History of Sport

Since 2015, Fred Segal has chronicled unprophetic sports predictions on the internet. His Freezing Cold Takes social media pages feature quotes and...

A driving ambition linked Oakland and Kansas City in the 1960s. Each city sought the national attention and civic glory that came with being home t...

The story of Texass impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, this book offers a new understand...

A driving ambition linked Oakland and Kansas City in the 1960s. Each city sought the national attention and civic glory that came with being home t...

A bold and foundational history of the inception and evolution of intercollegiate athletics in the United States.In College Sports, historians Eric...

Darlington FC fan Paul Hodgson pays tribute to 100 of the Quakers most memorable players from more than half a century of supporting the club.The s...

This book looks at the relationship of the cock and cockfighting in Britain from ancient times to the early modern period, showing the societal and...

How one man brought the Olympics to Los Angeles, fueling the city's urban transformation. Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeless pursuit...

This book explores continental perspectives on football's new geopolitical economy, examining how sport, politics, and the global economy have emer...

This book explores continental perspectives on football's new geopolitical economy, examining how sport, politics, and the global economy have emer...

Super Bowl XLII was the greatest upset in NFL history. In A GIANT WIN, Coach Tom Coughlin recounts the strategies and people that made it possible....

The stories behind and legacies of important sports photos from the last 130 years. Ever since photography and professional sports originated in th...

In this officially licensed and stunningly illustrated volume, get a thrilling, up-close-and-personal look at NASCARs mavericks and key moments fro...

The best-selling collection of football facts, stats and stories is back for another fully updated edition!World Football Records 2025 offers livel...

In November 2023, the Melbourne Rebels began a pre-season full of hope and optimism. With a deep roster and a strong, unifying 'Ubuntu' culture emb...

This book represents a bold statement concerning the excitement and energy of the field of sports ethics and philosophy in contemporary terms. It i...

Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of mens basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as his recruitment of Charlie Scott, ...

In the second edition of this groundbreaking social history, M. Ann Hall begins with an important new chapter on Aboriginal women and early sport a...

On an early morning in 1983, after the worst loss of his career (109-66 against Virginia) and amid the cries of powerful athletics boosters calling...

This book explores how American sports, especially basketball, baseball and American football, have projected the US into the world, and brought th...

World of Sport examines the development of modern sport from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1960s in the light of transnational approaches to hi...

World of Sport examines the development of modern sport from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1960s in the light of transnational approaches to hi...

Best Baseball Book of 2020 from Sports Collectors Digest  2021 Seymour Medal Finalist  In the summer of 1932, at the beginning of the turbulent dec...

Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse se...

Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars tha...

The history of Chinas National Games reflects both the transformation of elite sport in China and wider Chinese society. This is the first book to ...

Sport has played a central role in modern Irelands history. Perhaps nowhere else has sport so infused the political, social and cultural developmen...

Johnny Mize was one of the greatest hitters in baseballs golden age of great hitters. Born and raised in tiny Demorest, Georgia, in the northeast G...

An in-depth look at the history of the Chicago Bulls franchise, featuring profiles, photography, box scores, and more from the archives of the Chic...

This is the second edition of the highly acclaimed and bestselling comprehensive history of tennis which was the first truly scholarly history of a...

Harvey Haddix pitched one of the most notable near perfect games in professional baseball history when he completed 12 perfect innings against the...