Local Sports Hero

Author : Jesse Newman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438997186

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Local Sports Hero: by Jesse Newman Pdf

This book is an easy read (I deliberately chose a large font). Wesley Walker graduated high school right on the cusp of integration. Wilt Chamberlain was being aggressively recruited by the legendary Phog Allen that year. Walker, despite being a highly talented player, never played high school basketball. In the local city leagues, where he was omnipresent, he truly shined. He cosistently scored high, was a positive team player, and is fondly remembered by many from that time for generously sharing his acumen for the game. He was recruited by the Harlem Globe Trotter's farm team, the Jesters. If he had been properly "groomed" by good coaches, or recruited by the University of Kansas at that time, he might have played with Wilt Chamberlain. He should have been recruited at least by one of the Black colleges.The game was changing to a fast break one, and Walker played that kind of game. However, he went into the army instead. There he developed into quite a boxer. His development was cut short by a tragic car wreck, in which he almost lost a leg. Walker fought back, and became a wheelchair champ. In later years, he opened a local gym, and is beloved today by many who personally felt his influence.

Author : Martin Hintz
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1931599076

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Wisconsin Sports Heroes by Martin Hintz Pdf

Meet 55 of Wisconsin's famous athletes, either born or raised in the state of Wisconsin. Designed for the 3rd and 4th grade reading levels.

Author : George Claassen
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780143526995

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In the Words of South African Sporting Heroes by George Claassen Pdf

South Africans embrace their sportsmen and women as heroes and symbols of hope, courage and reconciliation. Collected in In the Words of South African Sporting Heroes are comments - from the inspirational to the humorous to the downright bizarre - by those we hold with such high esteem, on subjects as diverse as Captaincy, Fame, Life, Money in Sport and Being a South African.

Author : George Foster,Norm O'Reilly,Antonio Dávila
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317419303

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Sports Business Management by George Foster,Norm O'Reilly,Antonio Dávila Pdf

Sports Business Management will equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the sport industry. With a focus on management, strategy, marketing, and finance, the decision-making approach of the book emphasizes key concepts while translating them into practice. Foster, O’Reilly, and Dávila present a set of modular chapters supported with plenty of examples, mini-cases, and exercises to help students apply the decision-making approach to real-world situations. Covering an international array of sports and organizations – including the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, US Major League Baseball, and more – the book also covers unique topics such as diversity in sport, the impact of technology, and social media. Rounding this out, the book provides around 50 Harvard/Stanford cases, along with case notes for instructors. This is an ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of sports business and management, fully supported by a companion website featuring PowerPoint slides, test questions, teaching notes, and other tools for instructors.

Author : Aldo Aledda,Luigi Fabbris,Antonio Spallino
Publisher : FrancoAngeli
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8846479491

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Cultural Differences Sport by Aldo Aledda,Luigi Fabbris,Antonio Spallino Pdf

Author : Phyllis J. Perry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313079719

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Exploring the World of Sports by Phyllis J. Perry Pdf

Motivate students to read by using a topic they love-sports-and extend learning across the curriculum! Discussion starters, multidisciplinary activities, and topics for further research follow each reading suggestions. Perry describes subject-specific fiction and nonfiction materials that help students make the transition from fiction to expository text. There are also additional print and nonprint sources. Grades K-5.

Author : John Hughson,David Inglis,Marcus Free
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0415260477

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The Uses of Sport by John Hughson,David Inglis,Marcus Free Pdf

The Uses of Sport provides an essential resource for the study of sport within culture and popular culture.

Author : Eric Dunning,Dominic Malcolm
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415262933

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Sport: Approaches to the study of sport by Eric Dunning,Dominic Malcolm Pdf

A collection of texts providing a useful resource for students in the field of sports studies. Subject headings include approaches to the study of sport, the development and structure of modern sport, sport and power relations, and major issues in contemporary sport.

Author : Juliette Storr
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781666918175

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Gender Inequality in the Bahamas by Juliette Storr Pdf

This book examines sexual power dynamics, long-held patriarchal values, and other harmful attitudes toward women in The Bahamas and Caribbean through the lens of media and law. Though gender politics is pushing these societies toward inclusivity, Storr, adopting a phenomenological framework, argues that, as sites of both reinforcement and resistance to misogynistic norms, future progress must focus on deconstructing the inequitable social institutions underlying unhealthy gender relations.

Author : David Wood,P. Louise Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317991311

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Sporting Cultures by David Wood,P. Louise Johnson Pdf

The essays that comprise this book mark new territory in the study of sport in the Hispanic world, a key site of cultural experience for the populations of Latin America, the United States and the Iberian Peninsula. The scope of the volume is the exploration of the representation and interaction of sport / text / body in a variety of cultural forms in Latin America, Spain and the chicano population of the USA. As such, it opens a path for further study of an area that is experiencing significant growth in the international academic community. The book consists of 11 chapters by different authors, and an introduction, totalling c.85,000 words. The essays deal with the key sporting practices of the Hispanic world, including boxing, baseball, athletics, Olympic movements and football, approaching them as physical manifestations in their own right and as cultural representations (via media images, poetry, narrative fiction, murals) through the research methodologies of the humanities and social sciences. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport

Author : Tony Castro
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781475983890

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The Prince of South Waco by Tony Castro Pdf

In an ideal universe, theirs might have been the perfect love story from two separate worlds. But in the heart of the Bible Belt South, in America of the mid-twentieth century, their young love was forbidden because of their skin color. She was white, lovely, and privileged, growing up in a Tara-like Victorian home. He was Latino, dark-skinned, and working classthe grandson of a Mexican revolutionary who had fought with Pancho Villa. And an innocent waltz at a school May Fetea waltz that they were not permitted to dance togethercame to symbolize their societys racial divide. In The Prince of South Waco, author Tony Castro narrates his sensitive rite-of-passage memoir of growing up Latino in the segregated South in an age when being different in America often brought the cruel, hard reality of the time, along with heartbreak and despair. He recounts how, as a child in an era before bilingual education and affirmative action, he overcame speech and learning disabilities and an inability to speak English to become an honor student with a penchant for literature, the classics, and writing. Throughout his youth, he remained discreetly close to the teenage ballerina who had captured his heart. All the while, he encountered ugly warnings of violence and harmagainst the two of themshould they see each other and defy the ages-old prohibition in the South against interracial relationships. A story taking place before the enactment of civil rights legislation, The Prince of South Waco provides insight into the issue of racial discrimination and hate of the times.

Author : Paul Howard Carlson
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0896725871

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Amarillo by Paul Howard Carlson Pdf

The first comprehensive history of the Queen City of the Texas Panhandle.

Author : William M. Simons
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476647142

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The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2019 and 2021 by William M. Simons Pdf

Selected from the two most recent proceedings of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture (2019 and 2021), this collection of essays explores subject matter centered both inside and beyond the ballpark. Fifteen contributors offer critical commentary on a range of topics, including controversial decisions on the field and in Hall of Fame elections; baseball's historical role as a rite of passage for boys; two worthy catchers who never received their due; the genesis and development of the minor leagues; and baseball's place in popular culture.

Author : Howard J. Blumenthal,Oliver R. Goodenough
Publisher : Billboard Books
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Television
ISBN : 9780823077632

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This Business of Television by Howard J. Blumenthal,Oliver R. Goodenough Pdf

This publication reflects the changes in television, both domestically and internationally and is a useful guide to the legal, economic, and production aspects of the industry.

Author : Roopali Mukherjee,Sarah Banet-Weiser,Herman Gray
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478003250

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Racism Postrace by Roopali Mukherjee,Sarah Banet-Weiser,Herman Gray Pdf

With the election of Barack Obama, the idea that American society had become postracial—that is, race was no longer a main factor in influencing and structuring people's lives—took hold in public consciousness, increasingly accepted by many. The contributors to Racism Postrace examine the concept of postrace and its powerful history and allure, showing how proclamations of a postracial society further normalize racism and obscure structural antiblackness. They trace expressions of postrace over and through a wide variety of cultural texts, events, and people, from sports (LeBron James's move to Miami), music (Pharrell Williams's “Happy”), and television (The Voice and HGTV) to public policy debates, academic disputes, and technology industries. Outlining how postrace ideologies confound struggles for racial justice and equality, the contributors open up new critical avenues for understanding the powerful cultural, discursive, and material conditions that render postrace the racial project of our time. Contributors. Inna Arzumanova, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Aymer Jean Christian, Kevin Fellezs, Roderick A. Ferguson, Herman Gray, Eva C. Hageman, Daniel Martinez HoSang, Victoria E. Johnson, Joseph Lowndes, Roopali Mukherjee, Safiya Umoja Noble, Radhika Parameswaran, Sarah T. Roberts, Catherine R. Squires, Brandi Thompson Summers, Karen Tongson, Cynthia A. Young