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Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports
ISBN: 9780691015743 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why would a Japanese millionaire want to buy the Seattle Mariners baseball team, when he has admitted that he has never played in or even seen a baseball game? Cash is the answer: major league baseball, like professional football, basketball, and hockey, is now big business with the potential to bring millions of dollars in profits to owners. Not very long ago, however, buying a sports franchise was a hazardous investment risked only by die-hard fans wealthy enough to lose parts of fortunes made in other businesses. What forces have changed team ownership from sports-fan folly to... Why would a Japanese millionaire want to buy the Seattle Mariners baseball team, when he has admitted that he has never played in or even seen a ba... |
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301,80 zł |
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The Wisden Dictionary of Cricket
ISBN: 9780713679151 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you know... - the difference between a chinaman and a doosra? - where to find cow corner, the V, and the corridor of uncertainty? - what Nelson, Merlyn and Michelle have to do with cricket? - how to get a ball to reverse-swing, or how the Duckworth/Lewis method works? - the origin of yorker, googly, and third man? The Wisden Dictionary of Cricket is the definitive guide to the noble game. This fully updated third edition is not only an A-Z guide to all things cricket,... Do you know... - the difference between a chinaman and a doosra? - where to find cow corner, the V, and the... |
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71,68 zł |
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The Race Game: Sport and Politics in South Africa
ISBN: 9780714643540 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book Douglas Booth looks at the role of sport in the fostering of a new national identity in South Africa.
In this book Douglas Booth looks at the role of sport in the fostering of a new national identity in South Africa.
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267,68 zł |
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Sporting Nationalisms: Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration and Assimilation
ISBN: 9780714644493 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and in particular, looks at the relationship between sport, ethnic identity and ethnic relations.
This volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and in particular, looks at the relations...
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253,08 zł |
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The Race Game: Sport and Politics in South Africa
ISBN: 9780714647999 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book Douglas Booth looks at the role of sport in the fostering of a new national identity in South Africa.
In this book Douglas Booth looks at the role of sport in the fostering of a new national identity in South Africa.
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1070,92 zł |
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Sporting Nationalisms : Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration and Assimilation
ISBN: 9780714648965 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and in particular, looks at the relationship between sport, ethnic identity and ethnic relations.
This volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and in particular, looks at the relations...
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778,85 zł |
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Coaching Kids for Dummies
ISBN: 9780764551970 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What could be easier or more fun than coaching youth sports? How complicated could it be--it's all fun and games, right? Unfortunately, coaching kids isn't that simple. If you've ever watched a youth league game, you know that all sorts of pressures, worries, concerns, and emotions come into play when your kid is out on the field. In fact, it's not unusual to witness at least one ugly incident at a game where a coach or parent has gotten out of control. The good news is, as a coach, you can guarantee that kids have fun, get the physical and psychological boost they need, and want to play on...
What could be easier or more fun than coaching youth sports? How complicated could it be--it's all fun and games, right? Unfortunately, coaching kids ...
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81,93 zł |
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All Bat, No Glove: A History of the Designated Hitter
ISBN: 9780786419449 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The basic elements of baseball remain essentially the same as they were when the first professional game was played in the 1870s. Changes in this sport - when they come - come slowly. In 1973, one of baseball's most drastic changes was legislated: American League owners voted to add one player to the traditional nine-man line-up, creating a 10-man game in which a designated hitter (or DH) had a regular spot in the batting order, and he or a replacement for him batted for his club's pitcher(s) throughout the game. provide a spark for the AL's sagging offenses; an explosion in hits, homers and...
The basic elements of baseball remain essentially the same as they were when the first professional game was played in the 1870s. Changes in this spor...
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167,43 zł |
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Waite Hoyt: A Biography of the Yankees' Schoolboy Wonder
ISBN: 9780786419609 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was also an alcoholic who overcame his demons and became one of the first players to make the transition to the announcer's booth. His teammates and managers were among the all-time greats, but he'll always be associated with his friend Babe Ruth. He was there when Ruth hit 29 homers for a new record in 1919; when Ruth hit his 60th in 1927; when the Babe hit his 714th, and last, home run; he was even a...
Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, a...
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140,81 zł |
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Joe McCarthy: Architect of the Yankee Dynasty
ISBN: 9780786419616 / Angielski / Miękka / 435 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber - until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mother that he could make more of himself in baseball. She relented, and Joseph Vincent McCarthy embarked on a career that ranks him among the greatest managers ever. In 24 years his teams took nine pennants, seven World Series titles, and never finished lower than fourth. This biography of Joe McCarthy details the 90-year life of one of the greatest managers in baseball's history. Germantown, Pennsylvania, taking him to college, the minor leagues, managerial stints in...
Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber - until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mother that he could make more of...
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221,24 zł |
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Bad Bill Dahlen: The Rollicking Life and Times of an Early Baseball Star
ISBN: 9780786419784 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This examination of Bill Dahlen's career as a player and manager highlights his strengths and weaknesses. Chronicling his achievements and placing him in context with the greats of all time, it makes a strong case that Bill Dahlen is a Hall of Fame shortstop, head and shoulders above many inductees.
This examination of Bill Dahlen's career as a player and manager highlights his strengths and weaknesses. Chronicling his achievements and placing him...
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167,43 zł |
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The Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s: How Robinson, MacPhail, Reiser and Rickey Changed Baseball
ISBN: 9780786419876 / Angielski / Miękka / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before the rise of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, baseball was a game of white men, cloth caps and concrete walls. Four men helped to change thesport as America knew it: Branch Rickey, Larry MacPhail, Jackie Robinson and Pete Reiser.
These men were essential to the evolution of baseball, especially in their home of Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. It was there that the first major league game was televised, where the batting helmet was developed, where the first walls were padded and the first outfield warning tracks laid down and with the arrival of Jackie Robinson, it is where the color line... Before the rise of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, baseball was a game of white men, cloth caps and concrete walls. Four men helped to change thesp...
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167,43 zł |
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The Ferrell Brothers of Baseball
ISBN: 9780786420063 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is the baseball history of three brothers. George was the eldest of the trio and the local hero. He played, managed and scouted in professional baseball for 50 years. Rick was the cerebral baseball brother. He devoted 60 years to the game in such capacities as college player, eight-time major league all-star, coach, scout and major league executive. Wes was the natural. He was as talented as anyone who ever set foot on a baseball diamond and as good as any pitcher who ever threw a ball. This work chronicles the Ferrell family history with a major emphasis on George, Rick, and Wes; all...
Here is the baseball history of three brothers. George was the eldest of the trio and the local hero. He played, managed and scouted in professional b...
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167,43 zł |
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August Garry Herrmann: A Baseball Biography
ISBN: 9780786430734 / Angielski / Miękka / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The owner of the Cincinnati Reds and head of the National Commission, Garry Herrmann was one of the most influential magnates of the deadball era. This is the definitive account of his life and career.
The owner of the Cincinnati Reds and head of the National Commission, Garry Herrmann was one of the most influential magnates of the deadball era. Thi...
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221,24 zł |
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Games Colleges Play: Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate Athletics
ISBN: 9780801855047 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Featuring a new introduction by the author, the paperback edition of Games Colleges Play chronicles the history of intercollegiate athletics from 1910 to 1990--from the early, glory days of Knute Rockne and the Gipper to the modern era of big budgets, powerful coaches, and pampered players. John Thelin describes how sports programs--although seldom accorded official mention with teaching and research in the university mission statement--have become central to university life. As administrators search for a proper balance between athletics and academics, Thelin observes, this... Featuring a new introduction by the author, the paperback edition of Games Colleges Play chronicles the history of intercollegiate athletics... |
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143,12 zł |
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Inside the Sports Pages: Work Routines, Professional Ideologies, and the Manufacture of Sports News
ISBN: 9780802043597 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside the Sports Pages explores the working world of contemporary sports journalism through the eyes of the reporters, editors, athletes and media-relations people who inhabit it. In this first comprehensive study of the work routines and professional ideologies involved in the manufacture of sports news, Mark Douglas Lowes presents a detailed and richly textured ethnographic account of life on the sports desk at a major Canadian daily newspaper. His wide-ranging analysis considers the role of the 'audience commodity' in sports news production, the dynamics of the newsroom, and the... Inside the Sports Pages explores the working world of contemporary sports journalism through the eyes of the reporters, editors, athletes and media... |
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214,18 zł |
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Inside the Sports Pages: Work Routines, Professional Ideologies, and the Manufacture of Sports News
ISBN: 9780802081834 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside the Sports Pages explores the working world of contemporary sports journalism through the eyes of the reporters, editors, athletes and media-relations people who inhabit it. In this first comprehensive study of the work routines and professional ideologies involved in the manufacture of sports news, Mark Douglas Lowes presents a detailed and richly textured ethnographic account of life on the sports desk at a major Canadian daily newspaper. His wide-ranging analysis considers the role of the 'audience commodity' in sports news production, the dynamics of the newsroom, and the... Inside the Sports Pages explores the working world of contemporary sports journalism through the eyes of the reporters, editors, athletes and media... |
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126,51 zł |
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God in the Stadium-Pa
ISBN: 9780813108537 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the worship of Michael Jordan to the downfall of O.J. Simpson, it has become clear that sports and sports heroes have assumed a role in American society far out of proportion to their traditional value. In this powerful critique of present-day American popular culture, Robert J. Higgs examines the complex and increasingly pervasive control that sports wield in shaping the national self-image. He provides a thoughtful history and analysis of how sports and religion have become intertwined and offers a stinging indictment of the sports-religion-media-education complex. Beginning... From the worship of Michael Jordan to the downfall of O.J. Simpson, it has become clear that sports and sports heroes have assumed a role in Americ... |
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153,33 zł |
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Sports Rules on File& #153;
ISBN: 9780816041176 / Angielski / Luźne kartki (loose leaf) / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Illustrated Guide To The Rules Of High School Sports Taking advantage of the award-winning On File(TM) format
An Illustrated Guide To The Rules Of High School Sports Taking advantage of the award-winning On File(TM) format
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744,78 zł |
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The SAGE Dictionary of Sports Studies
ISBN: 9781412907354 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sports studies is one of the fastest growing fields in higher education today. The SAGE Dictionary of Sports Studies brings a timely, much-needed, and comprehensive tool for all students in this multi-disciplinary field. Each entry provides a basic definition, a guide to research themes, and a clear account of the relevance of the concept in understanding sport. Not only indispensable for quick clarification of terms, it will give students a springboard for more in-depth research and critical analysis. Key Features Offers cross referencing to assist critical thinking Includes a list of key...
Sports studies is one of the fastest growing fields in higher education today. The SAGE Dictionary of Sports Studies brings a timely, much-needed, and...
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136,25 zł |
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