The Historical Dictionary of Basketball is a comprehensive account of all forms of basketball_amateur, professional, men's, women's, Olympic, domestic, and international_from its invention in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith through the present day. This is done through a chronology, …
by ProQuest (Firm), Grasso, John
fromHistorical dictionaries of sports
by ProQuest (Firm), Grasso, John
fromHistorical dictionaries of sports
by Grasso, John
fromHistorical dictionaries of sports
The Historical Dictionary of Basketball is a comprehensive account of all forms of basketball_amateur, professional, men's, women's, Olympic, domestic, and international_from its invention in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith through the present day. This is done through a chronology, …
During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth…
Bill Pennington, author of the beloved and widely read "On Par" golf column for the New York Times, knows how to interpret the experts and pros for the rest of us. For years, he has traveled the globe in search of golf's essentials-those basic principles, those elusive truths (a…
Former sports agent Luchs pulls back the curtain on the real economy of college football: how agents win players legally and otherwise, the staggering sums colleges make from a unpaid workforce, the shortfalls of supposed full-ride scholarships, and the myth of a college educati…
Great Games for Big Activity Balls presents 73 games for big activity balls, with more than 70 variations of physical activities and games that have two common themes: fun and physical activity. The games are ideal for all ages and abilities and for the gym, the outdoors, or wha…