Cultural & Social Aspects
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We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality
$24.95 Read moreIn this exceedingly timely book, Louis Moore looks at the history of Black activist athletes and the important role of the Black community in insisting that the concept of fair play should apply not o
- Series: Race and Sports
- Author: Moore, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0813153808
- Language: English
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El Mundial de Messi / Messi’s World Cup
$14.95 Add to cartEs la crónica en caliente, con el recuerdo del campo de batalla aún en la retina, de la deseada y a su modo perfecta conquista de la tercera estrella. Gastón Edul, pegado a la lÃnea de cal y desde
- Author: Wall, Alejandro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 6073905181
- Language: Spanish
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Freezing Cold Takes: NFL: Football Media’s Most Inaccurate Predictions–And the Fascinating Stories Behind Them
$19.99 Add to cartSports fans love holding media “experts” accountable for bad predictions.
Since 2015, Fred Segal has chronicled “unprophetic” sports predictions on the internet. His Freezing Cold Takes social media p- Author: Segal, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0762475455
- Language: English
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The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer
$30.00 Add to cartThe definitive book about soccer, from the author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics.
There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely … [more below]- Author: Goldblatt, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1008
- Publish Date: January 02 2008
- ISBN10: 1594482969
- Language: English
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Fields of Play: Sport, Race, and Memory in the Steel City
$28.00 Add to cartA Pittsburgh Sports History Centering Issues of Race and Economic Disparity
Americans love sports, from neighborhood pickup basketball to the National Football League, and everything in between. Whi- Author: Hayashi, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0822947846
- Language: English
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75 Day Hard Challenge Book
$19.95 Add to cartWelcome to The 75 DAY Hard Challenge Book!
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE JOURNEY.
As you begin your healthy lifestyle journey, this journal will be a valuable resource. The prompts an
- Author: Read Me Press, Pick Me
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: July 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1956259619
- Language: English
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Sports Illustrated the Football Vault: Great Writing from the Pages of Sports Illustrated
$30.00 Read moreSports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the National Football League for over seven decades, documenting its heroes, villains, great characters, and iconic momen… [more below]
- Author: Sports Illustrated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1637275390
- Language: English
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The Idealist: Jack Trice and the Battle for a Forgotten Football Legacy
$28.00 Read moreAn essential story of understated courage, the lasting power of a name, and the battle to honor a pioneering legacy.
On the eve of his second varsity football game for the Iowa State Cyclones, Jack T- Author: Gelber, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1629379964
- Language: English
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50 Years in the Bleachers: What modern sports parents can learn from a Title IX pioneer
$14.95 Add to cartFive decades. Three generations. One family’s sports story.
As a Title IX pioneer, Christine Hawkinson helped blaze the girls’ sports trail her daughters followed 20 years later. Having been a coach’s
- Author: Hawkinson, Christine A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: May 26 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985234800
- Language: English
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What’s My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States
$18.00 Add to cartEdgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin provides a no-holds-barred commentary on the personalities and politics of American sports.
- Author: Zirin, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1931859205
- Language: English
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Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids’ Sports–And Why It Matters
$28.00 Read moreLonglisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards 2022
A close look at how big money and high stakes have transformed youth sports, turning once healthy, fun activities for kids into all-consuming en- Author: Flanagan, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 059332904X
- Language: English
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Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan
$26.95 Read moreTriumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty–it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hit to the head after yet another study has warn
- Author: Luther, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1477313133
- Language: English
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Pelé: My Story
$22.00 Add to cart“For an American soccer kid growing up in the ’80s, Pel? transcended the game. From the moment I first saw him standing next to Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine in Victory, there was only one star… [more below]
- Author: Pele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1635768519
- Language: English
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Friday Night Lights (25th Anniversary Edition): A Town, a Team, and a Dream
$32.00 Add to cartNamed Sports Illustrated’s best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town a… [more below]
- Author: Bissinger, H. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 25 2015
- ISBN10: 0306824213
- Language: English
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The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball
$30.00 Read moreWatching a game of baseball today means witnessing phenomena that would have been novel, if not completely unheard of, not so long ago.
Starting pitchers sling 100 mile-per-hour heat for just four or- Author: Carleton, Russell A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 163727226X
- Language: English
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The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making–And Unmaking–Of the World’s Greatest Soccer Club
$19.00 Add to cartWith rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the worl… [more below]
- Author: Kuper, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 0593297733
- Language: English
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Ignorant Man’s Son: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartVictor James Hill saw himself in his community’s kids. As a child of the Projects, he’d witnessed deadly shootings, heroin addiction, and brutal violence by the age of thirteen. He bottled up his emot
- Author: Hill, Victor James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987398142
- Language: English
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Mike: The Tigers of Lsu
$29.95 Add to cartMike the Tiger–the only live tiger mascot in the United States–is an iconic presence on LSU’s campus. From his tiger sanctuary next to Tiger Stadium, he draws a steady stream of fans, adults and chi… [more below]
- Author: Baker, David G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: August 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0807180300
- Language: English
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Tell Me a Story I Don’t Know
$22.00 Read moreIn Tell Me a Story I Don’t Know, veteran sports reporter and broadcaster George Ofman shares his most fascinating conversations with some of the biggest names in sports media. Through these previousl
- Author: Ofman, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1637275420
- Language: English
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How to Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, on and Off the Pitch
$24.99 Read more‘I love Tifo’ Ian Wright
RULE #1: DON’T WATCH THE BALL Yes, football is about stars, goals and g
‘Tifo are great’ Alan Shearer
‘Tifo have changed the game when it comes to football analysis’ Elis James- Author: The Athletic, Tifo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0241609372
- Language: English
