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A Fine & Pleasant Misery by Patrick McManus
epub |eng | 2011-06-23 | Author:Patrick McManus [McManus, Patrick]

Most of the clothes were trimmed in leather made from the hides of Spanish cows, which was appropriate, I thought, because most of the catalog copy was American bull. After ...
( Category: Essays October 8,2019 )
The Wilderness Idiot by Ted Alvarez
epub |eng | 2019-07-23 | Author:Ted Alvarez

But I’m not done with my quest to subjugate Daisetsuzan’s raw core just yet. On day three, Michiko leads the way back up the spur trail to the traverse and ...
( Category: Essays October 7,2019 )
Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams by John Updike
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-07-15 | Author:John Updike

Every true story has an anticlimax. The men on the field refused to disappear, as would have seemed decent, in the smoke of Williams’ miracle. Fisher continued to pitch, and ...
( Category: Essays October 7,2019 )
Hidden History of Horse Racing in Kentucky by Foster Ockerman Jr
epub |eng | 2019-10-05 | Author:Foster Ockerman Jr.

LEXINGTON TRACKS To say that there was a racetrack on every block of early Lexington would not be entirely accurate; but it would not be far from the truth. The ...
( Category: Lifestyle October 6,2019 )
The Autobiography by Cook Sir Alastair
epub |eng | 2019-09-04 | Author:Cook, Sir Alastair [Cook, Sir Alastair]

11. Fallout Ending anyone’s international career is a horrible, hateful experience. When it concerns a globally renowned, passionately admired figure you have played alongside for eight years it is uniquely ...
( Category: Sports Psychology October 4,2019 )
Jackrabbit by Bill Chastain
epub |eng | 2011-12-11 | Author:Bill Chastain

10 A Freshmen Sensation Arrives Sixty U.S. colleges opted to shut down their football programs prior to the start of the 1942 season. Transportation would be a problem all season ...
( Category: History of Sports October 3,2019 )
War Football by Chris Serb
epub |eng | 2012-09-29 | Author:Chris Serb

3. Walter Eckersall, “Northwestern Defeats Maroons, 10-0,” Chicago Tribune, October 22, 1916; Walter Eckersall, “Ohio State Beats Purple for Big Nine Title, 23 to 3,” Chicago Tribune, November 26, 1916. ...
( Category: History of Sports September 30,2019 )
The Olympic Games: The First Thousand Years by M. I. Finley & H. W. Pleket
epub |eng | 2012-05-24 | Author:M. I. Finley & H. W. Pleket [Finley, M. I. & Pleket, H. W.]

PLATE 22 Two scenes of the pankration (from the Greek adjective, pankrates, ‘all-powerful’), the favourite sport of all at Olympia, which may be described as a combination of wrestling and ...
( Category: History of Sports September 29,2019 )
Total Dirt Rider Manual by Pete Peterson
epub |eng | | Author:Pete Peterson

208 DON’T POLISH Plastic polishes are optional and not necessary. If you do use some, make sure nothing gets on the brake rotors, unless you like the taste of trees. ...
( Category: Repair & Performance September 28,2019 )
The Ultimate Guide to Bowhunting Skills, Tactics, and Techniques by Jay Cassell
epub |eng | 2014-12-31 | Author:Jay Cassell

Trimming the lower branches and snugging a pop-up blind under limbs of evergreens is a great technique for breaking the roof outline. Just like with tree stands, being in the ...
( Category: Firearms September 25,2019 )
Raw Speed by Tai Woffinden
epub |eng | 2019-09-24 | Author:Tai Woffinden

ROUND 1: New Zealand GP, Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, 23 March I knew I was on competitive machinery compared to my first GP season, but any optimism ...
( Category: Motor Sports September 25,2019 )
Sports Injuries Guidebook by Robert S. Gotlin
epub |eng | | Author:Robert S. Gotlin

*The author would like to acknowledge the contribution of Daniel A. Brzusek to this chapter. CHAPTER 10 Back Injuries Joseph Lee, MD Injuries to the back are prevalent among athletes. ...
( Category: Sports Medicine September 21,2019 )
Ron Wolf and the Green Bay Packers by Michael Bauman
epub |eng | 2019-08-15 | Author:Michael Bauman

1 Milwaukee Journal, January 9, 1994. 2 Ibid. 3 ESPN.com, January 8, 2015. 4 Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1995. 8 The Packers Win It All IN THE 1995 postseason, ...
( Category: History of Sports September 12,2019 )
You Throw Like a Girl by Don McPherson
epub |eng | 2019-08-08 | Author:Don McPherson

THE ULTIMATE INSULT For several years after college, during my involvement with the student-athlete leadership team program, I worked with elementary school children who were the same age as Sidney ...
( Category: Violence in Society September 8,2019 )
Overtime by John U. Bacon
epub |eng | | Author:John U. Bacon

FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Dave Ablauf once again picked Karan Higdon to be one of three offensive players to handle the post-game press conference. He had a lot to brag about. ...
( Category: Sociology of Sports September 6,2019 )

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