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Seasoned pro golfer Travis McKinley is cruising toward a new season when he misses a putt on the 18th green. Just like that, he's down and out and off the Senior Tour, his career all but dead. Then Travis is visited by a mysterious stranger whose vision is clear. Go back to the beginning. The very beginning. Taking his advice both literally and to heart, Travis and his family travel to their ancestral home - Scotland. In the place where golf was born,...
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"Do you like being active and competitive? That might be a potential clue to your future career! This book explores what a career in sports might look like. Readers will discover how their interests can lead to a lifelong future career. Aligned to curriculum standards and 21st Century Skills, Career Clues for Kids prepares readers for a successful future. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, sidebars, and author biographies"--
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"A literary knockout." --Sports Illustrated "Thoroughly marvelous... Haygood gives a fine account of Robinson's career, but where this lyrically written biography--with its jazz-inflected prose--truly excels is in its evocation of the culturally rich post-Renaissance Harlem, where Robinson began boxing as a ninth-grade dropout." --Los Angeles Times "Haygood has given us a lot to ponder in this multi-layered biography about a complex man who epitomized...
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"As Americans increasingly embrace soccer, one of the country's most respected sports columnists has been covering the world's signature tournament for three decades. In Eight World Cups George Vecsey of The New York Times pulls back the curtain on the beautiful game. Blending witty travelogue with action on the field--and shady dealings in the back rooms--Vecsey offers an eye-opening, globetrotting account of the last eight World Cups, chronicling...
12) Cheerleading
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Provides a simple introduction to the sport of cheerleading.
13) Football
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Provides a simple introduction to the sport of football.
14) Soccer
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Provides a simple introduction to the sport of soccer.
15) Wrestling
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Provides a simple introduction to the sport of wrestling.
16) Dino-Boarding
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IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding events.
17) Back spin
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The boy was born and raised on the tony Main Line. But he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets. For Myron Bolitar, his client, golf superstar Linda Coldren, comes first--and that means unraveling the mystery of her son's kidnapping. But when Myron goes after the missing boy, he crashes through a crowd of lowlifes, blue bloods, and liars on both sides of the social divide. And as Linda's golf-pro husband suddenly makes a run at the U.S. Open championship,...
18) Basketball
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Provides a simple introduction to the sport of basketball.
20) Sports jokes
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What is served but never eaten? A tennis ball! Young comedians will build vocabulary and learn fun homophone word play sharing Sports Jokes with family and friends. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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