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Author
Publisher
Essential Library
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
1100L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Race and College Sports looks at the role race plays in the promotion and exploitation of black athletes by the NCAA. The notion of "student-athletes" is called into question, as are graduation rates and whether college athletes deserve to share in the proceeds generated by their performance. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
No girls allowed? Not anymore! Today's female athletes have an equal shot at playing sports and even going pro. It is all thanks to Title IX, a law that protects their rights in sports and more. Decades later, the law is still evolving-and still going strong. Learn more about the law that brought equality to sports with this nonfiction reader featuring TIME For Kids content. The detailed images and sidebars, stimulating facts, and clear, informational...
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
1050L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Doeden takes readers on a journey from the disorganized games of the early years to the most recent playoffs to determine the best college team in the nation. Along the way, discover some of the most incredible moments, games, blunders, and statistics in the history of college football championships"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 259 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Over the past decade college football has not only doubled in size, but its elite programs have become a $2.5-billion-a-year entertainment business. In most cases, those windfalls are not passed on to the universities themselves, but flow directly back into their athletic departments. College presidents have been unwilling or powerless to stop a system that has spawned a wildly profligate infrastructure of coaches, trainers, marketing gurus, and...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xv, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Big Ten Network's Dave Revsine tells the story of the creation of the college football nation from 1890 to 1915, the intense media coverage, the academic fraud, recruiting scandals, shocking violence, new sports superstars, and the manifest destiny of football out of the Ivy League and to the Great Midwest"--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 256 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A searing exposé of how the multibillion-dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes. With little public debate or introspection, our institutions of higher learning have become hostages to the rapacious, smashmouth entertainment conglomerate known, quaintly, as intercollegiate athletics. In Champions Way, New York Times investigative reporter Mike McIntire chronicles the rise of this growing scandal through the experience...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic expose of how the University of Oregon sold its soul to Nike--and what that means for the future of academics and college sports. In the world of college sports, winning means big dollars. But that money often comes at a cost. University of Nike explores the University of Oregon's complex relationship with its corporate partner, Nike, and how the arrangement has undermined the school's academic integrity, transparency, and campus culture....
13) College esports
Author
Series
Publisher
SportZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This title introduces fans to the use of technology in Esports. The title features informative sidebars, full-color photos and infographics, a glossary, and an index.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After suffering a career-ending knee injury, pro-baseball superstar Jimmy Easton (Dave Stone) returns to a place he has not been in a very long time -- home. Here, Jimmy confronts dark memories from a tragic past as he tries to make peace with a life he once left behind. Things take an unexpected turn when he is forced back into the world of baseball as the coach of an underachieving college team. Coach Jimmy's rocky relationship with Brandon Elliot...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xii, 237 pages, 8 unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of the eight-team tournament organized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, chronicling major events, the experiences of the tournament's winning team and the contributions of basketball innovator James Naismith.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn about the key players and big wins that have made the Ohio State Buckeyes one of the most popular teams in college football. Readers will get a glimpse into the team's history, its home stadium, its fans, and the team's most memorable moments. Additional features to enhance comprehension include a table of contents, informative sidebars and captions, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research, information about the author,...
19) Play for keeps
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tyrell Ransom, the new men's basketball coach, is ready to whip his team into shape and start winning some games. But when compromising photos of his soon-to-be-ex-wife with one of his players go viral, everything comes crashing down. With reporters thick on the ground, Ty and his team need some serious damage control--now. When public relations guru Millie Jenkins arrives in her leopard-print cape to save the day, things really heat up... Soon they're...
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
Language
English
Description
Any college football fan, no matter where they live now or where their college loyalty lies has opinions about the game. Now, SI's team of experts once and for all settles the questions college football fans have debated since the first kickoff in College Football's Greatest. For instance, which is the greatest program of all time, Alabama or Notre Dame? What about Ohio State? Where do Tim Tebow and Peyton Manning rank among the best college quarterbacks?...