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Pitchers are the heart of baseball, and John Feinstein tells the story of the game today through one season and two great pitchers working in the crucible of the New York media market. Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina have seen it all in the Major Leagues and both entered...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2008-05-01
ePub
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There is a huge category of sports fan: people who love a bloody good argument. Sport makes them think, engage and argue. Given that people already take sport so very seriously, and at such an intense level of enquiry, then Ed Smith concludes we should draw out some of...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2008-03-06
ePub
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No pain-maximum gain.More than half of all runners in the U.S. are sidelined at least once a year because of an injury. Many others run through the pain that starts to surface as they age - the result of years of bad posture, joint and muscle stiffness and poor running...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2008-03-04
ePub
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High Crimes is journalist Michael Kodas's gripping account of life on top of the world--where man is every bit as deadly as Mother Nature. In the years following the publication of Into Thin Air, much has changed on Mount Everest. Among all the books documenting the...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2008-02-05
ePub
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Diving offers challenge, excitement and the thrill of exploration but in turn requires skill, discipline and knowledge. With expert advice and step-by-step illustrations Eyewitness Companions: ScubaDiving reveals how to perfect these skills. This essential companion is...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2008-02-01
PDF
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The almanac that puts the pedal to the metal. For anyone new to the world of racing or hardcore fans looking for a comprehensive overview, this is the only book necessary. Chronicling the complete history of NASCAR®, as well as its controversies, this almanac-filled...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2008-01-02
ePub
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In 1956, a casual bet between two millionaires eventually pitted two of the greatest golfers of the era -- Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan -- against top amateurs Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi. The year: 1956. Decades have passed since Eddie Lowery came to fame as the...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2007-11-06
ePub
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"In only 138 pages Schirato manages a broad sweep across sports history and culture... he brings the eye of a critical fan to his analysis of sport, treating it seriously as a social practice and as a social institution... A useful, provocative and non-dogmatic text...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-09-27
PDF, ePub
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From the trivial to the arcane to the bizarre to the hilarious to the tragic, Alliss' 19th Hole is a compulsively readable compendium of golf facts, told in the wry voice of the man Golf Digest called the "best golf commentator ever," the legendary Peter Alliss. Marvel...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2007-09-10
ePub
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There are very few coaches held higher esteem than Bo Schembechler. As coach of the University of Michigan football team, he won 13 Big Ten titles and finished as the winningest coach in their storied history. But beyond the wins and losses, Bo is best remembered for...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2007-09-10
ePub
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"Did I ever tell you about Wilt Chamberlain?""Did I ever tell you about Bob Cousy?""Did I ever tell you about Joe DiMaggio?" Whenever Arnold "Red" Auerbach starts a sentence with those six words --"Did I ever tell you about . . ." -- anyone within earshot should prepare...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2007-09-03
ePub
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In the NFL there is only one certainty: that every day, someone will have to be the Next Man Up. Football is an unrelentingly punishing sport, played and practiced at undiminished intensity, and it devours its players. Confronting injuries, trades, and the grim reality...
Editeur :
Back Bay Books
Parution :
2007-09-03
ePub
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Takes you on a journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World Cup in Germany - via the Ashes series, the Ryder Cup, Wimbledon, and more. This book examines why sport holds us all in such thrall, how it uplifts and crushes us - and can seem to matter more than...
Editeur :
Short Books
Parution :
2007-09-02
ePub
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THE DEFINITIVE, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOK ABOUT FOOTBALL 'Football conquered the world with its capacity to astonish, and this is its definitive history' The IndependentThere may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-08-30
ePub
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The 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France was a down-and-dirty game, marred by French superstar Zidane's head-butting of Italian defender Materazzi. But viewers were also exposed to the poetry, force, and excellence of the Italian game; as operatic as Verdi and...
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2007-08-24
ePub
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The great myth of horse racing is that the game is the regal and royal Sport of Kings. It isn't. Not by a long shot. Anyone who doubts this need look no further than Suffolk Downs, a once-proud racecourse graced in its glory years by boisterous throngs and champions...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2007-08-05
ePub
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Pennant races are arguably the most important aspect of baseball. Players, teams, and franchises are all after one goal: to win the pennant and get into the post-season. But what really determines who wins? Statistical analyses of baseball abound: different ways of...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2007-08-01
ePub
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This installment of the Better by Saturday golf tips series focuses on essential advice to improve your short game.Featuring Tips by Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers. Simple to remember lesson that provides an opportunity for "no practice" improvement; so readers won't...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2007-07-31
ePub
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Featuring Tips by Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers, find out how to lower your handicap and improve your putting game.In this easy-to-implement lesson book, lean how to improve the way you put -- with or without practicing.By following the tips outlined in this book,...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2007-07-31
ePub
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What's the difference between short leg and deep midwicket? When would you be thinking about bowling a yorker?What's so great about the sound of leather on willow? Cricket’s vocabulary is a mixture of jargon and cliché, poetry and prose, misty-eyed romanticism and...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-06-07
ePub
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