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Book Synopsis Great Australian Sports Rorts by : John Adams
Download or read book Great Australian Sports Rorts written by John Adams and published by Hardie Grant Books. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From racing to football to lawn bowls, no sport has been left untouched. Great Australian Sports Rorts reveals that nefarious conduct has affected just about every sport in this country. And every mechanism known – be it physical, mechanical or chemical – has been employed. When a sporting contest is taking place, and there is either a reward for the winner or there is betting on the contest, it is almost guaranteed that one person will attempt to relieve another person of what is rightfully theirs. And if a degree of skulduggery is required to attain the right result or to assist in the transfer of funds from one person’s pocket to another, then so be it. Cheating: it’s as Australian as Sunday barbecues.Join John ‘Dr Turf’ Rothfield and John Adams on a rollicking ride through the sporting outrages that have rocked Australia.
Book Synopsis The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing by : David John Headon
Download or read book The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing written by David John Headon and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
Book Synopsis Australia's Sporting Success by : John Bloomfield
Download or read book Australia's Sporting Success written by John Bloomfield and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary performances of Australian athletes, and the awareness of the system that fostered them, came to the world's attention during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Bloomfield traces the development of Australian sport from the early 19th century to the modern day institutions that drive our sporting success.
Book Synopsis Great Australian Sporting Stories by : Ian Heads
Download or read book Great Australian Sporting Stories written by Ian Heads and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia enjoys a rich sporting heritage. Our small population has yielded a disproportionate number of champions. These sports stars have become known worldwide as fierce combatants and honourable competitors, achieving soaring victories, but also heart-pounding near-wins and humbling defeats. Veteran Australian sports journalists Ian Heads and Norman Tasker have seen it all. In these 65 original stories, we hear of the explosive introduction of World Series Cricket in 1977, which turned a genteel endeavour into a high-octane contest, and the clash of the titans as Packer and Murdoch squared off over the Super League war. We see Rugby Union become a battleground for race and the Olympics an arena for sublime acts of courage and achievement. We get an insider's perspective on every kind of sporting endeavour - from boxing to tennis, cricket to AFL, athletics to rugby league - and not just the action on the field, but the change room gossip and clubhouse politics as well. Written with wit, insight and a wealth of knowledge, Great Australian Sporting Stories is an enthralling expedition into the combative, collegiate, entertaining and always exciting world of Australian sport.
Book Synopsis Australian Sport--better by Design? by : Bob Stewart
Download or read book Australian Sport--better by Design? written by Bob Stewart and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Book Synopsis Sport in Australia by : Wray Vamplew
Download or read book Sport in Australia written by Wray Vamplew and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia is often seen as a sport-obsessed nation, its people besotted with watching and playing sport. This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life since white settlement. It deals comprehensively with the history of a range of individual sports in Australia, including cricket, horse-racing, netball, rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swimming and surfing and the various football codes. Leading sports historians look at the impact of professionalization and commercialization on many sports, the link between sport and nationalism, the successes of Australian sport in the international arena and the effect of the communications revolution on sport. The book shows that class prejudice, sexual segregation and racial discrimination have permeated Australia's sporting history, arguing that sport in Australia has not taken place on a level playing field. Sport in Australia demonstrates the central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.
Book Synopsis Australian Sport – Better by Design? by : Bob Stewart
Download or read book Australian Sport – Better by Design? written by Bob Stewart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-10-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australians have invested an enormous amount of emotional and physical capital in their sporting systems and structures. While Australian sport has many times been dissected from a historical and cultural perspective, there is little detailed analysis of sport's relationship with government. The book focuses on sport policy, and examines the ways in which government has affected the development of Australian sport since 1919. The text identifies the political, economic and cultural context in which policies were set, and examines critical policy shifts. The book also provides a strong theoretical foundation by first discussing the underlying principles of policy formulation, and second, the rationale for government intervention in national sport. It includes a number of sport policy case studies, with particular attention to the following topics: - Elite and Community sport development - Trends in participation and sport fan preferences - Problems in attracting young people to sport participation - Improving the management systems of sporting bodies - Government policy on sport broadcasting - Tools for evaluating sport policy Providing a unique blend of theory, history and practice, this text provides an essential foundation for sport policy analysis and will be read by students of sport studies and sport management as well as professionals with an interest in sport development.
Book Synopsis Sporting Chance, A by : Titus O'Reily
Download or read book Sporting Chance, A written by Titus O'Reily and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In sport, the term 'good bloke' doesn't mean what it says. Like 'fun run', it often actually means exactly the opposite. Titus O'Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation's sportspeople are so readily forgiven for doing terrible things. With ridiculous tales from Australia's chequered sporting history, A Sporting Chance dissects the scandals big and small, the mistakes made in covering them up and the path athletes tread back to redemption. From the Essendon supplements saga and the sandpaper-loving Australian cricket team to whatever it is Nick Kyrgios has done now, Titus reveals the archetypes at the heart of our greatest sporting scandals. There's the corrupt cop who gave us the race that stopped a nation and the boxing champion who refused to train. There's the cashed-up businessmen who bankrupted clubs and the commentators who can't get their foot out of their mouth. And of course there's the good blokes, like Wayne Carey, Matthew Johns and Shane Warne, who it seems we'll forgive for absolutely anything. In his rambling and at times incoherent style, Titus asks the question- are Australians really that forgiving of their sporting heroes? With the rise of social media, women's sport and the drive towards greater equality, are the good blokes of Australia's sporting landscape an endangered species?
Book Synopsis A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport by : Titus O'Reily
Download or read book A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport written by Titus O'Reily and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to sport, Australians are mad. Completely, irrationally insane. It’s the closest thing we have to a culture. From Don Bradman’s singular focus to Steven Bradbury’s heroic not falling over, sport has shaped our sense of self. But how did we get here? Part history, part social commentary and a lot of nonsense, Titus O’Reily, Australia’s least insightful sports writer, explains. Covering Australian Rules, League, Union, soccer, cricket, the Olympics and much more, Titus tackles the big topics, like: · How not to cheat the salary cap · The importance of kicking people in the shins · The many shortcomings of the English Titus takes you through the characters, the pub meetings, the endless acronyms, the corruption and the alarming number of footballers caught urinating in public. Sport is important – gloriously stupid, but important. To understand Australia you must understand its sporting history. With this guide you sort of, kind of, will. 'An indispensable voice for serious fans, who need to be reminded to take sport a little less seriously.' Inside Sport 'An enjoyable romp through our nation’s great and not-so-great sports moments . . . between the laughs lies an insightful study of everything from cricket to Quidditch.' Herald Sun
Book Synopsis Great Australian Sporting Stories by : Ian Heads
Download or read book Great Australian Sporting Stories written by Ian Heads and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Heads and Tasker, legends themselves, set out to write a book that would continue the trail laid by early-days sporting scribes of long ago. I could not put it down.' John Coates AC, President of the Australian Olympic Committee'I know readers will enjoy the many stories and anecdotes that Heads and Tasker have accumulated over more than a century combined in journalism.' Ian Chappell, former Australian cricket Captain.Australia enjoys a rich sporting heritage. Our small population has yielded a disproportionate number of champions. These sports stars have become known worldwide as fierce combatants and honourable competitors, achieving soaring victories, but also heart-pounding near-wins and humbling defeats.Veteran Australian sports journalists Ian Heads and Norman Tasker have seen it all.In these 65 original stories, we hear of the explosive introduction of World Series Cricket in 1977, which turned a genteel endeavour into a high-octane contest, and the clash of the titans as Packer and Murdoch squared off over the Super League war. We see Rugby Union become a battleground for race and the Olympics an arena for sublime acts of courage and achievement. We get an insider's perspective on every kind of sporting endeavour - from boxing to tennis, cricket to AFL, athletics to rugby league - and not just the action on the field, but the change room gossip and clubhouse politics as well.Written with wit, insight and a wealth of knowledge, Great Australian Sporting Stories is an enthralling expedition into the combative, collegiate, entertaining and always exciting world of Australian sport.
Download or read book Us Vs Them written by Adam McNicol and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hugely entertaining volume, author and sports journal Adam McNicol delves into the detail of our most compelling sporting rivalries to unearth where they came from and how they keep their tenacious hold over us.
Book Synopsis Sport in Australian History by : Daryl Adair
Download or read book Sport in Australian History written by Daryl Adair and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australians are often said to be obsessed with sport, and playing and watching sport have long been regarded as national pastimes. This book is an innovative and exciting study of the political, economic, social, and cultural role that sport has played in Australia since European settlement.
Book Synopsis Paradise of Sport by : Richard Cashman
Download or read book Paradise of Sport written by Richard Cashman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has long been regarded by many as a paradise of sport. However, few have questioned when, why and how this occurred. Who created it and for whom?
Book Synopsis Australian Sport Through Time by : Richard Cashman
Download or read book Australian Sport Through Time written by Richard Cashman and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Australian Sport Through Time 2002 written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Best Australian Sports Writing 2004 by : Garrie Hutchinson
Download or read book The Best Australian Sports Writing 2004 written by Garrie Hutchinson and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
Book Synopsis Australian Sport Through Time by : Random House Australia
Download or read book Australian Sport Through Time written by Random House Australia and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large-format popular history of Australian sport since 1870, first published in 1997. Style and design are based on the companion volume, 'Australian Through Time'. This third edition adds the events of 2000, including the Sydney Olympics and a table of the complete medal results. Presents sporting events year by year in the form of newspaper-style articles. Also includes yearly fact files, tables of events at a glance, quotes of the year, and odd spots. Includes colour and black-and-white contemporary illustrations throughout. Also includes an article by Richard Cashman on the origins of sport in Australia, a women's perspective by Dale Spender, and first-hand accounts by 15 sporting icons, selected by Olympic gold medallist Kevin Berry. Indexed.
