Sports imprint: 713 books
Miracle Moments in Montreal Canadiens History
The Turning Points, The Memorable Games, The Incredible Records
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The Habs, Les Glorieux, La Sainte Flanelle-the Montreal Canadiens have almost as many nicknames as they do Stanley Cup Championships: twenty-four. In Miracle Moments in Montreal Canadiens History, the first book of a new sports series, Montreal native Jim Hynes details twenty-four memorable moments...
Greed and Glory
The Rise and Fall of Doc Gooden, Lawrence Taylor, Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, and the Mafia in 1980s New York
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
On October 28, 1986, just one day after winning one of the most thrilling World Series in history, the New York Mets were feted by more than two million fans with a parade through the city. In news accounts of the event, there was a small aside, as this one in the New York Times: "Notable in his absence...
Giants Among Men
How Robustelli, Huff, Gifford, and the Giants Made New York a Football Town and Changed the NFL
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
From the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, when basketball’s Boston Celtics were piecing together a run for the ages, when Montreal’s Canadiens were in the midst of notching a record-setting five streaight Stanley Cups, and when the New York Yankees were the once-and-future kings of the diamond, one...
by Roger Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
A must-have book for any Cavs fan, Cleveland Cavaliers A- Z is compiled alphabetically for easy accessibility. The book offers a complete history of the franchise and includes hundreds of different items of interest.
After the Cavaliers were founded as an expansion team in 1970, the team and...
by Kunal Nagi
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Teach Yourself Karate provides methods of teaching and spotting beginning Karate skills. Emphasis are placed on giving the teacher a guide for working with a typical physical education class and providing a basis to individuals having the ability to excel in the sport.
Athletics Skills & Rules
100% Pure Adrenaline
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2009
Athletics is considered to be the integral part of the Great Olympic Games started in the year 1896 in Athens (Greece). Athletics contains two major events viz., Track and Field. The sport of track and field athletics, in the form we recognise it today, dates back little more than a century. But the...
Insight Pitch
My Life as a Major League Closer
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
You're straddling the pitcher's mound in Shea Stadium. The game rests in your hands. Your heart is pounding. Big money is at stake. You feel thousands of eyes burning your jersey as they wait for a pitch. You gulp at the air trying to settle your nerves. It's go time.
Insight Pitch is a sports...
by Dr. A.K. Srivastava
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
The texts are critically arranged in such a manner that a learner feels ease while reading the texts and learning the skills, tactics, strategies, rules etc. of Discus Throw. The language used while composing the texts are basically simple colloquial English.
by Dr. A.K. Srivastava
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
this book, any aspirant learner may definitely understand and sharp his bowling skills which is integral part of the game of cricket. It includes all the essentials ingredients of Bowling viz., skills, techniques, latest rules and court measurements and dimensions along with relevant illustrations
Tales from the Indiana High School Basketball Locker Room
A Collection of the State's Greatest Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
It is often said that while Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Massachusetts, the sport was raised and ultimately came of age in the high schools of Indiana, the state where politics, religion, and sweet corn fall in line behind the game played with the round orange ball. Tales from Indiana...
by Dr. A.K. Srivastava
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
this book, any aspirant learner may definitely understand and sharp his fielding skills which is integral part of the game of cricket. It includes all the essentials ingredients of Fielding viz., skills, techniques, latest rules and court measurements and dimensions along with relevant illustrations.
More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps
The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too)
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Stubble scruffed up their chins. Tobacco wads ballooned their cheeks. The 1993 Philadelphia Phillies had the look of a slow-pitch softball team itching to kick some serious butt. They did kick butt, too, on and off the field. “They lived the life of professional baseball players as fully as it can...
Biomechanics in Physical Education and Sports
100% Pure Adrenaline
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to living organisms. This includes bioengineering, the research and analysis of the mechanics of living organisms and the application of engineering principles to and from biological systems. This research and analysis can be carried forth on multiple...
by Fred Claire
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Fred Claire takes you through his 30 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, from the 1988 championship victory to the turmoil of the 1988 Fox purchase. Claire reveals his personal perspective on the events that made headlines, as well as those that didn't.
Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade,...