Who still says 'soccer'; why does 'Arsenal' sound so foreign; who was 'sick as a parrot' first; was Shakespeare the game's first clogger; and what makes footballers better wordsmiths than the Eskimos? The answers to all these and more are revealed in Football Talk, football's first linguistic odyssey. Peter Seddon explores how words came about to describe football kit, boots and balls; playing techniques, foul play, girl talk and team terminology; and the language of commentators and footie mags...
Sport Finance
by Gil Fried, Steven J. Shapiro, and Timothy D. DeSchriver
Novices as well as seasoned professionals will be able to grasp the importance and impact of money in all sport business decision-making processes. This book gives a comprehensive analysis of the entire spectrum of finance-related issues, from budgeting and planning to acquisitions and liquidation, helping readers understand the depth and breadth of sport finance careers. Case studies are used to explain the principles of finance in sport-specific examples, effectively illustrating the finer poi...
Middlesex CCC On This Day chronicles, in diary form, the major events in the club's long and illustrious history. With individual entries for each and every day of the year, and multiple entries when performances or events are more worthy of mention, this book includes all of Middlesex's most notable performances, most celebrated players, most interesting facts and statistics, and lists the club's most successful and significant happenings throughout almost a century and a half of cricketing his...
The definitive and comprehensive guide to fishing small trout streams throughout North America. Tired of the famous and crowded rivers, today's anglers have a greater desire to get close to nature while staying closer to home. The Orvis Guide to Small Stream Fly Fishing provides all the information for finding and fishing unspoiled gems found everywhere from wilderness areas to suburban backyards. These often overlooked streams are abundant throughout the United States, and range from the Appala...
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Contemporary Sport Management
by Janet B. Parks, Beverly R.K. Zanger, and Jerome Quarterman
This text is aimed at students studying sport management, exercise, fitness management and athletic training. It should teach aspiring sport managers about this rapidly expanding field, enabling them to define sport management and discuss the scope of opportunities the sport industry presents. Thorough discussions on the major challenges confronting various segments of the industry are put in the historical context against psychological, sociological and philosophical foundations of sport. Key f...
During the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, much of the world watched and celebrated as athletes broke world records and took home medals, fulfilling their Olympic dreams. The athletes scores were available instantaneously and are now easily accessible, but what about the performance records of the first modern Olympic athletes? The Modern Olympic Games began in 1896 in Athens, Greece, through the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who revived the Olympic tradition that began centuri...
Angst im gymnasialen Sportunterricht - Erscheinungsformen und Reduktionsmassnahmen
by Annabelle Senff
Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey (Historical Dictionaries of Sports)
by Laurel Zeisler
Hailed as a classic and read everywhere golf is played, Golf My Way has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide since it was first published in 1974. Finally, Jack Nicklaus, golf's leading master, definitively covers the whole of his game through a lifetime of greatness. Golf My Way presents an all-inclusive, A-to-Z explanation of how this greatest of champions thinks about and plays the game. This book includes: -New introduction, endpiece, and illustrations -Brand-new chapters discussin...
Did you know that James Naismith invented basketball as a way to keep his students indoors during the cold Massachusetts winter? Or that many of the Southerners who began racing stock cars got their early driving experience escaping police while running moonshine? On the Origins of Sports is jam packed with these compelling tidbits of information tailor made for obsessive sports fans, and covers a wide range of sports whether national pastimes like football and cricket or global obsessions such...