What's My Name, Fool?

What's My Name, Fool?

Author: Dave Zirin

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-02

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1458786986

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In Whats My Name, Fool? sports writer Dave Zirin shows how sports express the worst - and at times the most creative, exciting, and political - features of our society. Zirins sharp and insightful commentary on the personalities, politics, and history of American sports is unlike any sports writing being done today. Zirin explores how NBA brawls highlight tensions beyond the arena, how the bold stances taken by sports unions can chart a path for the entire labor movement, and the unexplored political stirrings of a new generation of athletes who are no longer content to just ''play one game at a time.'' Whats My Name, Fool? draws on original interviews with former heavyweight champ George Foreman, Olympic athlete John Carlos, NBA player and anti-death penalty activist Etan Thomas, antiwar womens college hoopster Toni Smith, Olympic Project for Human Rights leader Lee Evans and many others. It also unearths a history of athletes ranging from Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali to Billie Jean King, who charted a new course through their athletic ability and their outspoken views.


Sports Day

Sports Day

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Publisher: Child's Play International

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781846434884

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Children enjoy a school sports day in this story that addresses such questions as: Which team am I in? Where do I go? Who's the winner? and many more. Includes tips for reading with young children.


Methodology in Sports History

Methodology in Sports History

Author: Wray Vamplew

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1351727702

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The process of converting the ‘past’ into ‘history’ involves engagement with a multitude of different sources and methods, and sports historians inevitably participate in the same debates over approaches and methodologies as their counterparts in other historical disciplines. At its heart, history remains a genre of empirical knowledge that is based upon the remains of the past, and without suitable evidence, there can be no sports history. A burgeoning range of sources has stimulated new ways of thinking and a significant expansion in the sports historian’s evidentiary base, as textual sources have been supplemented by photos, films and cartoons, uniforms, architecture, maps and landscapes, and material culture more generally. This book deals with some of these innovations. It is divided into two sections, the first offering chapter-length studies of particular methodologies, and the second, brief responses from experts in their fields to the question ‘what can sports historians learn from other disciplines?’


Sports Day

Sports Day

Author: Mick Inkpen

Publisher: Hodder Children's Books

Published: 2014-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781444918243

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A much-loved classic with a great new cover from the creators of Kipper and Percy the Park Keeper. It's Sports Day! There's games and hoops and bean bags, eggs and spoons - lots of fun to have - excitement, cheers and occasional tears. It's going to be a day to remember! 'The charmingly comical Inkpen, as always, hits the spot.' The Guardian 'Nick Butterworth is one of the best picture book writers alive.' The Independent


Sports Coaching in Europe

Sports Coaching in Europe

Author: Dave Day

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2023-01-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780367542702

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This book explores the historical development of coaching traditions across Europe, placing national approaches to coaching within their cultural and political context. Sports coaching is a social practice that has been shaped by its cultural context, resulting in different countries being characterized by different coaching traditions. By helping us to understand the history of coaching across Europe, this book allows us to better understand both the history of sport and the cultural and social history of Western European nations. Drawing on cutting-edge historical research by international scholars, the book presents studies of coaching cultures in France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom. It explores how sporting histories, cultural attitudes, and social contexts resulted in distinctive coaching heritages, which were further shaped through coach migration and the adoption of elements of other countries' coaching structures. This book explores these phenomena to provide critical evidence of the historical impact of culture on the development of sports coaching. The book offers insight into the characteristics of European coaching traditions. It will be fascinating reading for academics in sports history, sports and coaching studies, gender studies, and transnational studies, as well as those with an interest in British or European history and social and cultural history.


Clifford's Sports Day

Clifford's Sports Day

Author: Norman Bridwell

Publisher: Cartwheel Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9780590629713

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Clifford's enthusiasm knows no limits when Emily Elizabeth takes her big red dog to Sports Day.


Sports History

Sports History

Author: Martin Polley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2006-11-21

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1350307815

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Why should we study the history of sport? What primary sources do sports historians use? How can you make your own sports history work more sophisticated and professional? If you are studying sport or history, and are looking for a deeper appreciation of the ideas and methods involved in the historical study of sport, then this book is essential reading. Through themed chapters, Martin Polley explores: - The nature of sports history. - The importance of the past in contemporary sport. - The types of primary evidence that sports historians use. With numerous practical exercises designed to bring sports history to life, a glossary and extensive guidance to further resources, this indispensable book will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of sports history.


The Sporting Magazine

The Sporting Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1825

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13:

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Includes the annual Racing and steeple-chase calendar (Title: 1792-1845, Racing calendar; 1846-66, Turf register)