Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The American Boy's Book of Sports and Games
Author: Jack McConnellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781585741151
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
First published in 1864, this book presents a lively portrait of indoor and outdoor amusements in the 19th century--from games played with homemade toys to baseball as a new pastime. Also included are chapters on card games, arithmetical and scientific stumpers, and puzzles. Over 1,000 illustrations.
Playing With the Boys
Author: Eileen McDonaghPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199840598
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Athletic contests help define what we mean in America by "success." By keeping women from "playing with the boys" on the false assumption that they are inherently inferior, society relegates them to second-class citizens. In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men. Using dozens of powerful examples--girls and women breaking through in football, ice hockey, wrestling, and baseball, to name just a few--the authors show that sex differences are not sufficient to warrant exclusion in most sports, that success entails more than brute strength, and that sex segregation in sports does not simply reflect sex differences, but actively constructs and reinforces stereotypes about sex differences. For instance, women's bodies give them a physiological advantage in endurance sports, yet many Olympic events have shorter races for women than men, thereby camouflaging rather than revealing women's strengths.
Playing Ball with the Boys
Author: Betsy RossPublisher: Clerisy Press
ISBN: 1578604605
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Female sideline reporters are the fastest-growing trend in broadcasts of professional and college football: names like Suzy Kolber, Erin Andrews, and Andrea Kremer are now as well known as any of the men in the booth. But even more has been going on. In recent years women have garnered spots as sports columnists and reporters, talk-show hosts, and even coaches and team administrators. Yet there has never been a book about this phenomenon. Former ESPN news anchor Betsy Ross fills this gap with Playing Ball with the Boys, a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the emerging role that women play in sports broadcasting and reporting, as well as in the business of sports. The book features interviews with the legendary women’s sports activist Billie Jean King, as well as Women’s Professional Soccer League leader Tonya Antonucci and ESPN College Basketball Analyst Rebecca Lobo. Prominent women working in the media are also featured in the book, including WFAN’s Ann Ligouri, CBS’ Lesley Visser, ESPN’s Pam Ward, USA Today’s Christine Brennan and Sports Illustrated’s Selena Roberts. Playing Ball with the Boys delivers firsthand accounts of the struggles and triumphs of women succeeding in what has long been a man's game.
Sports Sabotage
Author: Franklin W. DixonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780329907358
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hoping to win the pizza party grand prize on Field Day at Bayport Elementary, Frank and Joe Hardy investigate clues to discover who has sabotaged the events by ruining rackets, tangling jump ropes, and flattening balloons.
The American Boy's Book of Sports and Games
Author: The Boy's Book of Sports and Games
Author: John (Uncle.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The Boy's Book of Sports and Games ... By Uncle Charles ... With Illustrations by Henry Sears
Author: The Boy's Handy Book of Sports, Pastimes, Games and Amusements..
Author: The Little Boy's Own Book of Sports and Pastimes
Author: William ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Book of Sports, for Boys and Girls
Author: William MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bees
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
