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Author : Steve Riach
Publisher : Hallmark Cards, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781595300362
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Amazing but True Sports Stories written by Steve Riach and published by Hallmark Cards, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katherin Garland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 179362223X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Stories of Sports written by Katherin Garland and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of Sports: Critical Literacy in Media Production, Consumption, and Dissemination discusses how media demonstrates privilege, policing, stereotypes, confirmation bias, and objectification in a world where the role of athletics in Western society speaks to privilege and power. Contributors use a critical media lens to analyze texts, including newspapers, magazines, film, television, social media, and sportscasts to demonstrate to readers the ways in which sports stories reinforce or disrupt patterns of power and the ways that power is enacted. This book questions the role of the sports-industrial complex in our society and argues that, while healthy competition and physical health can come from bodily exertion, corruption can contaminate these benefits with the wielding of influence and the acquisition of cultural and financial capital. Contributors examine how the ways that resources are allocated, the coverage of certain sports and athletes, and how viewers view competitive arenas speak to power and privilege in ways that can affect both athletes and athletic stakeholders, highlighting the importance of critically examining sports media. Scholars of media studies and sports will find this book particularly useful.
Author : John C. Decker
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253036194
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Unknown, Untold, and Unbelievable Stories of IU Sports written by John C. Decker and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 125 years, Hoosier athletes and coaches have grabbed headlines with their accomplishments and accolades. Legendary performers and larger-than-life figures have called Bloomington home, and their stories have been passed down through generations. But for every classic tale about a Hoosier athlete, coach, or program, there's another that's been forgotten. Until now. After gaining unprecedented access to IU archives and longtime employees, authors John Decker, Pete DiPrimio, and Doug Wilson reveal events and images that were lost for decades. Filled with new and entertaining stories of the people who have made IU Athletics legendary, Unknown, Untold, and Unbelievable Stories of IU Sports is a must-have for any fan. Discover behind-the-scenes stories of the Olympic Trials featuring Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, and Steve Alford; the infamous 1997 black football jerseys; Ernie Pyle's outlandish automobile polo match to raise funds for the IU marching band; A. J. Moye's notorious block against Duke; the time Sam Bell won the bid for an NCAA track meet—without a facility or even bleachers; and many more incredible stories from the renowned IU Athletics program.
Author : Howard Liss
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780394856339
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (563 download)
Download or read book The Giant Book of More Strange But True Sports Stories written by Howard Liss and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 150 unusual occurrences in a dozen different sports.
Author : Bruce M. Nash
Publisher : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN 13 : 9780671759384
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (593 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Sports Stories Never Told written by Bruce M. Nash and published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 34 sports stories that may be beyond belief but have been forgotten.
Author : Phyllis Hollander
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780590437363
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Amazing But True Sports Stories written by Phyllis Hollander and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 1986 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes unusual events from the history of sports such as baseball, football, boxing, basketball, and hockey.
Author : Gary Smith
Publisher : Sports Illustrated
ISBN 13 : 9781603200240
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Sports Illustrated: Going Deep written by Gary Smith and published by Sports Illustrated. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents twenty of the author's articles previously published in Sports Illustrated magazine, including reflections on the careers of Mia Hamm, Muhammad Ali, and Tiger Woods.
Author : Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher : Lawrence Hill Books
ISBN 13 : 9781556524844
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Sports Best Short Stories written by Paul D. Staudohar and published by Lawrence Hill Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of short stories about sports from such authors as E. Annie Proulx, P.G. Wodehouse, Ellery Queen, Jeffrey Archer, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Author : Sue Macy
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805065688
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (656 download)
Download or read book Girls Got Game written by Sue Macy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-04-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories and poems written by and about young women in sports.
Author : Curt Menefee
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006244008X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Losing Isn't Everything written by Curt Menefee and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshing and thought-provoking look at athletes whose legacies have been reduced to one defining moment of defeat—those on the flip side of an epic triumph—and what their experiences can teach us about competition, life, and the human spirit. Every sports fan recalls with amazing accuracy a pivotal winning moment involving a favorite team or player—Henry Aaron hitting his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth; Christian Laettner’s famous buzzer beating shot in the NCAA tournament for Duke. Yet lost are the stories on the other side of these history-making moments, the athletes who experienced not transcendent glory but crushing disappointment: the cornerback who missed the tackle on the big touchdown; the relief pitcher who lost the series; the world-record holding Olympian who fell on the ice. In Losing Isn’t Everything, famed sportscaster Curt Menefee, joined by bestselling writer Michael Arkush, examines a range of signature "disappointments" from the wide world of sports, interviewing the subject at the heart of each loss and uncovering what it means—months, years, or decades later—to be associated with failure. While history is written by the victorious, Menefee argues that these moments when an athlete has fallen short are equally valuable to sports history, offering deep insights into the individuals who suffered them and about humanity itself. Telling the losing stories behind such famous moments as the Patriots’ Rodney Harrison guarding the Giants' David Tyree during the "Helmet Catch" in Super Bowl XLII, Mary Decker’s fall in the 1984 Olympic 1500m, and Craig Ehlo who gave up "The Shot" to Michael Jordan in the 1989 NBA playoffs, Menefee examines the legacy of the hardest loses, revealing the unique path that athletes have to walk after they lose on their sport’s biggest stage. Shedding new light some of the most accepted scapegoat stories in the sports cannon, he also revisits both the Baltimore Colts' loss to the Jets in Super Bowl III, as well as the Red Sox loss in the 1986 World Series, showing why, despite years of humiliation, it might not be all Bill Buckner's fault. Illustrated with sixteen pages of color photos, this considered and compassionate study offers invaluable lessons about pain, resilience, disappointment, remorse, and acceptance that can help us look at our lives and ourselves in a profound new way.
Author : Ralph Hickok
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 934 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Who's who of Sports Champions written by Ralph Hickok and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1995 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 2,200 biographical profiles of sports figures from all over North America.
Author : Andrew Daniels
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493028480
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Barstool Book of Sports written by Andrew Daniels and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports debates are the foundation of every fan’s night out. But it’s not enough merely to have these inebriated arguments—you must win them, too. Enter The Barstool Book Of Sports: a disorderly debate bible that’s jam-packed with hilarious lists, irreverent sidebars, and edgy illustrations that will help you transform your sports knowledge and sound smarter and more confident than everyone else in drunken trivia duels—even when you can’t see straight. Forget boring “Player X vs. Player Y” fights. This book tackles the hard-hitting stuff: Who are the best fat athletes of all time? Where’s the saddest fan base in America? What are the dumbest athlete injuries ever? Which nonsensical sports conspiracy is just plausible enough to actually be true? Which NFL player should star alongside CGI animals in the football version of Space Jam? Consider it the ultimate toast to every intoxicated argument you’ve ever had.
Author : Dale Hofmann
Publisher : Kci Sports
ISBN 13 : 9780984388288
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (882 download)
Download or read book 365 written by Dale Hofmann and published by Kci Sports. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something exceptional happens every day on Wisconsin's incredibly rich sports scene whether everyone knows about it or not. It could be a playoff game at Lambeau Field or a storied high school rivalry or an Olympic event involving a local athlete halfway around the world. There are thousands of fascinating tales, and Cliff Christl and Dale Hofmann have chosen the most intriguing of them for their book 365: The Best Wisconsin Sports Stories Day by Day. Christl and Hofmann bring more than 70 years of combined Wisconsin daily newspaper experience to the job of finding the No. 1 story fore each calendar day. Whether it's as recent as Brett Favre's return to Green Bay as a Minnesota Viking or as historical as Borchert Field opening in Milwaukee in 1889, it's all Wisconsin, and it's all there in 365.
Author : Jim Platt
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781572434608
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Sports Immortals written by Jim Platt and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning more than a century of athletic achievement, this collection of memorabilia features photos of everything from uniforms and gear to autographs, artifacts, tickets, and programs, and stories of over 100 inspirational and immortal athletes, from Honus Wagner and Jack Johnson to Roberto Clemente and Muhammad Ali.
Author : Geeta Menon
Publisher : Children's Book Trust
ISBN 13 : 9788189750053
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (5 download)
Download or read book 15 Sports Stories written by Geeta Menon and published by Children's Book Trust. This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sport is an activity though indulged in for pleasure, teaches discipline and tolerance. The book inspires kids to play any game in the spirit of the game"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Randy Roberts
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822957737
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Pittsburgh Sports written by Randy Roberts and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2002-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer afternoons at Forbes Field, playoff Sundays with the Steelers, winter nights at the Igloo cheering for Mario and the Penguins: Pittsburgh Sports captures all that and more. With stories from sports fans, historians, and former athletes, Pittsburgh Sports mixes personal experiences with team histories to capture the full range of what it means to be a sports fan—in Pittsburgh, or, by extension, anywhere. A book that can be read cover-to-cover, or in bits and pieces, Pittsburgh Sports includes chapters on the ill-fated Pittsburgh Pipers, who won the American Basketball Association’s first championship, then folded four years later; the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays, perennial Negro League powerhouses; Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, and other legends of western Pennsylvania high school football; boxing’s illustrious past in the Iron City; football reminiscences by a former Steelers punter; and the ups and downs of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Author : Wright Thompson
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre
ISBN 13 : 1788701976
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)
Download or read book The Cost of These Dreams written by Wright Thompson and published by Bonnier Zaffre. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller 'Full of rich characters, bad actors, heroes, drama, suffering, courage, conflict, and vivid detail' John Grisham **************** From one of America's most beloved sportswriters, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports. There is only one Wright Thompson. His work includes the most read articles in the history of ESPN and has been anthologised in The Best American Sports Writing books ten times. But to say his pieces are about sports, while true as far as it goes, is like saying Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove is a book about a cattle drive. Wright Thompson figures people out. Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Lionel Messi or Pat Riley, he strips away the self-serving myths and fantasies to fully reveal his characters, and what drives them, in a way that few others can. Ludicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, The Cost of These Dreams is an ode to the reporter's art and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts. **************** 'Proves that the best sports writing is never about sport, but the human condition. Thompson writes vividly about things I didn't see but wish I had done' Duncan Hamilton, Guardian Best Books of the Year 'Wright Thompson performs that nifty bit of sportswriting hoodoo, virtually out of vogue today: he subordinates self to story. Stylishly, intelligently, incisively, deftly, he keeps his priorities straight. It's why I read him' Richard Ford
