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Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to some of the key events in the development of the game that has become known as America's national pastime.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the history of basketball from the 1890s to today, including discussion of prominent teams, women's teams, and the National Basketball Association.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the sport of soccer from its reputed origin to its current level of popularity, introducing its rules, governing bodies, roles for women, and international competitions.
11) Tennis
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A detailed history of the sport of tennis including its origins, evolution, cultural and sociological aspects, major tournaments, and outstanding players.
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Whether Connecticut fans were cheering on Connecticut teams in baseball's major or minor leagues or watching their native sons participate in America's favorite pastime all across the country, they have taken satisfaction in the contributions of the Nutmeg State. As former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent notes in his foreword, Don Harrison has lovingly assembled the best selections from a lifetime spent covering Connecticut's corner of the game....
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The Duke University men's basketball program is certainly one such tradition, and Lewis Bowling has assembled more than two hundred brilliant photographs spanning the entire history of the program to show it. Enjoy a front-row view as this distinctive collection recounts Blue Devil glory, from the first teams of Trinity College through Eddie Cameron's masterful guidance and, of course, the unrivaled success under the watch of Coach K. Featuring forewords...
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Virginia, mother of presidents, is also the mother of American horse racing. From the very beginning, Virginians have risked it all on the track as eagerly as on the battlefield. Follow the bloodlines of three foundation sires of the American Thoroughbred through generations of rollicking races and larger-than-life grandees wagering kingly stakes, sometimes on horses not yet born. How did the horse nicknamed Damn His Eyes get protection money from...
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The Medicos, the Purple Hurricane, the Seceders- all South Carolina football mascots that long ago drifted into history. From as early as 1889, college football began to take hold of South Carolina. The fans of the state's first intercollegiate game could hardly have foreseen how it would steadily grow from a competition between amateurs into tightly organized teams with well-paid coaches and demanding alumni, all with a passionate desire to win....
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Anyone who has spent time in Syracuse, New York knows that basketball season is the most wonderful time of the year. And while the local popularity of the sport is known nationwide, the region also has a long and rich basketball history. Sports historian Mark Baker traces the evolution of Syracuse's "hoops roots," beginning in the early days, when local, national and college basketball organizations were primitive institutions. It was during this...
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South Carolina has a proud tradition of high school football stretching back to the 1890s, making the sport one of the most celebrated in the state. Discover how Florence High School-- sometimes dubbed the Yellow Jackets or the Golden Tornados--won the first four state titles, a record that has been tied but never broken. And learn about the aftermath of a 1922 game between Columbia and Charleston, when violent Columbia fans hurled eggs at the Charleston...
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Former Clemson coach Charley Pell once said that the outcome of the Carolina-Clemson rivalry "decides who walks down the street as state champion and who hides in a closet for a year." That's the way it goes in the Palmetto State when these two football teams get together. Playing for the first time in 1896 on a soggy day at the state fair in Columbia, the Gamecocks and the Tigers began a tradition that has lasted over a century. Join award-winning...
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After more than one hundred years of craving a champion, the University of South Carolina finally has one. The 2010 Gamecock baseball team won six consecutive games over eight summer nights to take the College World Series and lay claim to the school's first major national championship. From dancing around in a dark locker room to singing "Silent Night" on the team bus after every victory in Omaha, these Gamecocks were as fun-loving as they were talented....
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Before it became home to generations of skiers, Gunstock Mountain began as a Works Progress Administration recreation project during the Great Depression that transformed the small farming community of Gilford into one of central New Hampshire's most renowned skiing resorts. Join local ski historian Carol Anderson as she takes on the triumphs and defeats of four high-altitude jumps and the history of the snowy trails of the Gunstock Mountain Resort....
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