Sports in AmericaRandom House, 1976 - 466 Seiten "A comprehensive, controversial examination of sports as a major force in American life." Los Angeles Times There is a crisis in American sports, and it's getting worse. Drugs, violence, and the corrupting effects of money and fame. Even before these problems made national headlines, master writer James A. Michener was growing concerned about the state of sports in America. Only Michener could tackle a subject so big and leave us amazed and apalled by what we've learned, yet still loving the games we grew up on. |
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... kids had won it on our own , but we didn't . I sometimes feel that Mike could have taken any fourteen kids from that league and done the same thing ; he was the general , and we were a bunch of privates . ' Mike Maietta , the demon ...
... kids had won it on our own , but we didn't . I sometimes feel that Mike could have taken any fourteen kids from that league and done the same thing ; he was the general , and we were a bunch of privates . ' Mike Maietta , the demon ...
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... kids . I carry a lot of them who are lousy ballplayers , kids I would have gotten rid of right away in the old days . But if I had fourteen kids who were half as good as those kids I had in '54 , I'd have a fighting chance . I'd play ...
... kids . I carry a lot of them who are lousy ballplayers , kids I would have gotten rid of right away in the old days . But if I had fourteen kids who were half as good as those kids I had in '54 , I'd have a fighting chance . I'd play ...
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... kids under fourteen . If you try to make it serious before they're physically able to handle what they're doing , you run into all sorts of problems . Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell ...
... kids under fourteen . If you try to make it serious before they're physically able to handle what they're doing , you run into all sorts of problems . Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell ...
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Basic Principles | 3 |
Ways of Participating | 18 |
Sports and Health | 64 |
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