History of Sport

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...