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We Own This Game

Author : Robert Andrew Powell
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555847234
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book We Own This Game written by Robert Andrew Powell and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sports Illustrated Best Book of the Year: “Vivid portraits of the kids, parents and coaches of the Greater Miami Pop Warner league” (Linda Robertson, The Miami Herald). Although its participants are still in grade school, Pop Warner football is serious business in Miami, where local teams routinely advance to the national championships. Games draw thousands of fans; recruiters vie for nascent talent; drug dealers and rap stars bankroll teams; and the stakes are so high that games sometimes end in gunshots. In America’s poorest neighborhood, troubled parents dream of NFL stardom for children who long only for a week in Disney World at the Pop Warner Super Bowl. In 2001, journalist Robert Andrew Powell spent a year following two teams through roller-coaster seasons. The Liberty City Warriors, former national champs, will suffer the team’s first-ever losing season. The Palmetto Raiders, undefeated for two straight years, will be rewarded for good play with limo rides and steak dinners. But their flamboyant coach (the “Darth Vader of Pop Warner coaches”) will face defeat in a down-to-the-wire playoff game. We Own This Game is an inside-the-huddle look into a world of innocence and corruption, where every kickoff bares political, social, and racial implications; an unforgettable drama that shows us just what it is to win and to lose in America. “Powell elevates We Own This Game well above the average sports book to a significant sociological study.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game!

Author : Holly Robinson Peete
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1623360897
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game! written by Holly Robinson Peete and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2005-08-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Year after year, Sunday afternoons and Monday nights during the NFL season have belonged to men. While they cheer and argue play calls, the women in their lives are relegated to beer and chip detail. It's time for these women to join the action, and Holly Robinson Peete, star of 21 Jump Street, For Your Love, and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and wife of NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, has written this hip, smart, cheerful guide to help them do so. In Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game!, Peete shares her infectious enthusiasm for pro football and takes the complexity out of the game by breaking it down to its component parts. She explains the role of each position player, provides a rundown of all on-field penalties and referees' hand signals, and offers an illustrated guide to some of the most common plays in the NFL. She gives her take on the most memorable plays in NFL history and dishes some inside dirt-in a breezy, girl-talkin' narrative that promises to turn the novice spectator into a well-informed football fanatic.

This Love Is Not For Cowards

Author : Robert Andrew Powell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608197182
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book This Love Is Not For Cowards written by Robert Andrew Powell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces a season in the infamous Mexican border city where in spite of brutal violence its citizens are held together by a shared love for its hard-luck soccer team, providing coverage of such topics as local drug and human trafficking issues and the contributions of such figures as midfielder Marco Vidal, team owner Francisco Ibarra and mayor José Reyes Ferriz.

Make Your Own Board Game

Author : Jesse Terrance Daniels
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1635863414
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Make Your Own Board Game written by Jesse Terrance Daniels and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along with original illustrations that capture the ethos and energy of the young, contemporary gaming community"--

A Game of Our Own

Author : Geoffrey Blainey
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459602609
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book A Game of Our Own written by Geoffrey Blainey and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today Australian Rules football is a multi - million - dollar business' with superstar players' high - profile presidents and enough scandals to fill a soap opera. The game has changed beyond recognition - or has it? In A Game of Our Own' esteemed historian Geoffrey Blainey documents the birth of our great national game. Who were the characters and champions of the early days of Australian football? How was the VFL formed? Why was the umpire's job so difficult? Blainey takes a sceptical look at the idea that the game had its origins in Ireland or in Aboriginal pastimes. Instead he demonstrates that footy was a series of inventions. The game played in 1880 was very different to that of 1860' just as the game played today is different again. Journey back to an era when the ground was not oval' when captains acted as umpires' when players wore caps and jerseys bearing forgotten colours and kicked a round ball that soon lost its shape. A Game of Our Own is a fascinating social history and a compulsory read for all true fans of the game.

Play the Game

Author : Nova Weetman
Publisher : Hardie Grant Egmont
ISBN 13 : 1743582773
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Play the Game written by Nova Weetman and published by Hardie Grant Egmont. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary pick-a-path series about life, first crushes and friendship, that lets the reader choose how the story goes! When it comes to netball, Edie Thomas is a natural. She’s only ever played for fun and to hang out with her netball-mad bestie Tess. But when Edie makes the state team, it looks like netball will be taking centre stage. Until … 1. Edie drops out of the team when she scores a lead role in Romeo and Juliet opposite her long-time crush, Freddy. But will the school play be all that Edie dreams it will be? And will Tess ever forgive her for dumping netball? 2. Edie begins to resent netball taking over her entire life. Can a cute distraction, in the shape of footballer hottie Finn, rekindle her passion for sport or will she quit netball for good? Follow your heart right to the end, or go back and choose all over again.

Reality Is Broken

Author : Jane McGonigal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101475498
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Reality Is Broken written by Jane McGonigal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “McGonigal is a clear, methodical writer, and her ideas are well argued. Assertions are backed by countless psychological studies.” —The Boston Globe “Powerful and provocative . . . McGonigal makes a persuasive case that games have a lot to teach us about how to make our lives, and the world, better.” —San Jose Mercury News “Jane McGonigal's insights have the elegant, compact, deadly simplicity of plutonium, and the same explosive force.” —Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother A visionary game designer reveals how we can harness the power of games to boost global happiness. With 174 million gamers in the United States alone, we now live in a world where every generation will be a gamer generation. But why, Jane McGonigal asks, should games be used for escapist entertainment alone? In this groundbreaking book, she shows how we can leverage the power of games to fix what is wrong with the real world-from social problems like depression and obesity to global issues like poverty and climate change-and introduces us to cutting-edge games that are already changing the business, education, and nonprofit worlds. Written for gamers and non-gamers alike, Reality Is Broken shows that the future will belong to those who can understand, design, and play games. Jane McGonigal is also the author of SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient.

Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series

Author : Dustin Brady
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1524862932
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series written by Dustin Brady and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five books in one! With nonstop action, huge plot twists, and tons of humor, this series will quickly have your 7- to 12-year-old video game fan begging for just one more chapter. Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you'd think. Sure, there are jetpacks, hover tanks, and infinite lives, but what happens when the game starts to turn on you? In this best-selling series, 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby finds out just how dangerous video games-and the people making those games - can be. Book One: Trapped in a Video Game Jesse hates video games - and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked into the new game Full Blast with his best friend, Eric, Jesse quickly discovers that he's being followed by a mysterious figure. If he doesn't figure out what's going on fast, he'll be trapped for good! Book Two: The Invisible Invasion Jesse's rescue mission has led him into the world of Go Wild, a Pokemon Go-style mobile game full of hidden danger and invisible monsters. Can Jesse stay alive long enough to sneak into the shady video game company and uncover what they're hiding? Book Three: Robots Revolt The robot villains from Super Bot World 3 have been released into the real world, and it's up to Jesse to get them back. This is Jesse's most dangerous mission yet, because this time, the video game is real. And in the real world, there are no extra lives. Book Four: Return to Doom Island In this retro adventure, Jesse will need to outsmart a superintelligent android, outlast a tireless drone, and outswim an eight-bit shark. If he can somehow pull all that off, Jesse will discover that he hasn't even gotten to the scary part yet. Book Five: The Final Boss Jesse and Eric have 10 minutes to save the world. In those 10 minutes, they're supposed to dive into a massive video game universe, track down an all-powerful madman, and stop his evil plan before it's too late. Sound impossible? It's super impossible. The clock is ticking.

A Game of Their Own

Author : Jennifer Ring
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803269943
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book A Game of Their Own written by Jennifer Ring and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010 twenty American women were selected to represent Team USA in the fourth Women's Baseball World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela; most Americans, however, had no idea such a team even existed. A Game of Their Own chronicles the largely invisible history of women in baseball and offers an account of the 2010 Women's World Cup tournament. Jennifer Ring includes oral histories of eleven members of the U.S. Women's National Team, from the moment each player picked up a bat and ball as a young girl to her selection for Team USA. Each story is unique, but they share common themes that will resonate with young female players and fans alike: facing skepticism and taunts from players and parents when taking the batter's box or the pitcher's mound, self-doubt, the unceasing pressure to switch to softball, and eventual acceptance by their baseball teammates as they prove themselves as ballplayers. These racially, culturally, and economically diverse players from across the country have ignored the message that their love of the national pastime is "wrong." Their stories come alive as they recount their battles and most memorable moments playing baseball--the joys of exceeding expectations and the pleasure of honing baseball skills and talent despite the lack of support. With exclusive interviews with players, coaches, and administrators, A Game of Their Own celebrates the U.S. Women's National Team and the excellence of its remarkable players. In response to the jeer "No girls allowed!" these are powerful stories of optimism, feistiness, and staying true to oneself.

Trapped in a Video Game

Author : Dustin Brady
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449496261
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Trapped in a Video Game written by Dustin Brady and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse Rigsby hates video games—and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked in the new game Full Blast with his friend Eric, Jesse starts to see the appeal of vaporizing man-size praying mantis while cruising around by jet pack. But pretty soon, a mysterious figure begins following Eric and Jesse, and they discover they can't leave the game. If they don't figure out what's going on fast, they'll be trapped for good!

Rethinking Fandom

Author : Craig Calcaterra
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1953368247
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Fandom written by Craig Calcaterra and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writer. Sports fandom isn't what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly count on the blind loyalty of their fans and too often act agai

Games

Author : C. Thi Nguyen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190052082
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Games written by C. Thi Nguyen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Games are a unique art form. The game designer doesn't just create a world; they create who you will be in that world. They tell you what abilities to use and what goals to take on. In other words, they specify a form of agency. Games work in the medium of agency. And to play them, we take on alternate agencies and submerge ourselves in them. What can we learn about our own rationality and agency, from thinking about games? We learn that we have a considerable degree of fluidity with our agency. First, we have the capacity for a peculiar sort of motivational inversion. For some of us, winning is not the point. We take on an interest in winning temporarily, so that we can play the game. Thus, we are capable of taking on temporary and disposable ends. We can submerge ourselves in alternate agencies, letting them dominate our consciousness, and then dropping them the moment the game is over. Games are, then, a way of recording forms of agency, of encoding them in artifacts. Our games are a library of agencies. And exploring that library can help us develop our own agency and autonomy. But this technology can also be used for art. Games can sculpt our practical activity, for the sake of the beauty of our own actions. Games are part of a crucial, but overlooked category of art - the process arts. These are the arts which evoke an activity, and then ask you to appreciate your own activity. And games are a special place where we can foster beautiful experiences of our own activity. Because our struggles, in games, can be designed to fit our capacities. Games can present a harmonious world, where our abilities fit the task, and where we pursue obvious goals and act under clear values. Games are a kind of existential balm against the difficult and exhausting value clarity of the world. But this presents a special danger. Games can be a fantasy of value clarity. And when that fantasy leaks out into the world, we can be tempted to oversimplify our enduring values. Then, the pleasures of games can seduce us away from our autonomy, and reduce our agency."--

Connecticut Baseball

Author : Don Harrison
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625843941
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Connecticut Baseball written by Don Harrison and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether Connecticut fans were cheering on Connecticut teams in baseballs major and minor leagues or watching their native sons participate in Americas favorite pastime all across the country, they have taken satisfaction in the contributions of the Nutmeg State. As former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent notes in his foreword, Don Harrison has lovingly assembled the best selections from a lifetime spent covering Connecticuts corner of the game. Read twenty-five interviews from his own forty-three-year career and discover even older traditions that date back to Hartfords entrance into the majors in the 1870s. You might disagree with Harrisons choices for a Connecticut All-Time Teamthats half the funbut you will find it hard to resist the enthusiasm that has united so many fans of the sport.

The Youth Sports Crisis

Author : Steven J. Overman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440831394
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Youth Sports Crisis written by Steven J. Overman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative critique of the youth sports movement examines the various issues surrounding children in sports and provides a plan for reform based on a change in philosophy and practice. Many American children spend more than 20 hours a week in organized sports, forgoing free time and unstructured recreational activities for the rigors of training and competition. This book offers a comprehensive critique of the youth sports movement, pitting the reality of adult-run sports programs against the needs and interests of children. It examines whether the tradeoff of "normal play time" for structured sports activities teaches discipline and leads to stronger character development, or if the pressures of the game, the physical strain of practicing, and the general overscheduling of children's lives have eroded the benefits associated with playing sports. Educator and former coach Steven J. Overman contends that youth-based sports programs require a radical change for the well-being of the young participants. The book explores the various problems in organized sports, including stress on the family, physical health hazards, violence, emotional duress, elitism, and hyper-competitiveness. Incorporating the perspectives of coaches, athletes, parents, physicians, and social scientists, the narrative scrutinizes the role of adults as promoters and coaches and concludes with a discussion of current and needed reforms.

Busting the Feds at Their Own Dirty Game

Author : Creaghan Harry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Busting the Feds at Their Own Dirty Game written by Creaghan Harry and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches a defendant or lawyer how to win federal criminal cases. It provides details on all the methods and techniques required to handle the most common scenarios encountered by the majority of defendants. Topics include: drug charges, gun arrests, plea bargains, preliminary hearings, prosecutorial misconduct, drug conspiracy, getting bail, drug possession and distribution, the Career Offender Statute, the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 924(c) charges, bad warrants, illegal car stops, illegal searches, the First Step Act, motions to suppress, winning trial, Miranda rights, illegal house searches, 4th Amendment violations, being busted by the feds, beating the feds, winning a federal trial, mandatory minimums, and fighting enhancements. The book also provides a defendant with the guidance needed to know what items to look for in their case and the understanding that in order to win, they must get involved in their case.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Managing Sports Organizations

Author : Daniel Covell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136382127
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Managing Sports Organizations written by Daniel Covell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Sport Organizations, second edition, is a newly updated and comprehensive introduction to the themes and elements surrounding sport management. The book teaches management theory and principles in a coherent manner, helping to reinforce these concepts for students in schools of business, and serving to introduce them to students in other school settings (kinesiology, exercise science, sport science). The features of this book include: Important industry segment information is introduced chapter by chapter, allowing students to wed theory and application throughout Effectively weaves sport industry issues with fundamental management theories and practices Provides informative introductions to all fundamental aspects of sport management- Leadership, Information Technology, Media, Facility management, HR and much more With an online Instructor's Manual and a Test Bank available as well, this book is an essential tool for students and teachers of sport management.