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Author: Alan Gibbons
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2020-08-06
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 1781129843
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA timely and thought-provoking football story packed with facts, from reluctant-reader favourite Alan Gibbons.
Author: Kathryn Clay
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2010-07
Total Pages: 14
ISBN-13: 142964477X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Simple text and full-color photos illustrate facts about the rules, equipment, and records of baseball"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Lew Freedman
Publisher:
Published: 2018-10-19
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780228100058
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Fully updated to include the recent changes to NFL home stadiums, Football Stadiums tells the stories of 140 great stadiums standing across the United States that have hosted pro football or college football play. These are the home fields of NFL franchises and college teams and as such are a source of endless fascination, research and discussion. They carry vivid memories of victories and losses, and remind spectators of their home town or college life. To loyal fans, they are hallowed ground and the even the destination of pilgrimages." -- publisher
Author: Tobias Moskowitz
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2012-01-17
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0307591808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost. Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships; the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees' tendencies in every sport to "swallow the whistle," and more. Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals: • Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in high-pressure putting situations that you and I are • Why professional teams routinely overvalue draft picks • The myth of momentum or the "hot hand" in sports, and why so many fans, coaches, and broadcasters fervently subscribe to it • Why NFL coaches rarely go for a first down on fourth-down situations--even when their reluctance to do so reduces their chances of winning. In an engaging narrative that takes us from the putting greens of Augusta to the grid iron of a small parochial high school in Arkansas, Scorecasting will forever change how you view the game, whatever your favorite sport might be.
Author: Graham Lister
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2017-05-15
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0750983035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you enjoyed the first volume of the definitive quiz book on Arsenal Football Club, this all-new sequel is for you. Packed with over 300 carefully researched questions, it will test the breadth and depth of your Gunners knowledge – from the familiar to the formidable. Go on another exhilarating spin through the 130-year history of one of the world's greatest football clubs, taking in the results and records, triumphs and trophies, superstars and substitutes, headlines and footnotes, artists and artisans, goal-scoring legends and defensive stalwarts who've helped create Arsenal's rich footballing legacy. Whether you stood on Highbury's North Bank or became a Gooner during the Wenger/ Emirates era, this book of tantalising teasers provides an engrossing diversion on every excursion to an Arsenal away game with fellow Gunners fans.
Author: John Mehno
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781554070169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and compact compendium. The Best Book of Football Facts and Stats is a celebration of the game's history and the legendary players and coaches that helped shape and influence the sport. The pages include all the relevant statistics through the 2003 season -- complete with a summary of this year's Super Bowl XXXVIII between the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers. The book includes the most notable, awe-inspiring events that made NFL history. There are concise, personal portraits and career stats of All-Star NFL legends such as Troy Aikman, Joe Montana and Walter Payton as well as coverage of the superstars of today: Tom Brady, Jake Delhomme and Jamal Lewis. Also featured are club profiles of every NFL franchise from the Arizona Cardinals to Washington Redskins. Other features include: Details from every Super Bowl from 1967 to 2004 Who's who of coaches Summaries of the NFL's greatest games Statistical leaders and award winners Glossary of football terms. The Best Book of Football Facts and Stats is an indispensable book for fans both during and between football seasons.
Author: Tom Owens
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780761317647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the planning and development of football stadiums and offers facts about stadiums of the past and present.
Author: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2000-08-22
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780688171391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFootball is fun--let's play! Find all the basics in this lively guide. The markings on a football field What football players wear The positions, from quarterback to wide receiver The excitement of the kickoff The thrill of scoring a touchdown All these and more are included with a useful glossary at the end.
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Publisher: Sporting News Publishing Company
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780892048045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollege football-that combination feast-party-competition-celebration-tent revival-has at its very core, The Stadium. That's where the converted go to stock the passions that stir the soul-or, at the very least, threaten the eardrum. "The Sporting News' football experts select the 40 best stadiums in which to watch-no, experience-college football. The stadiums were chosen based on their settings, their structures, their fans, their mascots, the magnitude of the games played there, their marching bands, their traditions. Vivid photos throughout the book give it a special ambience. See the Golden Dome at Notre Dame, the Coliseum epistyle at Southern California, the orange-and-white checkerboard end zones at Tennessee; walk between the hedges at Georgia, past Howard's Rock at Clemson. Saturday Shrines will offer four regional cover options featuring the SEC/ACC (ISBN: 089204795X); Big Ten (ISBN: 0892048042); Big 12 (0892048069); and Pacific 10 (ISBN: 0892048069).
Author: Tony Collins
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-08-06
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 1351709674
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world. The book explores how the world’s football codes - soccer, rugby league, rugby union, American, Australian, Canadian and Gaelic - developed as part of the commercialised leisure industry in the nineteenth century. Football, however and wherever it was played, was a product of the second industrial revolution, the rise of the mass media, and the spirit of the age of the masses. Important reading for students of sports studies, history, sociology, development and management, this book is also a valuable resource for scholars and academics involved in the study of football in all its forms, as well as an engrossing read for anyone interested in the early history of football.
