all I wanted to be, was Stan Isaacs.” --Tony Kornheiser “Stan Isaacs is directly responsible for my television career--and much of how I approached what I’ve said and whom I’ve said it about.” --Keith Olbermann Iconoclastic and irreverent, Stan Isaacs was part of a generation that bucked the sports establishment with a skepticism for authority, an appreciation for absurdity, and a gift for placing athletes and events within the context of their tumultuous times. Isaacs draws on his trademark wink-and-a-grin approach to tell the story of the long-ago Brooklyn that formed him and a career that placed him amidst the major sporting events of his era. Mixing reminiscences with column excerpts, Isaacs recalls antics like stealing a Brooklyn Dodgers pennant after the team moved to Los Angeles and his many writings on Paul Revere’s horse. But Isaacs also reveals the crusading and humanist instincts that gave Black athletes like Muhammad Ali a rare forum to express their views and celebrated the oddball, unsung Mets over the straitlaced Yankees. Insightful and hilarious, Out of Left Field is the long-awaited memoir of the influential sportswriter and his adventures in the era of Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, and the Amazin’ Mets.

The Game

Author : George Howe Colt
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1501104799
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Game written by George Howe Colt and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A New York Times Notable Book* *A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year* From the bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of The Big House comes “a well-blended narrative packed with top-notch reporting and relevance for our own time” (The Boston Globe) about the young athletes who battled in the legendary Harvard-Yale football game of 1968 amidst the sweeping currents of one of the most transformative years in American history. On November 23, 1968, there was a turbulent and memorable football game: the season-ending clash between Harvard and Yale. The final score was 29-29. To some of the players, it was a triumph; to others a tragedy. And to many, the reasons had as much to do with one side’s miraculous comeback in the game’s final forty-two seconds as it did with the months that preceded it, months that witnessed the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, police brutality at the Democratic National Convention, inner-city riots, campus takeovers, and, looming over everything, the war in Vietnam. George Howe Colt’s The Game is the story of that iconic American year, as seen through the young men who lived it and were changed by it. One player had recently returned from Vietnam. Two were members of the radical antiwar group SDS. There was one NFL prospect who quit to devote his time to black altruism; another who went on to be Pro-Bowler Calvin Hill. There was a guard named Tommy Lee Jones, and fullback who dated a young Meryl Streep. They played side by side and together forged a moment of startling grace in the midst of the storm. “Vibrant, energetic, and beautifully structured” (NPR), this magnificent and intimate work of history is the story of ordinary people in an extraordinary time, and of a country facing issues that we continue to wrestle with to this day. “The Game is the rare sports book that lives up to the claim of so many entrants in this genre: It is the portrait of an era” (The Wall Street Journal).

Ten Days that Shook the World

Author : John Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ten Days that Shook the World written by John Reed and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The John Carlos Story

Author : Dave Zirin
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608461335
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The John Carlos Story written by Dave Zirin and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A powerful and poignant memoir” of an African American athlete who defied the establishment—decades before Colin Kaepernick (Cornel West, New York Times–bestselling author of Race Matters). An NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work—Biography/Autobiography John Carlos was a bronze medalist in the two hundred-meter race at the 1968 Olympics, but he is remembered for more than his athletic accomplishments. His and his fellow medalist’s Tommie Smith’s Black Power salutes on the podium sparked controversy and career fallout—yet their show of defiance, seen around the world, remains one of the most iconic images of both Olympic history and African American history. This is the remarkable story of John Carlos’s experience as a young man in Harlem, a track and field athlete, and lifelong activist. “This book is fascinating for more than just the sports history, as the text talks about Carlos’ connection to Dr. King, basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Olympic runner Ralph Boston, baseball legend Jackie Robinson and boxer George Foreman. Carlos even comments on topics in today’s news including First Lady Michelle Obama, the value of Twitter, the antics of athletes like Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens, and his views on an award he received at ESPN’s 2008 ESPYs.” —Chicago Tribune “John Carlos is an American hero . . . I couldn’t put this book down.” —Michael Moore, filmmaker and New York Times–bestselling author of Here Comes Trouble

College Football

Author : John Sayle Watterson
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801871146
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book College Football written by John Sayle Watterson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ultimately, however, Watterson concludes that the history of college football is one in which the rules of the game have changed, but those of human nature have not.

The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History

Author : Lew Freedman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 667 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History written by Lew Freedman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging and informative work highlights the 100 biggest moments in the history of American sports, illustrating powerful connections between sporting events and significant social issues of the time. In this homage to sports history, author Lew Freedman compiles athletic feats that caught fans off guard, inspired awe, and left viewers on the edge of their seats, all while making an impression on the world at large. Freedman ranks 100 of the greatest moments in sports, reflecting on the dramatic impact of the events as well as their greater influence on American society of the time. The work showcases the social, historical, and cultural background of memorable games, teams, and athletes, highlighting the enduring value and importance of each selection. An introduction discusses the history of sports and explains the criteria for choosing the 100 sporting events in the book. Fascinating, little-known facts punctuate entries, such as how the athletic accomplishments of Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis helped ease racial tensions in the United States; why the passage of Title IX changed gender relations in the United States forever; and which technologies have altered the way Americans view sport. Content also traces the tremendous advancements of safety gear in sports, from the batting helmet and catchers' shin guards in baseball, to the hardshell helmet and face guard in football, to the face mask for goalies in hockey.

The Team that Forever Changed Baseball and America

Author : Lyle Spatz
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 0803239920
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Team that Forever Changed Baseball and America written by Lyle Spatz and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers in contextualized biographies of the players, managers, and everyone else important to the team.

Broadcasting the End of Apartheid

Author : Martha Evans
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857735837
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Broadcasting the End of Apartheid written by Martha Evans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa came late to television; when it finally arrived in the late 1970s the rest of the world had already begun to boycott the country because of apartheid. While the ruling National Party feared the integrative effects of television, they did not foresee how exclusion from globally unifying broadcasts would gradually erode their power. South Africa was barred from participating in some of television's greatest global attractions (including sporting events such as the Olympics and contests such as Miss World). With the release of Nelson Mandela from prison came a proliferation of large-scale live broadcasts as the country was permitted to return to international competition, and its re-admittance was played out on television screens across the world. These events were pivotal in shaping and consolidating the country's emerging post-apartheid national identity. Broadcasting the End of Apartheid assesses the socio-political effects of live broadcasting on South Africa's transition to democracy. Martha Evans argues that just as print media had a powerful influence on the development of Afrikaner nationalism, so the 'liveness' of television helped to consolidate the post-apartheid South African national identity.

Events That Changed the Course of History: The Story of Illinois Becoming a State 200 Years Later

Author : Danielle Thorne
Publisher : Atlantic Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1620234106
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Events That Changed the Course of History: The Story of Illinois Becoming a State 200 Years Later written by Danielle Thorne and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sports, Media, and Society

Author : Kevin Hull
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1718217595
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Sports, Media, and Society written by Kevin Hull and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details how sports, media, and social issues intersect outside the playing field. Featuring a unique blend of theory, discussion topics, and pertinent case studies, the text takes students beyond the how-tos of creating content to understanding the whys behind it.

50 Times Football Changed the World

Author : Gary Lineker
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0241605970
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book 50 Times Football Changed the World written by Gary Lineker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From football legend, Gary Lineker, comes a collection of truly uplifting, empowering and extraordinary football stories that have inspired him throughout his career. Have you heard about the most controversial goal in world cup history? Or about the women's team who showed the world that football truly is for everyone? And I bet you didn't know about the team that won a match without scoring a single goal? Written with author and TV writer Ivor Baddiel, in this fun and fact-packed book, Gary Lineker shares 50 of his favourite football moments that highlight the many awe-inspiring, heart-warming and eye-opening moments that have changed the game - and sometimes the world - forever. From pioneering players, trailblazing managers, and incredible tales both on and off the pitch, this book contains everything you ever wanted to know about the beautiful game. And with Gamechanger Awards presented by Gary to incredible teams and players throughout, this is the ultimate gift for young footie fans everywhere. With additional LIONESS and WORLD CUP content in this Paperback edition!

Sports around the World [4 volumes]

Author : John Nauright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 159884301X
Total Pages : 2056 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Sports around the World [4 volumes] written by John Nauright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 2056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.

The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia

Author : Steven A. Riess
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317459474
Total Pages : 1200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia written by Steven A. Riess and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides practical help for the day-to-day concerns that keep managers awake at night. This book aims to fill the gap between the legal and policy issues that are the mainstay of human resources and supervision courses and the real-world needs of managers as they attempt to cope with the human side of their jobs.

Duke Slater

Author : Neal Rozendaal
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786469579
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Duke Slater written by Neal Rozendaal and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred "Duke" Slater was the greatest African American football player of the first half of the 20th century. Born into poverty, he developed into a two-time All-American tackle at the University of Iowa from 1918 to 1921. When the College Football Hall of Fame opened decades later, Duke was the only African American elected in the inaugural class. He then became the first black lineman in National Football League history in 1922, embarking on a remarkable ten-year career in the NFL. Incredibly, Slater was the only African American in the entire NFL for most of the late 1920s, yet he was widely recognized as one of the League's best linemen. But his pioneering influence extended beyond the gridiron. After retirement, he broke ground in the legal field as just the second black judge in Chicago history. On the field or on the bench, the inspirational life of Judge Duke Slater is a true American success story.