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  • Public-Private Partnerships for Major League Sports Facilities

    by Judith Grant Long ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport Business and Management
    This volume takes readers inside the high-stakes game of public-private partnerships for major league sports facilities, explaining why some cities made better deals than others, assessing the best practices and common pitfalls in deal structuring and facility leases, as well as highlighting important differences across markets, leagues, facility types, public actors, subsidy delivery mechanisms, ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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  • The Choice

    by Philly McMahon ...
    When Dublin footballer Philly McMahon lost his older brother John in 2012, it brought to an end a painful decade, during which John had slipped from the family circle into a deteriorating cycle of addiction. The effects were personally devastating, but amidst the loss there was a glimmer of hope, of opportunity, and what ultimately became the starting point for a journey of remarkable self ... Read more

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  • A Well-Paid Slave

    Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

    by Brad Snyder ...
    A “captivating”* look at how center fielder Curt Flood's refusal to accept a trade changed Major League Baseball forever.After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events that would change professional sports forever. At the time there were no free agents, no no-trade clauses. When a player was ... Read more

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  • The Lords of the Realm

    The Real History of Baseball

    by John Helyar ...
    "The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game."—The New York Times Book ReviewBaseball has always inspired rhapsodic elegies on the glory of man and golden memories of wonderful times. But what you see on the field is only half the game.In this fascinating, colorful chronicle—based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging—John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary ... Read more

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  • A Month at the Brickyard

    The Incredible Indy 500

    by Sonny Kleinfield ...
    An all-access pass to Pit Row and beyond at the world's most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500 auto race is the most prestigious event in all of motor sports. Race cars roar two hundred times around the track at dizzying speeds of more than two hundred miles per hour in front of a massive crowd—and millions more watching on television. Every spring, drivers, teams, ... Read more

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  • Different Class

    My Favourite Sporting Memories

    by Jimmy Magee ...
    The Memory Man – a sobriquet earned for his uncanny ability to recall virtually any sporting trivia – not only gives us his entertaining and forensic insight into which sporting moments he believes can be justifiably described as in a Different Class, but sports fans will also be thrilled to finally discover who Jimmy Magee really thinks is the best of the best – or the most over-rated for that ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of Sports Technology and Engineering

    Edited by Aleksandar Subic, Martin Strangwood, Rabindra Mehta, Franz Fuss ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    From carbon fibre racing bikes to ‘sharkskin’ swimsuits, the application of cutting-edge design, technology and engineering has proved to be a vital ingredient in enhanced sports performance. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of contemporary sports technology and engineering, providing a complete overview of academic, professional and industrial knowledge and technique.The ... Read more

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  • Making March Madness

    The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships, 1922-1951

    by Chad Carlson ...
    Series series Sport, Culture, and Society
    Throughout the NCAA Tournament’s history, underdogs, Cinderella stories, and upsets have captured the attention and imagination of fans. Making March Madness is the story of this premiere tournament, from its early days in Kansas City, to its move to Madison Square Garden, to its surviving a point-shaving scandal in New York and taking its games to different sites across the country.Chad Carlson’s ... Read more

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    The Physics of Winter Sports

    by Mark Denny ...
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  • Dean's List

    A Celebration of Tar Heel Basketball and Dean Smith

    by Art Chansky ...
    In 1961 a thirty-year-old, soft-spoken coach took over a basketball program that had been rocked by accusations and internal concerns regarding recruiting violations and the image of the team. Today that coach has won nearly 80 percent of his games, finished first in the Atlantic Coast Conference 17 times, won 12 ACC Tournament titles, one Olympic gold medal, an NIT trophy, and two NCAA ... Read more

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  • Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events

    Second Edition

    by Eric C. Schwarz, Hans Westerbeek, Dongfeng Liu, Paul Emery, Paul Turner ...
    Sport events are inextricably linked to the places in which they are hosted. High-profile events require high-quality venues, and the proper management of facilities is crucial to their success. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events is still the only textbook to introduce the fundamentals of sport facility and event management in an ... Read more

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