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Experienced attorney and sports enthusiast Freedman provides a comprehensive and extremely informative discussion of the antitrust legislation that affects professional sports--now undeniably a major business in the United States.

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The first book to gather firsthand accounts of successful practices, and thinking habits, of sports legends and super-athletesfrom across sports including football, baseball, basketball, boxing, golf, car-racing, and swimmingthis work holds lessons that can power not only athletic success, but winning in any daily challenges of life or work.

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Race and Sports: A Reference Handbook provides a breadth and depth of discussion about minority athletes, coaches, sports journalists, and others in U.S. sport.

This volume examines race and sports and connected issues, from the integration of professional sports to the present day.

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Here is the first reference guide to the major sources for the study of recreational vehicles, boats, and aircraft in the context of American history and popular culture. Reference works, histories, fiction, and specialized journals relating to the topic of recreational travel are described and analyzed.

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In response, one group of supporters took a drastic step: rather than meekly fall into line and through rocketing ticket prices help fund the Glazers' aims of cashing in on Manchester United's history and traditions, they took the plunge and formed a new club that started life in the tenth tier of English football.

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A clear-eyed, critical examination of the social, political, and economic costs of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics. Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics into a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of the games on Brazil in general and on the lives of Cariocas, as Rio's residents are known.

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"Run to the Roar" is the story of a coach who succeeds in recruiting young men from around the world, getting them to work as a team, managing personalities, calming egos, and encouraging daily effort and focus under pressure.

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Now in paperback, the acclaimed story of a New England family's struggle to complete the world's most grueling dogsled race with a team of Siberian huskies.

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University of Chicago behavioral economist Moskowitz teams up with veteran "Sports Illustrated" writer Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won, and lost.

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All those great and not so great sporting moments that have made us chuckle, roll and roar with laughter - told in Peter FitzSimons' inimitable style.

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This is the story of those who worked together to establish the sport we know and love today. Auburn football is big business. In the mist of rapidly changing times, Auburn's leaders overcame the objections of faculty members who demanded more funding, and religious leaders who thought the sport would be too dangerous, to field its first football team.

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Sisterhood in Sports reveals what drives the female athlete: communication, camaraderie, competition, collaboration, and community. Steidinger illustrates through real stories that the relationships they create, even among rivals, helps to keep them driven, engaged, and connected to their game and their lives beyond the sport.

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Subtitle on cover: A Hall of Fame hitter & a Hall of Fame pitcher talk about how the game is played.

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Social Psychology in Sport and Exercise applies theory to real-life sport and exercise contexts. Examining key research from social psychology, this unique book helps you to understand the behaviour of athletes and exercisers. With a wealth of examples and case studies, the authors show you how to devise practical solutions to real problems.

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This stimulating anthology provides a scholarly perspective on the history of sport. Race relations and racism in sport, the interaction of sports and politics, sexism and the role of women in sports, and the role that the profit motive plays in sports are among the topics covered.

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Looks at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilisations in the ancient world. This book explores how athletics had an importance that extended beyond physical prowess to include military associations, religious ritual, status, and politics. It also compares the significance of famous sporting figures in the ancient societies.

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For ease of comparison, each chapter adheres to a common format, beginning with an historical overview of the development of sport in that country that focuses on indigenous traditional sports, the development of modern sports, and the place of contemporary sports.

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Sport Philosophy Now examines the current sports philosophy available and updates it in the "post-Lance Armstrong" age. While many sports philosophers have turned a blind eye to the reality of sport by focusing on ideologically-driven abstract ideals, this book offers an engag...

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