Author: Percy Selous
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Game and game-birds
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The Giant Book of More Strange But True Sports Stories
Author: Howard Liss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394856339
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A collection of 150 unusual occurrences in a dozen different sports.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394856339
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A collection of 150 unusual occurrences in a dozen different sports.
Stories of Sports
Author: Katherin Garland
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 179362223X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Stories of Sports: Critical Literacy in Media Production, Consumption, and Dissemination discusses how media demonstrates privilege, policing, stereotypes, confirmation bias, and objectification in a world where the role of athletics in Western society speaks to privilege and power. Contributors use a critical media lens to analyze texts, including newspapers, magazines, film, television, social media, and sportscasts to demonstrate to readers the ways in which sports stories reinforce or disrupt patterns of power and the ways that power is enacted. This book questions the role of the sports-industrial complex in our society and argues that, while healthy competition and physical health can come from bodily exertion, corruption can contaminate these benefits with the wielding of influence and the acquisition of cultural and financial capital. Contributors examine how the ways that resources are allocated, the coverage of certain sports and athletes, and how viewers view competitive arenas speak to power and privilege in ways that can affect both athletes and athletic stakeholders, highlighting the importance of critically examining sports media. Scholars of media studies and sports will find this book particularly useful.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 179362223X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Stories of Sports: Critical Literacy in Media Production, Consumption, and Dissemination discusses how media demonstrates privilege, policing, stereotypes, confirmation bias, and objectification in a world where the role of athletics in Western society speaks to privilege and power. Contributors use a critical media lens to analyze texts, including newspapers, magazines, film, television, social media, and sportscasts to demonstrate to readers the ways in which sports stories reinforce or disrupt patterns of power and the ways that power is enacted. This book questions the role of the sports-industrial complex in our society and argues that, while healthy competition and physical health can come from bodily exertion, corruption can contaminate these benefits with the wielding of influence and the acquisition of cultural and financial capital. Contributors examine how the ways that resources are allocated, the coverage of certain sports and athletes, and how viewers view competitive arenas speak to power and privilege in ways that can affect both athletes and athletic stakeholders, highlighting the importance of critically examining sports media. Scholars of media studies and sports will find this book particularly useful.
Unknown, Untold, and Unbelievable Stories of IU Sports
Author: John C. Decker
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253036194
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
For over 125 years, Hoosier athletes and coaches have grabbed headlines with their accomplishments and accolades. Legendary performers and larger-than-life figures have called Bloomington home, and their stories have been passed down through generations. But for every classic tale about a Hoosier athlete, coach, or program, there's another that's been forgotten. Until now. After gaining unprecedented access to IU archives and longtime employees, authors John Decker, Pete DiPrimio, and Doug Wilson reveal events and images that were lost for decades. Filled with new and entertaining stories of the people who have made IU Athletics legendary, Unknown, Untold, and Unbelievable Stories of IU Sports is a must-have for any fan. Discover behind-the-scenes stories of the Olympic Trials featuring Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, and Steve Alford; the infamous 1997 black football jerseys; Ernie Pyle's outlandish automobile polo match to raise funds for the IU marching band; A. J. Moye's notorious block against Duke; the time Sam Bell won the bid for an NCAA track meet—without a facility or even bleachers; and many more incredible stories from the renowned IU Athletics program.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253036194
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
For over 125 years, Hoosier athletes and coaches have grabbed headlines with their accomplishments and accolades. Legendary performers and larger-than-life figures have called Bloomington home, and their stories have been passed down through generations. But for every classic tale about a Hoosier athlete, coach, or program, there's another that's been forgotten. Until now. After gaining unprecedented access to IU archives and longtime employees, authors John Decker, Pete DiPrimio, and Doug Wilson reveal events and images that were lost for decades. Filled with new and entertaining stories of the people who have made IU Athletics legendary, Unknown, Untold, and Unbelievable Stories of IU Sports is a must-have for any fan. Discover behind-the-scenes stories of the Olympic Trials featuring Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, and Steve Alford; the infamous 1997 black football jerseys; Ernie Pyle's outlandish automobile polo match to raise funds for the IU marching band; A. J. Moye's notorious block against Duke; the time Sam Bell won the bid for an NCAA track meet—without a facility or even bleachers; and many more incredible stories from the renowned IU Athletics program.
The Greatest Story in Sports - Green Bay Packers 1919 -2019
Author: Cliff Christl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940056999
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940056999
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Who's who of Sports Champions
Author: Ralph Hickok
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
A collection of 2,200 biographical profiles of sports figures from all over North America.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
A collection of 2,200 biographical profiles of sports figures from all over North America.
Amazing But True Sports Stories
Author: Phyllis Hollander
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780590437363
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Describes unusual events from the history of sports such as baseball, football, boxing, basketball, and hockey.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780590437363
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Describes unusual events from the history of sports such as baseball, football, boxing, basketball, and hockey.
Sports Stories
Author: Alan Durant
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 9780753453223
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
With a caliber of stories and extracts several notches above the expected fare in a compilation, this collection includes contributions from Matt Christopher (Wingman on Ice), Walter Dean Myers (Slam!), Enid Bagnold (National Velvet), Ring Lardner (You Know Me Al), P. G. Wodehouse (Mike at Wrykyn), and George R. R. Martin (The Last Superbowl Game). From baseball and basketball to show-jumping and soccer, there's action and inspiration in abundance in this terrific introduction to classic sports writing for children and young adults.
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 9780753453223
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
With a caliber of stories and extracts several notches above the expected fare in a compilation, this collection includes contributions from Matt Christopher (Wingman on Ice), Walter Dean Myers (Slam!), Enid Bagnold (National Velvet), Ring Lardner (You Know Me Al), P. G. Wodehouse (Mike at Wrykyn), and George R. R. Martin (The Last Superbowl Game). From baseball and basketball to show-jumping and soccer, there's action and inspiration in abundance in this terrific introduction to classic sports writing for children and young adults.
More Sports Best Short Stories
Author: Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 9781556525049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In these 25 stories about sporting contests from basketball and baseball to fishing and chess, celebrated writers from several nations spin tales of love, mystery, chicanery, luck, and perseverance. A Conan Doyle's ace detective Sherlock Holmes solves a rugby mystery; Nobel prize winner Rudyard Kipling writes on polo; P G Wodehouse brings humour to golf; and Agatha Christie spins a tale about chess. The classical Russian poet and author Alexander Pushkin builds a story around another card game, faro, and from Guy de Maupassant comes a fascinating fishing yarn. American Pulitzer Prize winners Richard Ford and Paul Horgan write about hunting, while Ring Lardner and W P Kinsella prefer baseball, and for Ethan Canin, basketball is the inspiration. Ping-pong, bullfighting, and Mark Twain's hilarious frog-jumping contest also appear in these pages, which will amuse, energise, and astonish both dedicated sports enthusiasts and lovers of short fiction.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 9781556525049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In these 25 stories about sporting contests from basketball and baseball to fishing and chess, celebrated writers from several nations spin tales of love, mystery, chicanery, luck, and perseverance. A Conan Doyle's ace detective Sherlock Holmes solves a rugby mystery; Nobel prize winner Rudyard Kipling writes on polo; P G Wodehouse brings humour to golf; and Agatha Christie spins a tale about chess. The classical Russian poet and author Alexander Pushkin builds a story around another card game, faro, and from Guy de Maupassant comes a fascinating fishing yarn. American Pulitzer Prize winners Richard Ford and Paul Horgan write about hunting, while Ring Lardner and W P Kinsella prefer baseball, and for Ethan Canin, basketball is the inspiration. Ping-pong, bullfighting, and Mark Twain's hilarious frog-jumping contest also appear in these pages, which will amuse, energise, and astonish both dedicated sports enthusiasts and lovers of short fiction.
Sports Immortals
Author: Jim Platt
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572434608
Category : Athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Spanning more than a century of athletic achievement, this collection of memorabilia features photos of everything from uniforms and gear to autographs, artifacts, tickets, and programs, and stories of over 100 inspirational and immortal athletes, from Honus Wagner and Jack Johnson to Roberto Clemente and Muhammad Ali.
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572434608
Category : Athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Spanning more than a century of athletic achievement, this collection of memorabilia features photos of everything from uniforms and gear to autographs, artifacts, tickets, and programs, and stories of over 100 inspirational and immortal athletes, from Honus Wagner and Jack Johnson to Roberto Clemente and Muhammad Ali.
Travel and Big Game
Author: Percy Selous
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Game and game-birds
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Game and game-birds
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description