Sports always have been interwoven into the fabric of American life, promoting traditional values and reinforcing pride in shared ethnic identity. From Hank Aar

Provides practical help for the day-to-day concerns that keep managers awake at night. This book aims to fill the gap between the legal and policy issues that a

Contains alphabetically arranged entries from G-Q of the history of American sports from colonial times to the twenty-first century, highlighting key events and

A sweeping perspective of sports in the United States from the colonial era to the present day, this work explores the subject from a variety of perspectives --

A unique new reference work, this encyclopedia presents a social, cultural, and economic history of American sports from hunting, bowling, and skating in the si