Author: Thomas F. Scanlon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: athletics, greek, eros
Number of Pages: 468
Published: 2002-02-07
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0195149858
ISBN-13: 9780195149852

Ancient Greek athletics offer us a clear window on many important aspects of ancient culture, some of which have distinct parallels with modern sports and their place in our society. Ancient athletics were closely connected with religion, the formation of young men and women in their gender roles, and the construction of sexuality. Eros was, from one perspective, a major god of the gymnasium where homoerotic liaisons reinforced the traditional hierarchies of Greek culture. But Eros in the athletic sphere was also a symbol of life-affirming friendship and even of political freedom in the face o

Author: Samuel R. Bakere
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: athletics, sports, topics
Number of Pages: 170
Published: 2008-07-30
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 1604560770
ISBN-13: 9781604560770

Sports and athletics are at once big business, spectator sports, body conditioning, mind expanding and it has been said form the only pages of most newspapers which are truthful and without political agendas. This book presents articles which are of current interest in the field.

Author: Stephen G. Miller
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: athletics, greek, ancient
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-08-01
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0300115296
ISBN-13: 9780300115291

Author: Crowther Samuel
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: athletics, track, rowing
Number of Pages: 478
Published: 2009-08-20
List price: $36.75
ISBN-10: 1113464607
ISBN-13: 9781113464606

Author: Samuel Crowther
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: athletics, track, rowing
Number of Pages: 476
Published: 2008-12-09
List price: $36.75
ISBN-10: 0559746873
ISBN-13: 9780559746871

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author: Semyon M. Slobounov
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: consequences, causes, athletics, injuries
Number of Pages: 559
Published: 2008-07-02
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 0387725768
ISBN-13: 9780387725765

Over the past decade, the scientific information on psychology of injury has increased considerably. Despite dramatic advances in physical education of coaches, field of medicine, athletic training, and physical therapy, the sport-related traumatic injuries is our major concern. Athletic injuries, both single and multiple, have a tendency to grow dramatically. Accordingly, prevention of sport-related injuries is a major challenge facing the sport medicine world today. The purpose of this book is to accumulate the latest development in psychological analyses, evaluation, and management of sport

Author: Bob Eger
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Keywords: devil, athletics, sun, history, amp, gold, maroon
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2001-09-24
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1582612234
ISBN-13: 9781582612232

In Maroon & Gold: A History of Sun Devil Athletics, veteran sportswriter Bob Eger recounts not only the most-celebrated moments but many little-known items from the university’s colorful sports history. From turn-of-the-century football legend Charlie Haigler to the electrifying Whizzer White to latter-day star Jake Plummer, the rich football lineage is well documented. But this is much more than a football book. Who could forget coach Ned Wulk’s great basketball teams of the early 1960s or the five national basketball titles? It’s a little-known fact that women were part