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The Numbers Game

Author : Chris Anderson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101628871
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Numbers Game written by Chris Anderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding—and winning—the most popular sport on the planet. Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers—a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions—How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player’s value be judged?—they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.

Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports

Author : Mark Ribowsky
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039308017X
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports written by Mark Ribowsky and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of one of the most colorful figures in American sports history and offers a behind-the-scenes look at "Monday Night Football" and the commercialization of sports based on interviews with colleagues and athletes.

15 Sports Myths and Why They’re Wrong

Author : Rodney Fort
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804790531
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book 15 Sports Myths and Why They’re Wrong written by Rodney Fort and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 15 Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong, authors Rodney Fort and Jason Winfree apply sharp economic analysis to bust some of the most widespread urban legends about college and professional athletics. Each chapter takes apart a common misconception, showing how the assumptions behind it fail to add up. Fort and Winfree reveal how these myths perpetuate themselves and, ultimately, how they serve a handful of powerful parties—such as franchise owners, reporters, and players—at the expense of the larger community of sports fans. From the idea that team owners and managers are inept to the notion that revenue-generating college sports pay for athletics that don't attract fans (and their cash), 15 Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong strips down pervasive accounts of how our favorite games function, allowing us to look at them in a new, more informed way. Fort and Winfree argue that substituting the intuitive appeal of emotionally charged myths with rigorous, informed explanations weakens the power of these tall tales and their tight hold on the sports we love. Readers will emerge with a clearer picture of the forces at work within the sports world and a better understanding of why these myths matter—and are worthy of a takedown.

What's Wrong with Sports

Author : Howard Cosell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671769192
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book What's Wrong with Sports written by Howard Cosell and published by . This book was released on 1992-05 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's most outspoken sports critic takes on today's biggest players and scandals. Cosell pulls no punches as he speaks out on the Pete Rose scandal, racial politics of Don King, corruption in college athletics, and presents biting assessments of Mike Tyson, Donald Trump, and others. Cosell calls them as he sees them.--Tom Snyder.

Mr. Wrong Number

Author : Lynn Painter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593437276
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Wrong Number written by Lynn Painter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into an anonymous relationship in this hilarious rom-com by Lynn Painter. Bad luck has always followed Olivia Marshall...or maybe she's just the screw-up her family thinks she is. But when a "What are you wearing?" text from a random wrong number turns into the hottest, most entertaining—albeit anonymous—relationship of her life, she thinks things might be on the upswing.... Colin Beck has always considered Olivia his best friend's annoying little sister, but when she moves in with them after one of her worst runs of luck, he realizes she's turned into an altogether different and sexier distraction. He's sure he can keep his distance, until the moment he discovers she's the irresistible Miss Misdial he's been sort of sexting for weeks—and now he has to decide whether to turn the heat up or ghost her before things get messy.

Coming Home To Math: Become Comfortable With The Numbers That Rule Your Life

Author : Irving P Herman
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811209863
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Coming Home To Math: Become Comfortable With The Numbers That Rule Your Life written by Irving P Herman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a world of numbers and mathematics, and so we need to work with numbers and some math in almost everything we do, to control our happiness and the direction of our lives. The purpose of Coming Home to Math is to make adults with little technical training more comfortable with math, in using it and enjoying it, and to allay their fears of math, enable their numerical thinking, and convince them that math is fun. A range of important math concepts are presented and explained in simple terms, mostly by using arithmetic, with frequent connections to the real world of personal financial matters, health, gambling, and popular culture.As such, Coming Home to Math is geared to making the general, non-specialist, adult public more comfortable with math, though not to formally train them for new careers or to teach those first learning math. It may also be helpful to liberal arts college students who need to tackle more technical subjects. The range of topics covered may also appeal to scholars who are more math savvy, though it may not challenge them.

The Wrong Number One

Author : John Nieman
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453595376
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book The Wrong Number One written by John Nieman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Macucci is god in the music industry. Admittedly, he is a rather unscrupulous god, but none of his exploits can prepare him for his ultimate challenge. To keep his cushy job, he must revive the faded career of Dave McGuinn and catapult that dusty hit American Sky into Americas Number 1 Song. Macucci decides that the only way to ensure success is to perfectly time a hit on the aging singer. Trouble is, the music maestro begins to admire the performer. As Macucci ultimately discovers, its far more difficult to call off a hit than to plan one.

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393066231
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by : Michael Lewis

Download or read book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game written by Michael Lewis and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-03-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Lewis’s instant classic may be “the most influential book on sports ever written” (People), but “you need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy and incisiveness of [Lewis’s] thoughts about it” (Janet Maslin, New York Times). One of GQ's 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century Just before the 2002 season opens, the Oakland Athletics must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players and is written off by just about everyone—but then comes roaring back to challenge the American League record for consecutive wins. How did one of the poorest teams in baseball win so many games? In a quest to discover the answer, Michael Lewis delivers not only “the single most influential baseball book ever” (Rob Neyer, Slate) but also what “may be the best book ever written on business” (Weekly Standard). Lewis first looks to all the logical places—the front offices of major league teams, the coaches, the minds of brilliant players—but discovers the real jackpot is a cache of numbers?numbers!?collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors. What these numbers prove is that the traditional yardsticks of success for players and teams are fatally flawed. Even the box score misleads us by ignoring the crucial importance of the humble base-on-balls. This information had been around for years, and nobody inside Major League Baseball paid it any mind. And then came Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics. He paid attention to those numbers?with the second-lowest payroll in baseball at his disposal he had to?to conduct an astonishing experiment in finding and fielding a team that nobody else wanted. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win . . . how can we not cheer for David?

The NFL Draft

Author : David Berri
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0132101823
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The NFL Draft written by David Berri and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Stumbling On Wins: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports (9780132357784) by David J. Berri and Martin B. Schmidt. Available in print and digital formats. Why NFL teams’ conventional approach to the draft just doesn’t work--and what they should be doing instead. If the NFL draft worked according to conventional wisdom, the greatest surplus value would be found at the top of the draft. However, the data suggests that picks in the top half of the second round have the greatest surplus value. This means teams in the first round, especially at the top, should be making every effort to trade down. They’ve traditionally done the opposite....

American National Pastimes - A History

Author : Mark Dyreson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317572696
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book American National Pastimes - A History written by Mark Dyreson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the colonies that became the USA were still dominions of the British Empire they began to imagine their sporting pastimes as finer recreations than even those enjoyed in the motherland. From the war of independence and the creation of the republic to the twenty-first century, sporting pastimes have served as essential ingredients in forging nationhood in American history. This collection gathers the work of an all-star team of historians of American sport in order to explore the origins and meanings of the idea of national pastimes—of a nation symbolized by its sports. These wide-ranging essays analyze the claims of particular sports to national pastime status, from horse racing, hunting, and prize fighting in early American history to baseball, basketball, and football more than two centuries later. These essays also investigate the legal, political, economic, and culture patterns and the gender, ethnic, racial, and class dynamics of national pastimes, connecting sport to broader historical themes. American National Pastimes chronicles how and why the USA has used sport to define and debate the contours of nation. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

The Air

Author : George Sullivan
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595372503
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Air written by George Sullivan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Air focuses upon telepathic communication and its influence upon two teenagers, Schuyler Ballantine and Julie Crystal Flowers, as they mature into adulthood. A concept called air phenomena illustrates Schuyler's telepathic gift. Due to his air phenomena, Julie along with the rest of the world views his entire life via telepathic communication. Schuyler is "The Air" and whatever he sees, hears, feels, and thinks is transmitted throughout her mind along with everyone else's mind. Schuyler and Julie use his telepathic gift to communicate to one another even if geographically separated. Storyline involves how guidance from Julie's telepathic transmission prepares Schuyler to accomplish goals through his senior year at a Kentucky high school, an Army assignment in Korea, and pharmacy employment after military discharge. Later, focus is directed toward Julie as a college student athlete. She is a drama student and basketball player at a small university nearby her hometown in Louisiana. With Schuyler discharged from the Army and in attendance at her games, Julie's basketball career takes center stage as her school challenges the basketball world at a national tournament.

Good Sport

Author : Dr Jay-Lee Nair
Publisher : Brio Books Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1761282360
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Good Sport written by Dr Jay-Lee Nair and published by Brio Books Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a parent who wants to be a part of their child’s sport journey, no matter how far they go? Do you sometimes feel just as frustrated as your young athlete with the debrief during the journey home after the game? Perhaps you struggle to find the right words to say — or sometimes not to say — to your child, so have resorted to saying nothing at all. Dr Jay-Lee Nair has the answers. This book will help you learn how best to support and talk to your child not just before before, but during and after the game. Recent events surrounding sport icons, such as Adam Goodes, Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles, have shown us that athletes are taking greater ownership of their performance and ‘calling the shots’ in the most difficult of circumstances. This is possible when an athlete has a collaborative support team. The same applies for young athletes at all stages of their career and at all levels of their sport. They benefit from having a support team of their parents, coaches and teachers, who understand the importance of helping them to be independent and adaptable. This generation can be highly resistant to advice and direction from their supporters. Young athletes want to be empowered to think for themselves during the game and adapt quickly on their own. This book is for parents, coaches and teachers who want to help their young athletes thrive in competitive environments – whether they are just starting out or competing at an elite level. It is for those who believe in the power sport has to positively shape children into exceptional adults — and athletes — while preventing anxiety and pressure in the sport journey.

Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Author : Brett Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317646916
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise written by Brett Smith and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of qualitative research in sport and exercise. The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is the first book to offer an in-depth survey of established and emerging qualitative methods, from conceptual first principles to practice and process. Written and edited by a team of world-leading researchers, and some of the best emerging talents, the book introduces a range of research traditions within which qualitative researchers work. It explores the different methods used to collect and analyse data, offering rationales for why each method might be chosen and guidance on how to employ each technique successfully. It also introduces important contemporary debates and goes further than any other book in exploring new methods, concepts, and future directions, such as sensory research, digital research, visual methods, and how qualitative research can generate impact. Cutting-edge, timely and comprehensive, the Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is an essential reference for any student or scholar using qualitative methods in sport and exercise-related research.

Hot Topics in Sports and Athletics

Author : Samuel R. Bakere
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781604560770
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Hot Topics in Sports and Athletics written by Samuel R. Bakere and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports and athletics are at once big business, spectator sports, body conditioning, mind expanding and it has been said form the only pages of most newspapers which are truthful and without political agendas. This book presents articles which are of current interest in the field.

Nighthawks Box Set (Books 1-3)

Author : Lisa Lang Blakeney
Publisher : Writergirl Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nighthawks Box Set (Books 1-3) written by Lisa Lang Blakeney and published by Writergirl Press. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three arrogant NFL players. The smart women they fall for. Get ready to watch the sparks fly! Dive into this sweet and sexy sports romance series (all standalones) about these three football hotties who fall hard and fast. You will laugh. You will swoon. You will wish you had one of your very own to play with! SAINT A hot, arrogant, NFL quarterback. A curvy, career-driven, accountant. Can Saint and Sabrina put aside their differences and make this unique office romance work? WOLF A one-click,damn I read it one night, sexy boss romance and fated love story with the perfect alpha as*hole. DIESEL Two best friends. One fated romance. Diesel is the best friend & boy next door who got away. Grab this football romance box set and binge these yummy pro ballers tonight! Nighthawks Series Saint Wolf Diesel Jett Rush Freak Brick Themes of this set are: sports football romance, enemies-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers, romance series, romantic comedy, new adult romance Topics for this novel include: Sports romance, football romance, college sports romance, sports romance books, sports romance series, sports romance angst, sports romance baby, sports romance box set, sports romance comedy, sports romance enemies to lovers, sports romance high school, sports romance novels, sports romance player, sports romance standalone, sports romance suspense, sports romance trilogy, sports romance virgin, college football romance books, sports romance with baby, romantic comedy, billionaire romance, love scenes, sex, steamy romance, good girl bad boy, contemporary romance, fated love, strong hero, strong heroine, professional football, US football, college football, friends to lovers, bestselling romance, new adult romance

IoT and Big Data Technologies for Health Care

Author : Shuihua Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030941825
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book IoT and Big Data Technologies for Health Care written by Shuihua Wang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set of LNICST 414 and 415 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on IoT and Big Data Technologies for Health Care, IoTCARE 2021, which took place in October 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 79 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 165 submissions. The papers are arranged thematically as follows: Integrating healthcare with IoT; Information fusion for the devices of IoT; AI-based internet of medical things.

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1960

Author : United States. Congress. House. Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1428 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1960 written by United States. Congress. House. Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: