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By Philippe Van Rjndt, Patrick Blednick. 1985
By James P Quirk, Rodney D Fort. 1999
Professional sports today has billionaire owners and millionaire players who squabble over money, pro teams that generate huge annual revenues…
whose owners seem willing to move to any city willing to promise increased profits, and mayors who continue to cook up "sweetheart deals" that lavish benefits on wealthy teams while imposing crushing financial hardships on cities. Economists Quirk and Fort explain how things have gotten to this point and propose a way out. 1999.By Martin O'Malley, Sean O'Malley. 1994
The authors take us for a behind-the-scenes look at the Blue Jays and Skydome. They include a tour of the…
clubhouse, umpire's room, batting cage, press box. They talk to everyone involved with the game, from Skydome executives to ticket vendors, as well as the media who cover the team. Some strong language. 1994.By Don Bartlett, Fredrik Ekelund, Karl Ove Knausgård. 2017
Karl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Skåne with his wife, four small children, and dog. He is watching…
soccer on TV and falls asleep in front of the set. He likes 0-0 draws, cigarettes, coffee, and Argentina. Fredrik Ekelund is away, in Brazil, where he plays soccer on the beach and watches matches with others. Ekelund loves games that end up 4-3 and teams that play beautiful soccer. He likes caipirinhas and Brazil. In this unusual soccer book the two authors use soccer and the World Cup in Brazil as the arena for reflections on life and death, art and politics, class and literature. This exchange of letters opens up new vistas and gives us stories from the lives of two creative writers. We get under their skin and gain insight into their relationships with modern times and soccer's place in their lives, the significance the game has for people in general, and the question Was this the best soccer championship ever? 2017. Uniform title: Hjemme-borte.By Paul Quarrington. 1988
A behind-the-scenes look at Canada's Olympic team, formed in 1985, through the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. The problems and politics…
of a national hockey team are presented with humour and candor.By David Adams Richards. 1996
By Stephen Brunt. 2009
Sportswriter Brunt reveals how "the Great One," who was bought and sold more than once, decided that the comfortable Canadian…
city where hockey ruled couldn't compete with the slushy ice of a California franchise. Captures the feelings of shock and betrayal set off by 'The Trade'. 2009.By George Vecsey. 2014
George Vecsey of The New York Times offers an eye-opening, globetrotting account of the last eight World Cups. Vecsey immerses…
himself in the great national leagues, historic clubs, devoted fans, and passionate rivalries and gives us his up-close impressions of charismatic stars like Socrates, Maradona, Baggio, and Zidane, while also chronicling the rise of the U.S. men's and women's teams. c2014.By Beverley Smith, Dan Diamond. 1994
A comprehensive overview of figure skating and its participants (up to 1995). Included in the book are descriptions of the…
"moves" performed by skaters, the various styles of skating, the history of the sport and brief biographies of some of the major stars of the sport, past and present. 1994.By John Gierach. 1992
Sixteen outdoor essays by a devoted fly fisher about his sport. Relates tales of fishing trips to rural farm ponds…
and mountain streams, and tells of an upscale trout club, where members fish with thousand-dollar custom rods. In "The Poacher," the author relates his humorous excursions to private ponds with a wily fishing pal. c1992.By Helaine Becker, Dominique Chichera-Mangione. 2010
Quelles sont les origines du hockey et de son équipement? Où fut créée la première ligue canadienne? Qui se cache…
derrière la Coupe Stanley? Qu'est-ce que le tour du chapeau? Qui est Tim Horton? Une histoire fouillée du hockey, de ses origines jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Les statistiques y côtoient des anecdotes loufoques ou embarrassantes, mais toujours véridiques en filigrane desquelles renaissent de leurs cendres les moments mémorables et les vedettes ayant marqué l'évolution du sport national canadien. Des questionnaires pour tester ses connaissances et des vignettes humoristiques émaillent le tout. Années 3-6 et plus. 2010. Titre uniforme: The hilarious history of hockey.By Don Cherry. 2016
For over a decade, Don Cherry hosted the TV show Grapevine, which brought viewers up close and personal with the…
biggest names in sports. Presents behind-the-scenes access to some of his most fascinating and revealing interviews with the all-time greats. Includes stories about hockey greats Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe, and athletes and officials from other sports such as boxing, snooker, and baseball. Bestseller. 2016.By Don Cherry, Al Strachan. 2008
Former hockey player and coach Don Cherry's comments on Hockey Night in Canada's "Coach's Corner" routinely make headlines as they…
entertain, educate, and often upset some fans throughout North America. Now he presents his favourite stories from his career in hockey. And you can imagine the stories he has to tell. c2008.By Ernest George Schwiebert. 1980
Collection of fourteen stories about trout and salmon fishing by an ardent practitioner of the sport. He describes experiences in…
Iceland, Ireland, England, Norway, the Alaskan wilderness, Michigan, and the rugged rivers of the American West. 1980.By Adrian Shubert. 1999
Discusses bullfighting as a social institution within the framework of a broader society. Traces modern bullfighting from the eighteenth to…
the twentieth century, revealing changes in Spanish attitudes toward entrepreneurship and the bullfighters. Views the sport from the perspectives of business, politics, and gender. 1999.By Linda Granfield. 1997
By Chris Gudgeon. 1998
Gudgeon travels across Canada as he explores the role of fish and fishing in the Canadian identity. In his fish…
tales, he considers cod in Newfoundland, fishes for Tyee salmon in B.C., whitefish in Gimli, shark near Halifax, and experiences ice fishing near Montreal with aging rock star Lamont Dore. 1998.By Mark Hyman, Jon Miller. 1998
Longtime Baltimore Orioles announcer and later ESPN broadcaster reminisces about his three decades in baseball. Discusses famous players including Cal…
Ripken and Reggie Jackson, the development of interleague play, the unions, the new breed of players, and the owners. 1998.By David Winner. 2001
The Netherlands has one of the world's most distinctive and sophisticated football cultures. From the birth of Total Football in…
the sixties, through two decades of World Cup near misses to the exiles who remade clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea in their own image, the Dutch have often been dazzlingly original and influential. The elements of their style (exquisite skills, adventurous attacking tactics, a unique blend of individual creativity and teamwork, weird patterns of self-destruction) reflect the country's culture and history. 2001.By Janet Zeller. 2009
Presents strategies that give people of all abilities the opportunity to discover the challenge, freedom, and renewal found in paddling.…
Written by adaptive paddling pioneer Janet A. Zeller, presents best practices based on her years of experience and the experiences of other instructors and recreation and health care professionals. Includes tested instructional techniques and equipment adaptations as well as safety information and rescue protocols. c2009.