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15 Sports Stories

Author: Geeta Menon

Publisher: Children's Book Trust

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9788189750053

"Sport is an activity though indulged in for pleasure, teaches discipline and tolerance. The book inspires kids to play any game in the spirit of the game"--Provided by publisher.

The Giant Book of More Strange But True Sports Stories

Author: Howard Liss

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780394856339

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A collection of 150 unusual occurrences in a dozen different sports.

Unknown, Untold, and Unbelievable Stories of IU Sports

Author: John C. Decker

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-08-01

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0253036178

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A collection of previously unheard-of, incredible tales from the Indiana University Athletics program. For over 125 years, Hoosier athletes and coaches have grabbed headlines with their accomplishments and accolades. Legendary performers and larger-than-life figures have called Bloomington home, and their stories have been passed down through generations. But for every classic tale about a Hoosier athlete, coach, or program, there’s another that’s been forgotten. Until now. After gaining unprecedented access to IU archives and longtime employees, authors John Decker, Pete DiPrimio, and Doug Wilson reveal events and images that were lost for decades. Filled with new and entertaining stories of the people who have made IU Athletics legendary, Unknown, Untold, and Unbelievable Stories of IU Sports is a must-have for any fan. Discover behind-the-scenes stories of: the Olympic Trials featuring Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, and Steve Alford the infamous 1997 black football jerseys Ernie Pyle’s outlandish automobile polo match to raise funds for the IU marching band J. Moye’s notorious block against Duke the time Sam Bell won the bid for an NCAA track meet—without a facility or even bleachers and many more incredible stories from the renowned IU Athletics program “Unknown, Untold, and Unbelievable Stories of IU Sports is packed with enough rare information that, after reading it, anyone—from the casual fan to the dyed-in-the-wool fanatic—can be a Hoosier sports expert on trivia night.” —Bloom Magazine

Over the Net

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1434212130

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Allie loves everything about volleyball except hitting. She doesn't think she's good at it, and every time she messes up, her belief in her own abilities dwindles. Finally, she asks for help. Her idol, Nikki, agrees to coach her once a week. If Allie can learn to spike as well as she blocks, she could become one of the team's strongest players.

Sports Stories

Author: Alan Durant

Publisher: Kingfisher

Published: 2000-09-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780753453223

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With a caliber of stories and extracts several notches above the expected fare in a compilation, this collection includes contributions from Matt Christopher (Wingman on Ice), Walter Dean Myers (Slam!), Enid Bagnold (National Velvet), Ring Lardner (You Know Me Al), P. G. Wodehouse (Mike at Wrykyn), and George R. R. Martin (The Last Superbowl Game). From baseball and basketball to show-jumping and soccer, there's action and inspiration in abundance in this terrific introduction to classic sports writing for children and young adults.

This Is Your Time

Author: Ruby Bridges

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 0593378547

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • CBC KIDS’ BOOK CHOICE AWARD WINNER Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges—who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans—inspires readers and calls for action in this moving letter. Her elegant, memorable gift book is especially uplifting in the wake of Kamala Harris making US history as the first female, first Black, and first South Asian vice president–elect. Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your Time is both a recounting of Ruby’s experience as a child who had to be escorted to class by federal marshals when she was chosen to be one of the first black students to integrate into New Orleans’ all-white public school system and an appeal to generations to come to effect change. This beautifully designed volume features photographs from the 1960s and from today, as well as stunning jacket art from The Problem We All Live With, the 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell depicting Ruby’s walk to school. Ruby’s honest and impassioned words, imbued with love and grace, serve as a moving reminder that “what can inspire tomorrow often lies in our past.” This Is Your Time will electrify people of all ages as the struggle for liberty and justice for all continues and the powerful legacy of Ruby Bridges endures.

The Echoing Green

Author: Joshua Prager

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2008-03-11

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 0307389332

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This is the untold story of the secret scandal behind baseball's most legendary moment:The Shot Heard Round the World. A Washington Post Best Book of the Year. At 3:58 p.m. on October 3, 1951, Bobby Thomson hit a home run off Ralph Branca. The ball sailed over the left field wall and into history. The Giants won the pennant. That moment—the Shot Heard Round the World—reverberated from the West Wing of the White House to the Sing Sing death house to the Polo Grounds clubhouse, where hitter and pitcher forever turned into hero and goat. It was also in that centerfield block of concrete that, after the home run, a Giant coach tucked away a Wollensak telescope. The Echoing Green places that revelation at the heart of a larger story, re-creating in extravagant detail and illuminating as never before the impact of both a moment and a long-guarded secret on the lives of Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca.

Pittsburgh Sports

Author: Randy Roberts

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2002-09-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780822957737

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Summer afternoons at Forbes Field, playoff Sundays with the Steelers, winter nights at the Igloo cheering for Mario and the Penguins: Pittsburgh Sports captures all that and more. With stories from sports fans, historians, and former athletes, Pittsburgh Sports mixes personal experiences with team histories to capture the full range of what it means to be a sports fan—in Pittsburgh, or, by extension, anywhere. A book that can be read cover-to-cover, or in bits and pieces, Pittsburgh Sports includes chapters on the ill-fated Pittsburgh Pipers, who won the American Basketball Association’s first championship, then folded four years later; the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays, perennial Negro League powerhouses; Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, and other legends of western Pennsylvania high school football; boxing’s illustrious past in the Iron City; football reminiscences by a former Steelers punter; and the ups and downs of the Pittsburgh Pirates.