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Sports Illustrated, March 27, 2006
Author: Sports Illustrated, March 6, 2006
Author: Sports Illustrated, February 27, 2006
Author: Sports Illustrated, March 20, 2006
Author: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, NOV. 13, 2006
Author: Shock the World
Author: Peter F. BurnsPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1555537774
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
How Jim Calhoun made the University of Connecticut a basketball powerhouse and became the greatest coach of his generation
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, NOV 27, 2006
Author: ESPN
Author: Travis VoganPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252097866
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Once a shoestring operation built on plywood sets and Australian rules football, ESPN has evolved into a media colossus. A genius for cross-promotion and its near-mystical rapport with its viewers empower the network to set agendas and create superstars, to curate sports history even as it mainstreams the latest cultural trends. Travis Vogan teams archival research and interviews with an all-star cast to pen the definitive account of how ESPN turned X's and O's into billions of $$$. Vogan's institutional and cultural history focuses on the network since 1998, the year it launched a high-motor effort to craft its brand and grow audiences across media platforms. As he shows, innovative properties like SportsCentury, ESPN The Magazine, and 30 for 30 built the network's cultural caché. This credibility, in turn, propelled ESPN's transformation into an entity that lapped its run-of-the-mill competitors and helped fulfill its self-proclaimed status as the "Worldwide Leader in Sports." Ambitious and long overdue, ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire offers an inside look at how the network changed an industry and reshaped the very way we live as sports fans.
The Fix Is Still In
Author: Brian TuohyPublisher: Feral House
ISBN: 1627310878
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In this long-anticipated sequel to his jarring takedown of professional sports, The Fix Is In, internationally recognized game fixing expert and scholarly authority Brian Tuohy further reveals the truths all sports fans need to know. Based on dedicated research and previously unreleased FBI files, each chapter exposes sports in a manner none of the major leagues’ broadcast partners would dare attempt. No sport or league is spared as Tuohy rips through not only the likes of the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and NASCAR, but also the PGA, UFC, eSports, horse racing, boxing, and both NCAA football and basketball. Along the way, championships are revealed as frauds, referees are exposed as accomplices, and legends are demolished. No sports fans should watch another game until they read this book and understand what truly is being presented as “pure” in America’s professional sports leagues.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2007-2008
Author: William M. SimonsPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786453311
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
This anthology gathers selected papers from the 2007 and 2008 meetings of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, the long-running academic conference held annually at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Essays included employ the national pastime to comment on issues transcending the playing field, and are divided into six sections: "Cultural Perspectives on the Game," "Literary Baseball," "Baseball at the Movies," "Minority Standard Bearers," "New Leagues," and "The Business of Baseball."