History of Sport

This book delves into the complex, yet fascinating evolution of football. From a relatively unruly mob game played on festival days, the game was a...

In The Greatest U.S. Opens, veteran golf journalist and author David Barrett brings readers inside the ropes at the most dramatic tournaments since...

There is one sound that will always be loudest in sports. It isn't the squeak of sneakers or the crunch of helmets; it isn't the grunts or even the...

In 1924, after the Hilldale Giants captured the league crown in the new Eastern Colored League and the Kansas City Monarchs won out in the four-...

For more than a decade, the UCLA dynasty defined college basketball. In twelve seasons from 1964 to 1975, John Wooden's teams won ten national titl...

'Simply magnificent.' Mail on SundayA massive audience in sitting-rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilt...

In this illustrated view of the history of Raith Rovers the author builds up the story of the club by recounting events that happened on every day ...

This provocative book makes the case for the complete removal of national symbolism in the Olympic Games. Focusing on the case of national flags at...

Fully illustrated profiles of a 15-strong team of rugby legends. Hardcover and jacketed gift book that selects, celebrates and profiles the greates...

Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics. Yet the p...

How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything With a foreword by Manchester United assis...

How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything With a foreword by Manchester United assis...

Scotland is the birthplace and the home of golf, with a rich tradition which is recognised around the world. The Art of Scottish Golf is the perfec...

Spanning forty years and more than three hundred victories, the contributions of countless people have built Hendrick Motorsports into the greatest...

Stand up if you love the darts!The one and only legend that is Russ 'The Voice' Bray has been the man beside the oche calling major darts tournamen...

There is only one sport, outside of actual combat disciplines, where two participants can square off in old fashioned, bare-knuckle pugilism withou...

This book offers a rigorous but graphically compelling narrative historic analysis of one of the most important civic buildings not only of the Uni...

The Irish Football Association (IFA) was founded in Belfast in 1880. It was the governing body for soccer for the whole of the island of Ireland. S...

Get the beautiful book that presents the history of the Tennessee Titans football team, with full-color photography and fascinating text. The Tenne...

'Chess is a staggering invention, if indeed it was invented. Maybe it just evolved. It is still evolving, now faster than ever, and Peter Doggers h...

'A century of sporting and human history distilled with warmth and wisdom' Mark Palmer, The Times In 1925, Scotland played their first ever game a...

Viva Colombia: A Social History of Colombian Football tells the story through 15 distinct episodes and 15 national team players.The book covers eve...

Once a showcase for amateur athletics, the Olympic Games have become a global entertainment colossus powered by corporate sponsorship and professio...

Unequal opportunity sparked Jim Browns endeavors to encourage Black development while Billie Jean King fought so that women tennis players could ea...

Once a showcase for amateur athletics, the Olympic Games have become a global entertainment colossus powered by corporate sponsorship and professio...