To any baseball fan, Nolan Ryan's name still conjures up images of blistering 100-mile-per-hour fastballs and knee-buckling curveballs. During his 27-year career, "The Ryan Express" was named an eight-time All-Star and amassed seven no-hitters and more than 5,700 strikeoutsーmore than any other pitcher in major-leag...

Patience, persistence, and the most unlikely of circumstances vaulted Edgar Martinez from a poor neighborhood in Dorado, Puerto Rico to the spotlight in Seattle, where he spent the entirety of his 18-year major league career with the Mariners. At last, his path is destined for one last stop: the Baseball Hall of Fam...

For hundreds of years English people have claimed that fair play is at the core of their national identity. Jonathan Duke-Evans looks at the history of fair play in Britain from earliest times to the present, asking whether it is in fact a British, or alternatively an English, characteristic at all - and if so, whet...

'MASTERFUL' Time Out 'REVELATORY' Scotland on Sunday 'GLORIOUSLY READABLE' Metro 'FASCINATING' Independent 'EXCELLENT' Telegraph 'ABSORBING' Guardian Winner of the British Sports Book Awards Football Book of the Year The fifteenth anniversary edition, fully revised and updated, of Jonathan Wilson's modern classic. I...

Als Werder Bremen im Sommer 2021 nach 40 Jahren aus der 1. Bundesliga abstieg, stand Marco Bode dem Aufsichtsrat des Klubs vor. In diesem Buch schildert er gemeinsam mit Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling, wie es zu diesem Absturz kommen konnte und warum Vereine wie Werder sich im modernen Profifußball auch abseits des Plat...

What makes a great team? Sports journalist Peggy Shinn answers this question in her enthralling account of the dramatic rise of the U.S. women’s cross-country ski team, winners of eight medals at three world championships over the past five years. Shinn’s storyーbased on dozens of interviews with athletes, coaches, ...

Keeping pace with the rapidly evolving field of sport management, Contemporary Sport Management, the authoritative introductory text in the field, returns with a thoroughly updated seventh edition. Over 50 contributors with a diverse array of cultural and educational backgrounds deliver a complete and contemporary o...

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This collection of double barrel shotgun articles, published in the past 10 years in the Double Gun Journal and other publications, includes articles ranging from detailed, historical information about particular guns and gun makers, to more person accounts of favorite and unusual shotguns. From new to antique doubl...

Shi Heng Yi eröffnet mit diesem Buch Einsichten in einer bisher unveröffentlichten Form der Shaolin-Tradition – anwendbare Praktiken für das alltägliche Leben, untermauert mit Sichtweisen, um Bekanntes neu zu erkennen. Shaolin Spirit – Meistere dein Leben! Wünschst du dir mehr Disziplin, Willensstärke, Mut, Ausdauer...

HE'S READY TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. Spotted for his talent on the basketball court, Samuel Sooleymon is whisked away from his life in South Sudan to the United States to compete in a tournament of a lifetime: the opportunity to play and study at one of the best universities in the world is on the line. It's the long...

Renowned silat instructor Burton Richardson, who has cross-trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, kali, jeet kune do and muay Thai, reveals what his knowledge of those systems and MMA helped him identify as the best silat tactics and techniques for modern self-defense.    His Silat for the Street breaks down figh...

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The Chicago Bulls are one of basketball's most storied teamsーfrom Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Phil Jackson to Hall of Famers and MVPs, the Bulls' NBA championship legacy will likely never be surpassed. Author and Bulls' beat reporter Kent McDill provides a closer look at the great moments of the 1990s champ...

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