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“david t mayeda”

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  • Fighting for Acceptance

    Mixed Martial Artists and Violence in American Society

    by David T. Mayeda ...
    In recent years, mixed martial arts, also known as "ultimate fighting", has become the fastest-growing sport in American society, but it is also considered the most controversial. Based on interviews conducted with forty mixed martial arts athletes, Fighting for Acceptance answers these questions:Who are the ultimate fighters? How did they become involved in the sport? What goes on in their heads ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

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  • Unconscious Putting

    Dave Stockton's Guide to Unlocking Your Signature Stroke

    by Dave Stockton, Matthew Rudy ...
    "The Pro Tours' Hottest Coach" (Golf Digest) reveals the secrets that helped Phil Mickelson win the 2010 Masters and can utterly transform every player's game.When a resurgent Phil Mickelson won the Tour Championship in September 2009, he was quick to credit a series of simple putting lessons from veteran golf champion and instructor Dave Stockton. As a top coach, Stockton has taught a long list ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories

    by Patrick F. McManus ...
    The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories is a hilarious addition to Patrick F. McManus’s existing work in humor. The author weighs in on his childhood, everyday life, and outdoor tales with his typical exaggerated commentary that will elicit a belly laugh from all types of readers.Read about the antics of Patrick’s friends Rancid Crabtree and Retch Sweeney in such stories as “Shaping Up for the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Training for the New Alpinism

    A Manual for the Climber as Athlete

    by Steve House, Scott Johnston ...
    In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of U.S. National Champions and World Cup Nordic Skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • Are We There Yet?

    Tales from the Never-Ending Travels of WWE Superst

    by Robert Caprio ...
    Series series WWE
    Go on the road with your favorite WWE Superstars!Your favorite WWE Superstars have more road trip stories to tell than they have frequent flier miles. Travel more than a million miles with The Big Show, Triple H, Lita, Stone Cold, and the rest of the WWE roster. Read all about their crazy and hilarious misadventures—Big Show being too large to fit into the shower, Triple H’s hilarious run-in with ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • ESPN: The Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge

    Edited by Steve Wulf ...
    In The ESPN Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge, Steve Wulf, acclaimed author and founding editor of ESPN The Magazine, delivers an arena’s worth of sporting wisdom, trivia, best-of lists, curiosities, legendary feats, and sacred objects–from the magic of Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech to the lore of hockey’s Stanley Cup to the art of the perfectly thrown Wiffle Ball pitch. Written to remind us all why ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Mad Dog 100

    The Greatest Sports Arguments of All Time

    by Chris Russo, Allen St. John ...
    THE ESSENTIAL BOOK FOR ANY SPORTS FAN, FROM ONE OF THE REIGNING KINGS OF SPORTS TALK RADIO, CHRISTOPHER “MAD DOG” RUSSOWhich was the greater achievement, Ted Williams’s .406 season or Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak?Who’d be left standing in a battle between Joe Louis and Mohammed Ali?Which NBA team was the greatest of all time—the ’66–’67 Celtics? The ’71–’72 Lakers? What about the ’95–’96 ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Beyond the Game

    The Collected Sportswriting of Gary Smith

    by Gary Smith ...
    Fifteen compelling stories from the acclaimed Sports Illustrated correspondent who's been hailed as one of America's finest sportswriters.Gary Smith's sportswriting stands among the best journalism being written today. His award-winning stories shatter the confines of traditional sports reportage, getting beneath the wins and losses and penetrating into the hearts of the athletes themselves into ... Read more

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  • Best Canadian Sports Writing

    Edited by Stacey May Fowles, Pasha Malla ...
    38 pieces that will be remembered for seasons to comeFor 25 years, sports journalists south of the border have been collected in best-of anthologies. With Best Canadian Sports Writing, editors Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla offer a long overdue rejoinder from the North, showcasing top literary sports writing from diverse homegrown talent.This extraordinary anthology of recent writing mixes ... Read more

    $10.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Circling the Bases

    Essays on the Challenges and Prospects of the Sports Industry

    by Andrew Zimbalist ...
    In Circling the Bases, leading sports economist Andrew Zimbalist continues his discussion and analysis of the major issues and challenges confronting the sports industry in the second decade of the 21st century. Presenting a general overview of the sports business at both the college and professional levels, this volume places concerns such as the antitrust status of sports leagues, the stalled ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • One Great Game

    Two Teams, Two Dreams, in the First Ever National Championship High School Football Game

    by Don Wallace ...
    For more than a century, no Number 1 and Number 2 high schoolfootball team had ever met -- until October 6, 2001One Great GameThis is the story of two teams -- Concord De La Salle, a private Catholic school in an upscale Northern California suburb, and Long Beach Poly, a proud public institution from a blue-collar SoCal seaport -- striving to achieve the same goal: the all-American dream.In this ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Identity and Myth in Sports Documentaries

    Critical Essays

    Edited by Zachary Ingle, David M. Sutera ...
    Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, yet few scholarly articles have been published on these works. In Identity and Myth in Sports Documentaries, editors Zachary Ingle and David M. Sutera have assembled a collection of essays that show how myth and identity—national, religious, ethnic, and racial—are constructed, perpetuated, or questioned in documentaries produced in the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD