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Author : Arnold R. Beisser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Madness in Sports written by Arnold R. Beisser and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arnold R. Beisser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Madness in Sports written by Arnold R. Beisser and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerald Sherman Gurney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815730026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Unwinding Madness written by Gerald Sherman Gurney and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical look at the tension between the larger role of the university and the commercialization of college sports. Unwinding Madness is the most comprehensive examination to date of how the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) has lost its way in the governance of intercollegiate athletics - and why it is incapable of achieving reform and must be replaced. The NCAA has placed commercial success above its responsibilities to protect the academic primacy, health and well-being of college athletes and fallen into an educational, ethical, and economic crisis. The authors propose detailed solutions, starting with the creation of a new national governance organization to replace the NCAA. At the college level, these proposals will not diminish the revenue production capacity of sports programs but will restore academic integrity to the enterprise, provide fairer treatment of college athletes with better health protections, and restore the rights and freedoms of athletes, which have been taken away by a professionalized athletics mentality that controls the cost of its athlete labor force and overpays coaches and athletic directors.
Author : Tom Hager
Publisher : MVP Books
ISBN 13 : 1610586689
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of March Madness written by Tom Hager and published by MVP Books. This book was released on 2012-10-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every March, millions of Americans have their minds fixated on one thing: the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. From bracket pools in offices worldwide to students on campuses in all corners of the nation, “March Madness” takes the country by storm. From the “First Four” to the Final Four, collegiate heavyweights such as Duke and North Carolina, Kansas and Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan, Texas and UCLA mix it up with Cinderella underdogs such as VCU, George Mason, and Penn, reminding the world that anything is possible. The magic of the tournament and the purity of the amateur game keep fans coming back year after year. From the birth of the tournament in 1939 to the most recent on-court drama, The Ultimate Book of March Madness explores the stories—both the legendary and the forgotten—behind each year’s tournament, and author Tom Hager selects the 100 greatest games from tournament history. With insight from dozens of players and coaches, this book reveals the tension, strategy, and even the behind-the-scenes humor of the tournament’s history. Featuring a unique blend of storytelling, quotes, vintage photographs, and game descriptions, The Ultimate Book of March Madness provides the average hoops fan with a deeper understanding of the history of the Final Four, while providing true fanatics with memorable and amazing stories they’ve never heard before.
Author : Arnold R. Beisser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780913486832
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)
Download or read book The Madness in Sports written by Arnold R. Beisser and published by . This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Janet Lever
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881338430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Soccer Madness written by Janet Lever and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Seth Davis
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805088105
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book When March Went Mad written by Seth Davis and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davis recounts the dramatic story of how two legendary players--Earvin Magic Johnson and Larry Bird--burst on the scene in a 1979 NCAA championship that gave birth to modern basketball.
Author : Shawn E. Klein
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498511589
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Defining Sport written by Shawn E. Klein and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining Sport: Conceptions and Borderlines is not about the variations of usage of the term “sport.” It is about the concept, the range of activities in the world that we unite into one idea—sport. It is through the project of defining sport that we can come to understand these activities better, how they are similar or different, and how they relate to other human endeavors. This definitional inquiry, and the deeper appreciation and apprehension of sport that follows, is the core of this volume. Part I examines several of the standard and influential approaches to defining sport. Part II uses these approaches to examine various challenging borderline cases. These chapters examine the interplay of the borderline cases with the definition and provide a more thorough and clearer understanding of both the definition and the given cases. This work is not meant to be the definitive or exhaustive account of sport. It is meant to inspire further thought and debate on just what sport is; how it relates to other activities and human endeavors; and what we can learn about ourselves through the study of sport. This book will be of interest to scholars in philosophy of sport, history, communications, sociology, psychology, sports management, cultural studies, and physical education.
Author : Eddie Einhorn
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781572438095
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (38 download)
Download or read book How March Became Madness written by Eddie Einhorn and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a look at how the NCAA basketball tournament became one of the most popular sporting events in America, providing the first-hand accounts of some of the sports greatest players and coaches.
Author : John LeBar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781531018566
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Marching Toward Madness written by John LeBar and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a thoughtful consideration of the college athlete and whether those athletes should be paid. The authors discuss the history of the student athlete and the ideals that those role models have inspired. As former college coaches, the authors hope to offer their insight into the consequences of paying these student athletes"--
Author : Kurt Edward Kemper
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052145
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Before March Madness written by Kurt Edward Kemper and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big money NCAA basketball had its origins in a many-sided conflict of visions and agendas. On one side stood large schools focused on a commercialized game that privileged wins and profits. Opposing them was a tenuous alliance of liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges, and regional state universities, and the competing interests of the NAIA, each with distinct interests of their own. Kurt Edward Kemper tells the dramatic story of the clashes that shook college basketball at mid-century—and how the repercussions continue to influence college sports to the present day. Taking readers inside the competing factions, he details why historically black colleges and regional schools came to embrace commercialization. As he shows, the NCAA's strategy of co-opting its opponents gave each group just enough just enough to play along—while the victory of the big-time athletics model handed the organization the power to seize control of college sports. An innovative history of an overlooked era, Before March Madness looks at how promises, power, and money laid the groundwork for an American sports institution.
Author : Jessica Luther
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477322175
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
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.
Author : Mark Mehler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1613219946
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Madness written by Mark Mehler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has become known as “March Madness” has emerged as a major sports event, matched only by the Super Bowl and the Olympics. In Madness, Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert tell the stories behind the ten most compelling and memorable championship games in tournament history, from North Carolina’s triple-overtime victory over Wilt Chamberlain’s Kansas Wildcats in 1957 to Duke’s heart stopping victory over underdog Butler in 2010. As a bonus, five more games that just missed the cut are also examined. Madness goes beyond the games to tell the the backstories of these classics, each entirely unique unto itself. For example, Jim Valvano taking his impossible dream of a national title and making it come true for the 1983 North Carolina State Wolfpack; Rollie Massimino turning spaghetti and clam sauce into inspiration for his underachieving 1985 Villanova team; and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, breaking down in tears while taking a Broadway curtain call in front of a wildly-applauding audience who two hours earlier didn't know who these two guys were decades after their head-to-head matchup in 1979. Some of these stories also resonate far beyond the basketball court, including the 1966 triumph by the Texas Western Miners, which helped chisel away the college basketball color line and stamped their victory as "Glory Road." Over sixty years of college basketball history is brought to life in this must-have for all basketball fans.
Author : John Feinstein
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316378089
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)
Download or read book A March to Madness written by John Feinstein and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the book in which America's favorite sportswriter returns to the arena of his most successful bestseller, A Season on the Brink. It's the book that takes us inside the intensely competitive Atlantic Coast Conference & paints a portrait of how college baskettball is coached & played at the highest level. It's the book that takes us onto the courts, into the locker rooms, & inside the high-pressure world of the talented coaches who have helped make the ACC's nine colleges - Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest, & Florida State - world-renowned for their championship basketball teams. The author's afterword to this edition will recap the ACC's current season & preview the 1998-99 rivalries.
Author : Bob Waldstein
Publisher : Four Horseman Press
ISBN 13 : 9780964857100
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)
Download or read book Saturday Afternoon Madness written by Bob Waldstein and published by Four Horseman Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Feinstein
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0553494600
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (534 download)
Download or read book Last Shot: Mystery at the Final Four (The Sports Beat, 1) written by John Feinstein and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2006-06-27 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein exposes the real “March Madness”—behind the scenes at the Final Four basketball tournament. When Stevie wins a writing contest for aspiring sports journalists, his prize is a press pass to the Final Four in New Orleans. While exploring the Superdome, he overhears a plot to throw the championship game. With the help of fellow contest winner Susan Carol, Stevie has just 48 hours to figure out who is blackmailing one of the star players . . . and why. John Feinstein has been praised as “the best writer of sports books in America today” (The Boston Globe), and he proves it again in this fast-paced novel. “A page-turning thriller and a basketball junkie’s bonanza.” —USA Today
Author : Michael DeLucia
Publisher : Mike Delucia
ISBN 13 : 9780997174113
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Madness written by Michael DeLucia and published by Mike Delucia. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's the greatest basketball player ever? It's not Michael Jordan.Madness is the intriguing story of Hank Luisetti, the predawn of March Madness, and how modern basketball was born. The majority of searches say Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all time, but many others oppose this. While Jordan's rank is debatable, a respectable dream team would include Kevin Durant, Bill Russell, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dr. J, Tim Duncan, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Stephen Curry, Michael Jordan, and Hank Luisetti. Chances are, you've never heard of Hank Luisetti. But this wouldn't be a legitimate discussion without the Hall of Fame legend whose celebrity caused a basketball revolution. James Naismith invented basketball in 1891; Hank Luisetti reinvented it in 1936. Hank changed basketball's genetic footprint when he popularized the one-handed shot. He could jump so high and stay up so long he seemed to defy gravity.Was Luisetti better than Jordan? That's impossible to say because they played in different eras. But Hank Luisetti was basketball's first superstar and what he did for the game is unprecedented. This historical fiction novel is based on the basketball achievements of Hank Luisetti. Some actual events, aspects, and characters have been fictionalized. Get your copy!Visit the authors website at www.booksbymikedelucia.com
