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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... Score at the end of three games ; Taiwan 57 runs , America 0 runs ; Taiwan 43 hits , America 0 hits . The only logical explanation was that the Taiwan players were cheating . No bunch of Chinese could come here and beat American boys at ...
... Score at the end of three games ; Taiwan 57 runs , America 0 runs ; Taiwan 43 hits , America 0 hits . The only logical explanation was that the Taiwan players were cheating . No bunch of Chinese could come here and beat American boys at ...
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... score , simply had to be abandoned in favor of the simpler medal play , in which a player's total score for 72 holes competed against the total scores for dozens of other players . But this raised a new problem . Was Player A , who was ...
... score , simply had to be abandoned in favor of the simpler medal play , in which a player's total score for 72 holes competed against the total scores for dozens of other players . But this raised a new problem . Was Player A , who was ...
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... scores were printed . Many writers have testified that they derive real pleasure from a box score properly presented . ( I have never watched any baseball game , so far as I can recall , in which I did not keep a full play - by - play score ...
... scores were printed . Many writers have testified that they derive real pleasure from a box score properly presented . ( I have never watched any baseball game , so far as I can recall , in which I did not keep a full play - by - play score ...
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Basic Principles | 3 |
Ways of Participating | 18 |
Sports and Health | 64 |
Urheberrecht | |
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