A wide ranging overview of the history of modern sports including material on sports organizations, the commercialisation of sports and the use of performance-e

Modern Sports around the World focuses on the history, geography, sociology, economics, and technological advancements of 50 sports played from India to Ireland

This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are play

From the author Robert Lipsyte calls "the best young sportswriter in America," a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts pol

A wide ranging overview of the history of modern sports including material on sports organizations, the commercialisation of sports and the use of performance-e