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Author: Mike Douchant
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 772
ISBN-13: 9780787610333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKViewed by more fans than either the World Series or the Super Bowl, college basketball's championship series is the single biggest sporting event in America today. This is the most comprehensive source on the sport, covering not just the 17-day NCAA championship, but every aspect of college basketball in the U.S. as well. 200 photos.
Author: Michael Douchant
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 748
ISBN-13: 9781578590094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollege basketball expert Mike Douchant's passion for the game is contagious.In this insightful and highly readable guide, he captures all the excitement, exploring college basketball in exhaustive detail from its early years to thepresent. 200 photos.
Author: Jay Coakley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-08-19
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1134696965
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a unique collection of personal stories of people involved in sport. Four main sections are covered: being introduced to sports; becoming an athlete; doing sports, and life beyond the playing field.
Author: C. Richard King
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780803227538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough many Americans might be aware of the Olympian and football Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe or of Navajo golfer Notah Begay, few know of the fundamental role that Native athletes have played in modern sports: introducing popular games and contests, excelling as players, and distinguishing themselves as coaches. The full breadth and richness of this tradition unfolds in Native Athletes in Sport and Society, which highlights the accomplishments of Indigenous athletes in the United States and Canada but also explores what these accomplishments have meant to Native American spectators and citizens alike. ø Here are Thorpe and Begay as well as the Winnebago baseball player George Johnson, the Snohomish Notre Dame center Thomas Yarr, the Penobscot baseball player Louis Francis Sockalexis, and the Lakota basketball player SuAnne Big Crow. Their stories are told alongside those of Native athletic teams such as the NFL?s Oorang Indians, the Shiprock Cardinals (a Navajo women?s basketball team), the women athletes of the Six Nations Reserve, and the Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School?s girls? basketball team, who competed in the 1904 World?s Fair. Superstars and fallen stars, journeymen and amateurs, coaches and gatekeepers, activists and tricksters appear side by side in this collection, their stories articulating the issues of power and possibility, difference and identity, representation and remembrance that have shaped the means and meaning of American Indians playing sport in North America.
Author: David K. Wiggins
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-03-26
Total Pages: 1137
ISBN-13: 131747743X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations. The entries cover all professional, amateur, and college sports such as baseball, tennis, and golf.
Author: T. McFall
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-10-15
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1137384565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe economics of the NCAA Division I men's basketball league are peculiar because it fails to hire the best college-aged players and does little to enhance competitive balance within the league. The league's policy decisions and its ability to remain economically viable, despite its short-sighted governance decisions, are discussed.
Author: Andrew C. Billings
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2021-02-02
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1544393156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommunication and Sport: Surveying the Field provides students with an understanding of sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations through an examination of a wide range of topics. Authors Andrew C. Billings and Michael L. Butterworth address everything from youth to amateur to professional sports through varied lenses, including mythology, community, and identity. A comprehensive focus on communication scholarship gives attention to the ways that sports produce, maintain, or resist cultural attitudes about race, gender, sexuality, class, and politics. The Fourth Edition includes new interviews with prominent figures in the field and new discussions on current events like the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author: Frank Hoffmann
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-23
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 1135419930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamine the social and cultural impact of basketball on America at the amateur and professional levels! Basketball in America: From the Playgrounds to Jordan’s Game and Beyond is a pioneering analysis of the history of basketball and its effect on popular culture from the 1970s to today. The popularity of basketball is undeniable, and the subject allows for such a broad range of interpretations in popular culture. It cuts across economic, racial, and social boundaries, and its major stars cross over into other forms of popular entertainment more than any other professional sport. This book examines the entire scope of modern basketball history, from the playgrounds, where people first learn the fundamentals, to the college and professional levels. Basketball in America is a collection of essays that explores the intersection of basketball and popular culture in America. The contributors are an eclectic mix of writers, scholars, journalists, former players, coaches, and sports enthusiasts who all share an undying love for the game of basketball. The authors analyze the sport from a cross-cultural and historical perspective—digging deep into the profound popular cultural influences of basketball and exploring the scope and depth of its influence. This is the first book that examines the social and cultural impact of basketball on American society to reveal how tightly it is woven into America’s cultural fabric. Also included are photographs and tables to enhance your understanding of the material. Topics covered in Basketball in America include: Elgin Baylor—the first “modern” basketball player Chocolate Thunder and Short Shorts: The NBA in the 1970s Dr. J, Bird, Magic, Jordan, and the Bad Boys: The NBA in the 1980s The Jordan Era: The NBA in the 1990s LeBron James and the future of the NBA the Nike brand and popular culture lessons learned from legendary UNC coach Dean Smith professional women’s basketball and much more! Basketball in America is a comprehensive analysis that will appeal to anyone interested in understanding how the sport has become an integral part of our national culture. It is an insightful read for sports fans as well as for sports historians. In addition, this book can be used as a textbook in sports history or sociology of sports classes. It will entertain and inform those who treasure basketball and the role it plays in the American consciousness. Make it part of your collection today!
Author: C. Richard King
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-10-24
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 1317595327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor more than a century, sporting spectacles, media coverage, and popular audiences have staged athletics in black and white. Commercial, media, and academic accounts have routinely erased, excluded, ignored, and otherwise made absent the Asian American presence in sport. This book seeks to redress this pattern of neglect, presenting a comprehensive perspective on the history and significance of Asian American athletes, coaches, and teams in North America. The contributors interrogate the sociocultural contexts in which Asian Americans lived and played, detailing the articulations of power and possibility, difference and identity, representation and remembrance that have shaped the means and meanings of Asian Americans playing sport in North America. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of the Asian American experience, ethnic relations, and the history of sport.
Author: Deborah L. Feltz
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780736059992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSelf-belief, known as 'self-efficacy' by sports psychologists is widely believed to be an essential component of sporting success. This volume examines the nature of efficacy as it applies to sporting behaviour in coaches, athletes and teams.
