Sports
"Batting Cleanup, Bill Conlin"
240 pages
6 x 9
HC: 978-1-56639-541-0 $51.50 Apr 97
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0294-3 $49.50
The Audacity of Hoop
Basketball and the Age of Obama
192 pages
10 x 8
108 color photos, 22 halftones
HC: 978-1-4399-1309-3 $41.00 Nov 15
Ball Don't Lie!
Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball
228 pages
6 x 9
1 color photos
PB: 978-1-4399-1243-0 $19.95 Mar 16
HC: 978-1-4399-1242-3 $79.50 Mar 16
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1244-7 $19.95 Mar 16
Baseball Managers
Stats, Stories, and Strategies
400 pages
6 x 9.2
19 tables, 34 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-661-5 $39.50 Mar 99
Bill Giles and Baseball
328 pages
6 x 9
HC: 978-1-4399-0786-3 $36.00 Apr 14
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0788-7 $36.00
Biz Mackey, a Giant behind the Plate
The Story of the Negro League Star and Hall of Fame Catcher
208 pages
5.375 x 8.5
1 tables, 3 figs., 20 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-1552-3 $14.95 Feb 20
HC: 978-1-4399-1551-6 $27.50 Feb 18
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1553-0 $27.50 Feb 20
The Bottom Line
Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business
312 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-513-4 $30.95 Jul 06
HC: 978-1-59213-512-7 $76.50 Jul 06
Ebook: 978-1-59213-514-1 $30.95 Jul 06
The Boxing Scene
256 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-977-4 $29.95 Nov 08
HC: 978-1-59213-976-7 $81.50 Nov 08
Ebook: 978-1-59213-978-1 $29.95 Nov 08
The Burden of Over-representation
Race, Sport, and Philosophy
240 pages
6 x 9
3 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-1143-3 $34.95 Jul 18
HC: 978-1-4399-1142-6 $99.50 Jul 18
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1144-0 $34.95 Jul 18
The Cardinals Encyclopedia
652 pages
9 x 12
HC: 978-1-56639-703-2 $76.50 Jun 00
A Century of Philadelphia Sports
400 pages
7 x 10
151 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-861-9 $41.50 Apr 01
The Chicago Cubs Encyclopedia
568 pages
9 x 12
16 color illustrations, 470 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-547-2 $59.50 Jun 97
Circling the Bases
Essays on the Challenges and Prospects of the Sports Industry
234 pages
5.5 x 8.25
14 tables
PB: 978-1-4399-0283-7 $28.95 Nov 10
HC: 978-1-4399-0282-0 $71.50 Nov 10
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0284-4 $28.95 Nov 10
Danny Litwhiler
Living the Baseball Dream
312 pages
6 x 9
2 tables, 13 halftones
HC: 978-1-59213-524-0 $47.00 Sep 06
Distant Corners
American Soccer's History of Missed Opportunities and Lost Causes
264 pages
6 x 9
18 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0631-6 $25.95 Feb 14
HC: 978-1-4399-0630-9 $51.50 Apr 11
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0632-3 $25.95 Apr 11
Dominican Baseball
New Pride, Old Prejudice
200 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1088-7 $25.95 Mar 14
HC: 978-1-4399-1087-0 $90.50 Mar 14
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1089-4 $25.95
The Eagles Encyclopedia
Champions Edition
512 pages
8.3125 x 10.875
33 color photos, 368 halftones
HC: 978-1-4399-1848-7 $40.00 Oct 18
Equal Play
Title IX and Social Change
328 pages
7 x 10
7 tables
PB: 978-1-59213-380-2 $41.95 Oct 07
HC: 978-1-59213-379-6 $96.50 Oct 07
Ebook: 978-1-59213-381-9 $41.95
The Eternal Present of Sport
Rethinking Sport and Religion
282 pages
6 x 9
1 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-1280-5 $34.95 Jun 17
HC: 978-1-4399-1279-9 $104.50 Jun 17
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1281-2 $34.95 Jun 17
Fishing the Delaware Valley
256 pages
6 x 9
2 tables, 4 figs., 4 maps
PB: 978-1-56639-665-3 $26.95 Aug 98
HC: 978-1-56639-588-5 $60.50 Nov 97
Great Home Runs of the 20th Century
232 pages
6 x 9
37 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-858-9 $41.50 Feb 01
Hikes Around Philadelphia
224 pages
5.5 x 8.25
PB: 978-1-56639-530-4 $23.95 Jan 00
HC: 978-1-56639-529-8 $49.95 Jan 00
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0776-4 $23.95 Jan 00
Homecourt
The True Story of the Best Basketball Team You've Never Heard Of
72 pages
5.5 x 8.5
PB: 978-0-9819560-8-4 $16.95 Mar 13
James Naismith
The Man Who Invented Basketball
216 pages
5.5 x 8.25
1 figs., 10 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0134-2 $25.95 Oct 09
HC: 978-1-4399-0133-5 $56.50 Oct 09
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0135-9 $25.95 Oct 09
Jim Bunning
Baseball and Beyond
320 pages
6 x 9
22 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-636-3 $41.50 Aug 98
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0569-2 $41.50
Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball
521 pages
7 x 10
26 tables
HC: 978-1-56639-638-7 $36.95 Sep 98
Land of the Giants
New York's Polo Grounds
192 pages
7 x 10
6 tables, 1 figs., 39 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-796-4 $56.50 Sep 00
Legal Bases
Baseball and the Law
240 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-56639-890-9 $32.95
HC: 978-1-56639-599-1 $29.50 Feb 98
Long Distance Love
A Passion for Football
224 pages
5.5 x 8.25
PB: 978-1-59213-374-1 $28.95 Feb 08
HC: 978-1-59213-373-4 $71.50 Feb 08
Ebook: 978-1-59213-375-8 $28.95 Feb 08
The Man in the Dugout
Baseball's Top Managers and How They Got That Way
424 pages
7 x 10
HC: 978-1-56639-745-2 $45.50 Feb 00
Mavericks, Money, and Men
The AFL, Black Players, and the Evolution of Modern Football
216 pages
6 x 9
8 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-1307-9 $20.95 Apr 16
HC: 978-1-4399-1306-2 $85.50 Apr 16
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1308-6 $20.95 Apr 16
Men's College Athletics and the Politics of Racial Equality
Five Pioneer Stories of Black Manliness, White Citizenship, and American Democracy
248 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-0857-0 $30.95 Jan 14
HC: 978-1-4399-0856-3 $61.50 Jun 12
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0858-7 $30.95
The Mogul
Eddie Gottlieb, Philadelphia Sports Legend and Pro Basketball Pioneer
320 pages
6 x 9
1 figs., 50 halftones
HC: 978-1-59213-655-1 $46.50 Apr 08
The Money Pitch
Baseball Free Agency and Salary Arbitration
240 pages
6 x 9
4 tables, 9 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-774-2 $51.50 May 00
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0393-3 $51.50 May 00
More Than a Game
Life Lessons from Philadelphia's Sports Community
266 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-0-9840429-0-6 $22.95 Feb 12
Mr. All-Around
The Life of Tom Gola
208 pages
6 x 9
30 halftones
HC: 978-1-4399-1679-7 $27.95 Nov 18
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1681-0 $27.95 Nov 18
Muhammad Ali
The Making of an Icon
248 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-662-9 $30.95 Jan 09
HC: 978-1-59213-661-2 $76.50 Jan 09
Ebook: 978-1-59213-663-6 $30.95 Jan 09
Native Sons
Philadelphia Baseball Players Who Made the Major Leagues
184 pages
5.5 x 8.25
1 table, 66 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-215-7 $25.95 Oct 03
Never Easy, Never Pretty
A Fan, A City, A Championship Season
224 pages
6 x 9
HC: 978-1-4399-1106-8 $26.50 Aug 13
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1108-2 $26.50
New Jack Jocks
Rebels, Race, and the American Athlete
208 pages
5.5 x 8.25
PB: 978-1-59213-191-4 $26.95 Apr 03
HC: 978-1-56639-954-8 $60.50 Apr 02
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0730-6 $26.95 Apr 02
The NFL
Critical and Cultural Perspectives
268 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-0958-4 $30.95 Jan 15
HC: 978-1-4399-0957-7 $70.50 Jun 14
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0959-1 $30.95 Jun 14
On Any Given Sunday
A Life of Bert Bell
352 pages
6 x 9
20 halftones
HC: 978-1-59213-731-2 $40.50 Nov 09
Ebook: 978-1-59213-733-6 $40.50 Nov 09
One Last Read
The Collected Works of the World's Slowest Sportswriter
384 pages
6 x 9
10 halftones
HC: 978-1-59213-600-1 $36.50 Aug 07
One Less Car
Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility
360 pages
6 x 9
1 figs., 9 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-613-1 $29.95 May 10
HC: 978-1-59213-612-4 $76.50 May 10
Ebook: 978-1-59213-614-8 $29.95
Outside the Paint
When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground
216 pages
5.5 x 8.25
1 figs., 19 halftones
HC: 978-1-59213-942-2 $26.50 Apr 09
Ebook: 978-1-59213-944-6 $26.50 Apr 09
Palestra Pandemonium
A History of the Big 5
240 pages
8.375 x 10.875
119 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-991-3 $40.50 Oct 02
The Phenomenology of Dance
180 pages
5.5 x 8.25
PB: 978-1-4399-1262-1 $30.95 Jul 15
HC: 978-1-4399-1261-4 $80.50 Jul 15
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1263-8 $20.95 Jul 15
Phil Jasner "On the Case"
His Best Writing on the Sixers, the Dream Team, and Beyond
264 pages
6 x 9
13 halftones
HC: 978-1-4399-1494-6 $25.00 Nov 17
Philadelphia's Old Ballparks
224 pages
7 x 10
102 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-454-3 $56.50 Jun 96
Phillies '93
An Incredible Season
224 pages
7 x 10
50 tables, 104 halftones
PB: 978-1-56639-231-0 $30.95 Mar 94
The Philly Fan's Code
The 50 Toughest, Craziest, Most Legendary Philadelphia Athletes of the Last 50 Years
264 pages
5.5 x 8.25
16 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0599-9 $16.95 Aug 11
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0600-2 $16.95 Aug 11
Press Box Red
The Story of Lester Rodney, the Communist Who Helped Break the Color Line in American Sports
256 pages
6 x 9
11 figs., 16 halftones
PB: 978-1-56639-974-6 $28.95 Aug 03
HC: 978-1-56639-973-9 $75.50 Aug 03
The Redskins Encyclopedia
432 pages
8.315 x 10.875
200 halftones
HC: 978-1-59213-542-4 $46.50 Sep 07
Ebook: 978-1-59213-544-8 $46.50 Sep 07
Rookies of the Year
224 pages
6 x 9
119 tables, 53 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-165-5 $19.95
HC: 978-1-59213-164-8 $31.50 Apr 05
Silent Gesture
The Autobiography of Tommie Smith
288 pages
6 x 9
16 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-640-7 $27.95 Apr 08
HC: 978-1-59213-639-1 $71.50 Jan 07
Ebook: 978-1-59213-641-4 $27.95 Jan 07
Soccer in a Football World
The Story of America's Forgotten Game
360 pages
5.25 x 8.5
19 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-885-2 $24.95 Jun 08
Ebook: 978-1-59213-886-9 $24.95 Jun 08
The SPHAS
The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team
344 pages
6 x 9
75 tables, 36 halftones
HC: 978-1-59213-633-9 $31.50 May 11
Ebook: 978-1-59213-635-3 $31.50 May 11
Sport and Moral Conflict
A Conventionalist Theory
244 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1540-0 $34.95 Apr 20
HC: 978-1-4399-1539-4 $99.50 Apr 20
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1541-7 $34.95 Apr 20
Sport and Neoliberalism
Politics, Consumption, and Culture
322 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-0504-3 $39.95 Jul 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0503-6 $91.50 Jul 12
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0505-0 $39.95
Sportista
Female Fandom in the United States
268 pages
6 x 9
1 figs.
PB: 978-1-4399-0964-5 $30.95 Jul 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0963-8 $86.50 Jul 12
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0965-2 $30.95 Jul 12
Sportsex
192 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-56639-994-4 $28.95 Aug 02
HC: 978-1-56639-864-0 $29.50 Jun 01
Ebook: 978-1-59213-820-3 $28.95 Jun 01
Stan Hochman Unfiltered
50 Years of Wit and Wisdom from the Groundbreaking Sportswriter
360 pages
6 x 9
17 halftones
HC: 978-1-4399-1700-8 $29.00 Dec 19
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1702-2 $29.00 Dec 19
The Steelers Encyclopedia
360 pages
8.3125 x 10.875
302 tables, 209 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0833-4 $
HC: 978-1-4399-0832-7 $36.00 Sep 12
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0834-1 $
Suicide Squeeze
Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight against Teenage Steroid Abuse
256 pages
6 x 9
1 figs., 35 halftones
HC: 978-1-4399-1438-0 $35.00 Jan 17
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1440-3 $35.00 Jan 17
Wheelchair Warrior
Gangs, Disability and Basketball
192 pages
5.5 x 8.25
10 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-475-5 $24.95 Jan 10
HC: 978-1-59213-474-8 $61.50 Feb 08
Ebook: 978-1-59213-476-2 $24.95 Feb 08
The White Sox Encyclopedia
592 pages
9 x 12
16 color illustrations, 380 tables, 1 figs., 590 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-449-9 $70.50 Jun 97
The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant
390 pages
6 x 9
83 halftones
PB: 978-1-56639-790-2 $25.95 Mar 96
HC: 978-1-56639-466-6 $67.50 Mar 96
Whose Game?
Gender and Power in Fantasy Sports
242 pages
6 x 9
3 tables
PB: 978-1-4399-1887-6 $34.95 Apr 20
HC: 978-1-4399-1886-9 $94.50 Apr 20
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1888-3 $34.95 Apr 20
Will Big League Baseball Survive?
Globalization, the End of Television, Youth Sports, and the Future of Major League Baseball
234 pages
5.5 x 8.25
2 tables
PB: 978-1-4399-1379-6 $24.95 Oct 16
HC: 978-1-4399-1378-9 $94.50 Oct 16
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1380-2 $24.95 Oct 16
Winningest Pitchers
Baseball's 300-Game Winners
216 pages
5.5 x 8.25
22 tables, 37 halftones
PB: 978-1-56639-949-4 $23.95 May 02
The Yankees
An Illustrated History
467 pages
8.5 x 11
480 halftones
HC: 978-1-56639-553-3 $51.50 Jun 97
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