The Secret Lives of Sports Fans
Praise for The Secret Lives of Sports Fans "Adroitly mixing research with feature reporting, Simons unveils some intriguing discoveries. . .
School Children and Sport in Ireland
... sport in 1997. Public expenditure on the areas of sport towards which National Lottery funding is directed amounted to € 131 million in 2004. The remit of sports policy extends over the whole field of competitive and recreational sport ...
The Business of Sports
The book covers professional, Olympic and collegiate sports and each chapter has a fully developed introduction to explaine the relevance of the articles to be presented.
Etude Des Législations Nationales Relatives Au Sport en Europe
... sports legislation has followed the general trends of sport in society . It covers the period following the second world war . Legislation in this period increasingly referred to sport as an economically and socially significant ...
On the Origins of Sports
Never before have the original rules for these sports coexisted in one volume. Brimming with history and miscellany, it is the ultimate sports book for the thinking fan.
Social Issues in Sport
Part IV delves into sport and culture, focusing on social classifications and their powerful effects on sport participation. Ancillary materials are available to aid instructors using this text in the classroom.
Examining Identity in Sports Media
Including the work of top sports communication researchers, Examining Identity in Sports Media explores identity issues, including gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and (dis)ability, as well as the intersections within ...
So, You Want to Work in Sports?
Preserve the past as a sports archivist if you like history. Enter the medical field and help injured athletes get back in the game. This book covers not just the most well-known jobs in the industry, but also vital behind-the-scenes roles.
The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
... Sport in Morocco , ' ' Little Brown Bird , ' ' Pheasants , ' ' The American Quail , ' ' A Visit to a Modern Shooting School , ' ' Sport in the Channel Islands , ' ' In the Grey Morning . ' SKATING . See ' Winter Sports in Friesland ...
Psychological Approaches to Sports Injury Rehabilitation
This text shows readers how to apply groundbreaking psychological techniques to enhance sports rehabilitation programs.
Sports and Athletics Developments
There is perhaps more learned about life on the playing fields than anywhere else. Even the most disparate people can find common ground on sports or teams. This book brings together developments in this diverse field.
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
... sports have suffered much , e.g. , hunting is not what it was , it is too expensive , and so fields are smaller , various modes of raising money are resorted to which make people shy of joining the Hunt . The death duties imposed by the ...
Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East
... Sports Championship in Muscat in 2015. Such an approach contributes to liberating women's sports at the professional level . Challenges Sports venues were a common first answer that interviewees stated in the discussions about the ...
The "hand of God"?
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Sports Technology
Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two
The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
... sport than one not so much behind the scenes . In answer , practically everyone speaks in sanguine tone of the pros- pects ahead . The Earl of Lonsdale thinks that the feeling on fox - hunting all through the shires is as good now as ...
Larceny Games
And the NFL states no game of theirs has come under outside influence – ever. These, however, are lies. The proof resides in FBI files only recently uncovered and discussed in Larceny Games.
The Economics of Sports
This accessible text is supported by a companion website which includes resources for students and instructors. It is the perfect text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on sports economics.
The Economics of Sport and the Media
... Sports Finance ' , Journal of Sports Economics , 1 ( 3 ) , 257- 276 . Bourg , J.F. ( 2003 ) , ' Professional Team Sports in Europe : Which Economic Model ? ' , in R. Fort and J. Fizel ( eds ) , International Perspectives on Sports ...
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
... sport as interpreted by dogmatists ; according to the rule they lay down , it is not " sport " to handle the lines in cod - fishing , but I take leave to differ with those who say so . I have tried a voyage in a cod - banger , and have ...