Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Boxing written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Basketball written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Baseball written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Soccer written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Sports Films written by K Edgington and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this reference volume, more than 200 fictional feature-length movies with a primary focus on an athletic endeavor are discussed, including comedies, dramas, and biopics. Brief summaries and credit information are provided for an additional 200 films, and appendixes include made-for-teleivion movies and documentaries.

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Golf written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Indoor Sports written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Track and Field written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Tennis written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Boxing written by Gerald Early and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers accessible and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of boxing around the globe.

Download or read book Combat Sports written by David L. Hudson Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fistic combat represents the greatest human drama in all of sport. Roman gladiators thrilled citizens and emperors alike when they entered the octagon to face an intense, life-threatening experience. Boxing, the sport of kings, also has its roots in the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Banned in 500 A.D. by the Emperor Theodoric, it resurfaced twelve centuries later in England. John Milton praised it as a noble art for building character in young men, and sports writer A.J. Leibling dubbed it the Sweet Science. Many of its major protagonists - men such as Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali - have become transcendent, near-mythic heroes. But boxing is not the only combat sport, and mixed martial arts, in all their ferocious beauty, represent the fastest growing sports genre in the world. Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) has joined boxing in paying seven figures to some of its champions, and draws millions in its pay-per-view events. This book details leading figures in boxing, sumo wrestling, kickboxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, and mixed martial arts (including organizations such as Ultimate Fighting, PRIDE, K-1, Total Combat, and SportFighting). Over 150 entries cover champions, contenders, and other famous combatants from all over the world, as well as legendary promoters, managers, trainers, and events. Also included in this encyclopedia are sidebars on controversies, highlights, brief bios, and other noteworthy events, along with a general timeline. .

Download or read book The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports Horse Racing written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."

Download or read book The First Black Boxing Champions written by Colleen Aycock and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first African American world champion; to the flamboyant Jack Johnson, deemed such a threat to white society that film of his defeat of former champion and "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries was banned across much of the country. Photographs, period drawings, cartoons, and fight posters enhance the biographies. Round-by-round coverage of select historic fights is included, as is a foreword by Hall-of-Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein.

Download or read book Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners 1917 2000 written by Heinz-D. Fischer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presents the history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A to E the awarding of the prize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to the decisions.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Sport written by David Levinson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with every conceivable fact that anyone would possibly want to know about nearly 300 sports, including history and practice worldwide.

Download or read book Sociological Perspectives on Sport written by David Karen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociological Perspectives on Sport: The Games Outside the Games seeks not only to inform students about the sports world but also to offer them analytical skills and the application of theoretical perspectives that deepen their awareness and understanding of social processes linking sports to the larger social world. With six original framing essays linking sport to a variety of topics, including race, class, gender, media, politics, deviance, and globalization, and 37 reprinted articles, this text/reader sets a new standard for excellence in teaching sports and society.