History of Sport

This narrative of U.S. soccer's history and present-day status addresses the issues of socioeconomics. Emphasizing the differences between socia...

This narrative history of minor league football teams in Connecticut in the 1960s and 1970s is based on extensive newspaper and periodical resea...

This is a book about baseball players who performed in the major leagues before the age of 21. For years the dream of many boys has been to ente...

After many years of being an also-ran in the National league, the Pittsburgh Pirates' fortunes changed dramatically following the 1899 season af...

Sport is all about winning, isn't it? Well, yes and no. For every winner, there's always a loser - often a whole string of them. And while the achi...

FDR Skatepark began its life in 1996 with a few small obstacles built by the City of Philadelphia in an attempt to meet the needs of a growing comm...

The small and midsized cities of western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia reached their peaks of population and prosperity in the second qua...

The History of Fly Fishing in Fifty Flies recounts the story of a sport that dates back two thousand years, focusing on milestone fli...

From its colorful beginnings more than a century ago, baseball's annual Most Valuable Player Award has become the most prestigious (and contenti...

In 1939, baseball's past ran headlong into its future. As the game celebrated its 100th anniversary with the opening of the Hall of Fame in Coop...

For nearly two decades Alan Trammell displayed an all-around game as a fielder, hitter, and base runner that was rare for shortstops of his era....

Who won the first Daytona 500? Fans still debate whether it was midwestern champion Johnny Beauchamp, declared the victor at the finish line, or lo...

This book profiles forty major league ballplayers who engineered remarkable comebacks to salvage fading careers. Details of each comeback is pro...

This book is the day by day story of the 1954 Indians, whose .721 winning percentage is still the highest in American League history. It tells h...

Becoming Big League is the story of Seattle's relationship with major league baseball from the 1962 World's Fair to the completion of the Kingdome ...

Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America early last year when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during...

In 1974 Zaire''s football team were summoned into a room in their West German hotel and told that if they lost to Brazil by more than three goals t...

At their basic level, sporting events are about numbers: wins and losses, percentages and points, shots and saves, clocks and countdowns. Howeve...

Bike racers were Americas media darlings less than a century agodashing, eccentric, and very rich daredevils. Until the 1920s bike races drew large...

A very good read. It is not only about a baseball player in the AAGPBL, but also about a young Latino woman who makes good in America.Lance Smith, ...

The history of Cairos football fans is one of the most poignant narratives of the 25 January 2011 Egyptian uprising. The Ultras Al-Ahly and the Ult...

Soon after Satchel Paige arrived at spring training in 1937 to pitch for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, he and five of his teammates, including Josh Gib...

The college baseball season doesnt end when the school year is finished. Many of the top NCAA Division I, II, and III baseball players continue to ...

A Los Angeles Times Best Seller A 2020 NPR Best Book of the Year Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack end...

The USC Trojans football program has been one of the winningest and most recognizable college football teams to ever play the sport. There have bee...

Established in 1883, the Olympic Club catered to a variety of pursuits from target shooting to billiards to boxing--the most popular sport in Ne...