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Sports and their fans
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Kevin G. Quinn |
"Exploring such topics as the role of sports in the creation of mass culture, cheating, the abuse of illegal drugs, the strange and fascinating role that numbers play in sporting events, and the futu… |
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Bounce
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Matthew Syed |
Why have all the sprinters who have run the 100 meters in under ten seconds been black?What's one thing Mozart, Venus Williams, and Michelangelo have in common?Is it good to praise a child's intellig… |
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Managing sport business
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Linda Trenberth |
"Contemporary sport is both a sophisticated and complex international business and a mass participatory practice run largely by volunteers and community organisations. This authoritative and comprehe… |
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Sports economics
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Roger D. Blair |
"Sports Economics focuses primarily on the business and economics aspects of major professional sports, employing the basic principles of economics to address essential issues in the industry"-- |
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The most expensive game in town
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Mark Hyman |
"Building on the eye-opening investigation into the damaging effects of the ultra-competitive culture of youth sports in his previous book Until It Hurts, Mark Hyman's new book takes a look at the bu… |
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Football fortunes
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Frank P. Jozsa |
"NFL salaries for players and coaches are stratospheric. This book details the growth of an industry generating billions of dollars in revenue; explains intricacies of the league's expansions and mer… |
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Hard ball
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James P. Quirk |
"What can possibly account for the strange state of affairs in professional sports today? There are billionaire owners and millionaire players, but both groups are constantly squabbling over money. M… |
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Money games
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Ann E. Weiss |
Discusses the influence and growing importance of money in the complex world of professional and amateur sports. |
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The economics of sport
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Peter Sloane,Mark Rosentraub,Robert Sandy |
This text, by three distinguished authors, applies the theories and techniques of economic analysis to sport and topics related to the business of sport. It builds on a basis of introductory microeco… |
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How we can save sports
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Ken Reed |
From disturbing new research about the long-term impact of sports concussions to publicly financed stadiums that drive profits to team owners but not communities, author Ken Reed argues that much of … |
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Money and soccer
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Stefan Szymanski |
The most recent winners of the UEFA Champions League are the richest club in the world; the richest club in Germany; the billionaire oligarch-owned English club; the second richest club in the world,… |
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And the Sun Shines Now
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Adrian Tempany |
1 volume ; 20 cm |
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In Pursuit of Pennants
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Mark L. Armour,Daniel R. Levitt |
The 1936 Yankees, the 1963 Dodgers, the 1975 Reds, the 2010 Giants—why do some baseball teams win while others don’t? General managers and fans alike have pondered this most important of baseball que… |
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The Games Do Count
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Brian Kilmeade |
What do Henry Kissinger, Jack Welch, Condoleezza Rice, and Jon Bon Jovi have in common? They have all reached the top of their respective professions, and they all credit sports for teaching them the… |
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Make money with your captain's license
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David G. Brown,David G. Brown |
A practical guide to turning your love forboating into money in the bankYou may dream of making your passion forthe sport a means for a livelihood. Whetheryou are looking for new employmentpossibilit… |
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Home Team
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Michael N. Danielson |
Most books that study professional sports concentrate on teams and leagues. In contrast, Home Team studies the connections between professional team sports in North America and the places where teams… |
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A big ticket
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Evaleen Hu |
Discusses the commercial aspects of professional sports, examining endorsement contracts, sponsorship, broadcasting rights, salaries, agents, and more. |
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Sports economics
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Rodney D. Fort |
xii, 484 p. : 24 cm |
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